Hello Mark!
I'll admit I never thought to look up books on coppicing or pollarding. But I've seen these techniques used in many places in my travels. Can those be done poorly? Sometimes I look at the end result and just shake my head because the tree (usually pollarded), looks completely out of place in a landscape. But then I see it done in orchards, and it seems so appropriate.
For my new farm, I thought I could use sapling-thick branches for more natural fencing and gardening structures, so coppicing some trees would probably give me more of what I need more consistently, right?
I suppose I should get your book and read it! I'll add it to my holiday wish list and see if I can land a copy.
Cheers!
