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2 pages of original manuscript with editing marks on them. Backers outside the U.S. please add $1 for extra postage.
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One original sketchy sketch used to develop illustration ideas for the book, signed by the author-artist (might be on the back of scrap paper!), PLUS a packet of seed for a coppicing tree or shrub species (we'll select the species; sorry, U.S. backers only). Backers outside the U.S. please add $2 for extra postage.
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One high quality 8 x 10 print of a photo from the book, signed on the back by Dave and Mark, PLUS a packet of seeds as above. Backers outside the U.S. please add $2 for extra postage.
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One digital media disc (or a folder sent by ftp server) with tons of info on coppicing trees and shrubs, including unedited audio or video of selected interviews/site visits from our case study research, research papers, etc., PLUS a packet of seed as above, PLUS your name in the book's acknowledgments. Backers outside the U.S. please add $2 for extra postage or you can download digital media from a free ftp server such as Yousendit.com.
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A 1.5 hour webinar with Dave and Mark, PLUS a signed copy of the book, PLUS the digital media disc or ftp folder above, PLUS a packet of seeds as above, PLUS your name in the book's acknowledgments. Backers outside the U.S. please add $6 for extra postage.
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Dave: main author of the award winning 2 volume book Edible Forest Gardens; ecodesigner/teacher since '84. Mark: ecodesigner/teacher; natural builder; green woodworker; student of coppice.
Find Dave's resumé (pdf) in the bio at www.edibleforestgardens.com/about_book.html. Learn more about Mark at www.keylinevermont.com. Images of Mark's green woodworking magic are at www.rivenwoodcrafts.com.
Hey everyone, here it is late June, 2011, and we are still receiving inquiries about supporting this project! We totally appreciate any support people are still willing to give us. You can send donations to Dave Jacke, 308 Mains St. #2C, Greenfield, MA 01301. We will honor the rewards listed on the Kickstarter website going forward for any amounts given between the end of the campaign in Dec 2010 and the time the book is published.
We are working away--I am today editing 360 pages of manuscript Mark has produced so far. We have procured over 550 references that we need to read to integrate into the manuscript. Our species research has yielded a developing database of 500+ temperate woody species with various amounts of information on each, including wood uses and qualities, edibility, medicinal uses (still lots of research to be done on that one), and general ecological characteristics (size, form, site preferences, hardiness, etc.). We've done a lot, but we have much much more to do! I am working hard to find data on the nutritional value of woody plant leaves and twigs as fodder for animals, which has been rather difficult and time-consuming, for example (anyone with any leads, please contact us at coppiceagroforestry@gmail.com!).
We're staying on it--and we'll let you know how things are going from time to time.
Peace and gratitude--
Dave (and Mark)
Nancy and others, if you want to be a part of supporting this project, you can still donate directly to us, you can mail a check to Dave Jacke at 308 Main St. #2C, Greenfield, MA 01301. We will honor the same rewards schedule posted on our Kickstarter page.
Peace,
Dave
I can't believe I was too late to be an official part of this. You all are INCREDIBLE!
Happy Solstichristmahanukwanzaa to both you and Mark too! Sue Peters
Congratulations on meeting/exceeding your goal! Its wonderful to see so much support and belief expressed via Kickstarter! Happy Winter Writing ! I'm off to pluck a holiday tree from a coppiced conifer out in the field!!! Blessings, P
Hey guys, congratulations on rocking out this kickstarter project. I just read your last email about making the database available for folks who donated $25 or more. I've been looking at other projects who ask for $25 in exchange for a guitar pick or a postcard, and realized that you guys are really doing this right -- great rewards, great updates, generous spirit. You're a model for other kickstarter projects! Congratulations again and I can't wait to read the book!
Congrats gentleman!! Great, timely topic. We (onestraw.wordpress) are focusing on coppice, primarily willow, as a biomass feedstock in our homemade gasifiers. The resulting biochar will be placed in vermiculture systems to be nutrient charged and then used for food production, char will be re-applied to the coppice groves for soil building. Also looking into paulownia, but unsure of its feasibility this far north (Wisconsin). Chestnut and Hazels are old standbys and will also have a place - I suspect Hazels will be a contender with willow for biomass production on drier sites if one also gasifies the nut hulls - the guys at Badgersett in MN are doing some very interesting work on that. And hazels have more edible bits now don't they. Would love to see a polyculture, guilded, coppice for energy, food, and resource production.... SO. MANY. OPTIONS.
Thanks again - can't wait!
Congratulations, you've topped even your expected final need!
Interesting update on the Native California tending. Anyone know of New England area resources? John Winthrop (MA) reported "the forests were like parks, and a man on horseback could ride though un-impeded.." Seems there could be some interaction with the Harvard Forest Wildlands and Woodlands vision initiative (www.wildlandsandwoodlands.org)
Hey everyone-- thanks for your comments and questions! Responses to the comments below:
Marilyn, you should be able to add your $6 by doing another donation for that amount separately.
Jon and others, you can email any articles you want to send us to coppiceagroforestry@gmail.com.
Thanks for the links and for posting on your own blogs!
It's true that coppicing is basically practiced for many ornamentals as a renewal technique. We'll focus on coppicing for the purpose of creating useful products from the material one cuts. I do believe grapes will resprout when cut to the ground, though I have actually not tried it myself. The vines are used for wreath making, basketry and other crafty things, but I have not found any reference or seen anyone doing more than that with them.
Thanks for the moral and other support everyone!
Dave
Techniques like pruning and rennovation for various plants, it seems to me are closely related. A lot of different kinds of ornamental shrubs are renewed by cutting them back to the ground. What about grape vines?
Looking forward to getting my copy! I also posted an entry on my woodworking blog about it, at http://www.CloseGrain.com.
I can email y'all PDF copies of relevant articles... where to?
Jon
Some links with coppicing info for you:
(zipped HTML) Forested Landscapes in Perspective: Prospects and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of America's Nonfederal Forests - http://ifile.it/0kt1h8g/0309056411.tar.gz
(zipped PDF) Methods and Approaches in Forest History (International Union of Forest Research Organisations) by: M. Agnoletti (Editor) - http://ifile.it/mpf96r/methods_and_approaches_in_forest_history_series.rar
Currently browsing the academic archives for stuff too.
Cheers,
Jon
A topic that really needs a North American perspective, and I can't think of a better pair to write this book. Glad that I could contribute, if only a little. Good Luck!
The only coppice forestry I know about so far is the box elder in my in-laws backyard which they use to make trellis for growing beans. Looking forward to reading the finished work! I included my $6.00 for shipping in the pledge total, I hope that's okay.
Bonjour
Can't wait for the book. Keep up the great work
Bravo !
Jean-Sébastien
I was supposed to add $6 for a Canadian order. It wasn't clear where to do that. Can you help?
Very excited about this book. Good luck, happy writing.
~MA
Dylan et al,
We have just begun writing and haven't even chosen a publisher yet, so saying when the book will be released is very difficult to say for a while. If it came out a year from now that would be extremely fast--18 months is a better bet. We hope to have a first draft done by the end of this winter, but much depends on the success of our campaign. If we don't get $18,000 out of Kickstarter we'll have to earn money to pay bills AND to keep writing, and that will slow us down considerably.
Thanks for your support!
Dave
I'm looking forward to this much-needed book! When is the expected release date?
I keep checking the goal about every two hours... This was a fabulous idea! I think you're going to make your larger goal. I will continue to promote this project to further that end.
This looks awesome! Glad to be able to support it. Hope you can use our non-profit's name instead of mine in the acknowledgements?
Hi, Great job raising $$$$, we have none. The Eco-no-money and our move to New Mexico is slowly killing us... not dead yet,, LOL ! Just hanging on with little support.. We are more or less broke, so sorry.
love , blessings bright, Micha and Ernesto Maestas
Corrales NM .. we live in the Bosque ( the Largest Cottonwood forest in the world)
on the Rio Grande
oh my god Mark has no facial hair