Wednesday 7 June 2017

A Tour Of The Coppice

The garden and the sheep (and the children) take up most of my time around here, but I have got a few other areas growing on quietly in the background. 

The coppice is one of those, it's quiet happy being neglected  but it's looking better every year. I did make some extra plantings this year and I plan to plant even more this next winter/spring - I'll clear an area of grass by leaving plastic on it and then plant it up with self seeding annuals or perennial herbs and bushes. 
Here's a little walk around of what it's looking like at the moment.

Let me know what you think!

What would you plant in there?

6 comments:

  1. hi Kev are you able to view my blog or have I done something wrong?

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  2. my PC is acting up I cant see your vlog either?

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    1. I can get on your page - but my video should be here. Not sure what;s up with that!

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  3. I used to have cherry plums in the hedge at our old house- they made great jam.
    This house has a long hedge of overgrown field maple, and I do have plans to replace some with some hazel when we lay it later this year. We have squirrels too, but at least we might get a few nuts, and like you said, the poles are so useful.

    The barberry you were looking at- that's a berberis, isn't it? Not my favourite plant aesthetically, but I read earlier this year that the orange-flowered varieties have very tasty flowers too, so perhaps I should put a couple in my planned food hedge on the field boundary...

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    1. Yes, it's berberis. It's not he most beautiful plant although it does look nice as a small standard. Here's a post I did on them a few years ago:
      http://www.englishhomestead.com/2014/09/barberries.html

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    2. Thanks Kev, that's great. I want to dry elderberries for a similar use this year (re-reading Alys Fowler and she recommends them), now I just need a friend with a barberry bush!

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