[Culturechat] Garden plots

[Vance Roy]

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On Monday, June 10, 2002, at 08:00 PM, hmmcleod wrote:

Vance:  Enjoyed the info on the garden plots.  Would also be interested 
in
all the wood piles we saw while in Switzerland in May.  Who cuts it; who
does it belong to; why are some of the piles dated, etc?

Thanks,  Harold


Most, if not all, of the wood you likely saw was community wood. Each 
citizen of a community (has to be born there or married to a citizen) 
has wood rights. that means of the wood cut by the community (you can't 
just run out and cut a tree down, it must be approved by a forester), 
they have the right to a portion of it. I don't think it is to be for 
sale, but I can't say for sure.

The wood is cut and stacked to cure. Then it may be obtained by citizens 
for their use. In some communities above the tree line, there are peat 
cutting rights, such as in Andermatt.

Vance Roy
gigli.saw@dplanet.ch

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On Monday, June 10, 2002, at 08:00 PM, hmmcleod wrote:

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Vance:  Enjoyed the info on the garden plots.  Would also be
interested in

all the wood piles we saw while in Switzerland in May.  Who cuts it;
who

does it belong to; why are some of the piles dated, etc?


Thanks,  Harold

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Most, if not all, of the wood you likely saw was community wood. Each
citizen of a community (has to be born there or married to a citizen)
has wood rights. that means of the wood cut by the community (you
can't just run out and cut a tree down, it must be approved by a
forester), they have the right to a portion of it. I don't think it is
to be for sale, but I can't say for sure.


The wood is cut and stacked to cure. Then it may be obtained by
citizens for their use. In some communities above the tree line, there
are peat cutting rights, such as in Andermatt.


Vance Roy

gigli.saw@dplanet.ch
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