Late June, 2011
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 Main 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 beginning to edit the 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, for example, 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 (anyone with any leads, please contact us at coppiceagroforestry@gmail.com!). I still need to consolidate, prune, fill many gaps, and format the species database. Etc cetera!!
We're staying on it--and we'll let you know how things are going from time to time.
Below are a couple of photographs I took at a client's place in Bennington, VT this May. This Sorbus americana, American mountain-ash, was cut completely to the ground only three years previously, and now has a dozen or so stems over 20 feet tall--just to give you a sense of what can happen when you coppice!
Peace and gratitude--
Dave (and Mark)
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