{"id":302482,"date":"2010-02-10T13:45:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T18:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microecofarming.com\/wordpress\/?p=519"},"modified":"2010-02-10T13:45:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T18:45:53","slug":"the-micro-farm-woodlot-resources-for-a-possible-additional-stream-of-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/302482","title":{"rendered":"The Micro Farm Woodlot: Resources for a possible additional stream of income"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/microecofarming.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/micro-farm-woodlot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/microecofarming.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/micro-farm-woodlot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"micro farm woodlot\" title=\"micro farm woodlot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-520\" \/><\/a>MICRO FARMING HOW-TO &#8211; TRENDS &#8211; VALUE-ADDED:  A micro-sized woodlot can be a valuable business asset for the eco-micro farm and those involved in small scale farming. ATTRA &#8211; National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, PO Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR  72702; Phone: 1-800-346-9140 &#8212; FAX: (479) 442-9842, http:\/\/attra.ncat.org offers a publication entitled \u201cWoodlot Enterprises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBackyard Woods,\u201d from the Arbor Day Foundation is a small guide showing how to plant a safe, earth enhancing forest for owners of one to 10 acres. The Foundation states that 49 percent of the earth\u2019s forests are in private ownership, and those that own backyard sized woods make up 60 percent of all USA private forest landowners. Smaller parcels of wooded areas individually and collectively make a big impact on the planet. <\/p>\n<p>Then learn to coppice: Coppicing is an old European method of harvesting firewood without killing the trees, and while maintaining the health of a diversified forest. Various information is appearing on the web, you\u2019ll have to search in your area.<\/p>\n<p>Backyard firepits are extremely popular, but so is \u201cgoing green\u201d and saving trees. A micro farm\u2019s ecologically stewarded woodlot can provide eco-friendly firewood (dense hardwoods properly cured produce the least pollution), along with being a carbon bank and wildlife habitat which helps attract customer loyalty. A woodlot can also be an agritourism draw for birdwatchers or for workshops \u2013 teach coppicing workshops \u2013 a rare and valuable skill. Plant \u201cU-choose\u201d tree seedlings around the edges as another crop for sale, and if you\u2019re in the USA, plant native mountain mint in the sunnier edges for honeybees. Value-added products such as natural bug repellent and carpet freshener have been made from this plant, and deer don\u2019t care for it. &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/microecofarming.com\">www.MicroEcoFarming.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MICRO FARMING HOW-TO &#8211; TRENDS &#8211; VALUE-ADDED: A micro-sized woodlot can be a valuable business asset for the eco-micro farm and those involved in small scale farming. ATTRA &#8211; National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, PO Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702; Phone: 1-800-346-9140 &#8212; FAX: (479) 442-9842, http:\/\/attra.ncat.org offers a publication entitled \u201cWoodlot Enterprises.\u201d \u201cBackyard Woods,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3158,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}