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    woodlands for sale?

    Ok, sounds like a few people out there with the same desire. My experience with group ventures like this is that there needs to be natural growth in the relationships, direction, and legalities and it's a long process. But potencially a very interesting one. Maybe lots of you guys already...
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    woodlands for sale?

    I've been looking for a while to buy a woodland. I'm cruising all the obvious sites (not woodlandsforsale - rip off) I've been looking for about 2years now for the right spot! All things come to those who wait proactively. Anyone know of any woodlands for sale near them? I'm looking for about...
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    Wilderness Gathering 2005

    Aaahh yes, that has now entered my diary. Good to have a reminder. Very much looking forward to seeing you all there.
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    good to be aboard

    Hi, this is adrian good to be aboard. I am startin to develop a bit of a likin for the bushcraft thing. I like this site too but someone should introduce the spell check to bushcraft. My work is green woodworking, natural building, woodland stuff, permaculture and teaching, me site's...
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    Can it be polarded?

    tedious technical note.....the forestry commission, bless them, have done extensive research on coppicing (though they never commercially do it!) and their guys have found that it matters not what angle you do your cuts at. What will effect how well it coppices is how old the tree is and at what...
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    Safe food use timbers/pole lathe turning

    sycamore is the 'treen', (correct spelling?) wood of choice. It carves well, grows like a weed, infact some consider it such! and has no taste. Supposedly it does not stain either but the spoons I made were never the same again after curry night. Bright yellow is such an unattractive colour...
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    drink the sap

    I was just up in shropshire doing some coppicing and took down some 15y old sycamore trees. I got about 3/4 of a mug full of sap out of each tree (from the felled tree rather that the root, the sap was already up) We all had a swig and no ill effects. Does anyone have any printed reference to...