Coppice in Kent
By Robertgraham
12 Jan, 2012
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Wood and its uses - amazing that you are looking at an aspirin! - A compound of the silver birch tree is used in aspirin I believe.Varnishing hazel poles, seen on left leaning on silver birch trees, make good supports for runner beans, morning glories, and roses. Varnishing makes with a see-through varnish, allows them to last much longer and gives them a beautiful greeny- golden sheen.
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Oh, thank you for the correction Gattina - I am wrong - good to learn something new - thanks.
It was a coppice called Pheasants Coppice that my parents planted after the Great Storm and which I managed; it was sold last year along with my mother's (82 years young) house - no sadness just gratitude.
13 Jan, 2012
How fantastic! Isn't it nice to hear of people who make a contribution to their surroundings?
13 Jan, 2012
Indeed - how can anyone be happy if they are not doing so?
Perhaps that explains a lot...
13 Jan, 2012
I think you are right. Well, even if we only cultivate our own little plots, it's a good start, and I think it takes a certain mindset to be a gardener. Obviously, all us Gardening Goys are fabulous human beings and lovely people, too!
13 Jan, 2012
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Isn't the light on the white bark beautiful? Is this photograph taken near where you live? Lucky man!
Aspirin is salicylic acid, originally obtained from salix - the willow, I believe, Robert, but they may well get it from birch trees, too.
13 Jan, 2012