Weeping willow trees are stately if short-lived plants in large landscapes. Place them behind a big pond, away from failing pipes or septic tanks, and they will bestow an agreeably melancholy air ...

Coppicing can give you fence posts, stakes, and long branches to use in garden fencing, ... Willow – many willow species are great for weaving, basketry, and other crafts, ...

Apart from the enjoyment of making household items out of stems, coppicing trees and shrubs has aesthetic and eco benefits for gardens. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.

Over the Garden Fence: Pussy willow trees an easy way to bring back childhood memories By Bill Lamont April 26, 2015 12:00 AM. Pussy willow ... The technique of coppice, ...

Living snow fences (LSF) can mitigate blowing snow problems, reduce the cost of highway maintenance and improve highway safety. LSF are rows of trees or shrubs that perform the same function as wooden ...

Coppicing as a management technique dates back to the Neolithic period, when people used coppice wood for a variety of purposes, ranging from beanpoles and lath to firewood and fence posts.

9 August 2002 Willow coppice at crossroads?By Wendy ShortNorth-east correspondentTHE future of willow coppice as a renewable energy source was left ...

The classic wood is willow because of its flexibility. If your posts are willow, too, you can even create a living fence — an informal hedge — because willows tend to sprout roots when stuck ...

9 November 2001 COPPICING- WAITINGFORTHEGREENLIGHTShort rotation coppice production may be a potential non-fossil fuel for the future butexpansion is ...

A craft that is thousands of years old, coppicing provided material for hurdle fencing and the woven panels of wattle-and-daub construction used in timber-framed houses. Thinner sticks (faggots ...

Woven fences border the meadow and other areas where sheep-proof fences are necessary. The woven fences are also reminders of one of our volunteers, John Chabrillat, who sadly died in November. John, ...

You can mix coppice trees with standard-size trees if you prefer. Order bare-root plants now ( Double Yew Nurseries ), preferably 45cm-60cm (17in-23in) high and bare root, which cost a few pence each.