The Woodland Homestead by McLeod, Brett -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Acknowledgments Dedication Contents Foreword Preface 1. Seeing the Forest Through the Trees: How to Unlock Your Woodlot’s Potential

Taking Stock Evaluating Your Options Your Woodland Eye

2. Tools and Techniques: Essentials for the Homestead Woodlot

The Axe From Rusty to Trusty: Restoring an Old Axe Felling and Chopping The Peavey The Bow Saw The Chainsaw Splitting Firewood Skidding Logs The Portable Sawmill

3. Animals in the Forest: From Stumps to Greener Pastures

Silvopasture The Closed-Loop Silvopasture Sequence Pork Power for Stumps and Soil Taking Stock of Livestock Multispecies Grazing

4. The Coppice Forest: Fauna, Fodder, Fuel, and Furniture

A Brief History of Coppice Forestry Establishing a Coppice Woodlot Creative Woodlot Tending Coppice with Standards Fauna in Your Forest Coppicing for Fodder Coppicing for Charcoal Forest Furniture

5. Woodland Structures: From Living Fence to Living Barn

Fencing Psychology A Short History of Living Fences Living Fences for the Homestead Inosculation Hedges The Living Fencepost Formerly Living Fenceposts Building with Stumps Shelterbelts The Living Barn

6. Giving Trees: Fruit, Honey, and Syrup

The Homestead Orchard Deciding What to Grow The Multipurpose Forest Micro-Orchard The Art of Planting Resurrecting the Woodland Orchard Bees in the Woodland Homestead Cellar and Cider: Enjoying the Harvest The Homestead Sugarbush

7. Farming the Forest Floor: Nuts, Berries, Mushrooms, and More

Hügelkultur: A Whole-Tree Composting System Cultivating Forest Edibles Edibles, Medicinals, and Miscellany Baskets, Burls, and Birch Bark

A Typical Woodland Homestead Calendar Resources Index Other Storey Books You Will Enjoy Copyright Share Your Experience!