Monday, 28 March 2016 11:05 |

This winter we have been harvesting some chestnut wood at Mill Lane Farm. Our contractor, Eden Woodlands Ltd. has completed the cutting and the timber has been taken away to a sawmill in East Sussex to make high-quality fencing products. The cutting process, known as coppicing, leaves a stump in the ground which re-grows several new stems. These will be fully grown in about 15 years and ready for harvesting again. This sustainable system of woodland management has been a tradition in Kent for hundreds of years but now features modern machinery like this timber lorry which self-loads 30 tonnes of cut material in about 30 minutes.
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