Soil
Heavy clay, improved slowly, still heavy clay.
Failures
Documented deliberately. They are the useful part.
The rotation
Seven years, in seven blocks, so one is cut each winter. Restarting a neglected rotation took the first four years.
Managed woodland
A small wood cut on rotation, badly at first.
Heavy clay, improved slowly, still heavy clay.
Documented deliberately. They are the useful part.
Seven years, in seven blocks, so one is cut each winter. Restarting a neglected rotation took the first four years.