Coppice and Pollard
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No, that is not a local law firm. Don’t call if you’ve been injured in the workplace. Or suffered whiplash. These terms refer to woodlot management practices that have fallen into disuse, as have woodlots for most Americans. Both these ways of treating your trees result in a larger volume of smaller and straighter (versus heavier and irregular) branches. I am considering these methods here in my 38th year burning wood for heat. [Serving suggestion: Fragments / Wood If I Only Could] In coppicing, the …