A passion for Trognes
On Monday night we went over to La Rabiniere at Betz-le-Chateau to a book talk organised by the “Champs des Livres” association. The author was a man passionate about “Les trognes” which is the main title of his book. The passionate man was Dominique Mansion who founded and runs the Maison Botanique at Boursay in … Continue reading
Five old Saules… part four of the saga – 2008
The routine continued… but this year we had my wife with us, so Stuart and I were able to crack on much quicker, leaving Pauline to cook and clean up after us! Well, not really, the third pair of hands actually meant that some of the more difficult tasks were “three head, six hand” jobs. … Continue reading
Five old Saules… part the third. 2007 and the heat is on!!
By this point Stuart and I had got into a routine. Cut the ‘trees’ off the top of the old pollard, deal with the usable timber, plant trees, cut rods and refill the cattle splash. Why ‘trees’… mainly because that is what they were… pollarding usually takes place between ten and twenty five years after … Continue reading
Five old Saules… the second part. 2006.
2006 saw us ‘armed’ with a chainsaw. That meant that we were able to tidy up the wreckage of the first attempt and finish the tree off properly. The cut timber was then processed and we took some of it up to the hangar [dutch bar/open barn] to dry out for use as firewood. The … Continue reading
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