alt Hacker NewsAre coppicing and pollarding used at all to produce timber? I had the impression that it was done only to make firewood, and was cut repeatedly without letting it grow like described in the article.
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WillAdams • today at 6:03 PM
Coppicing is used for lumber for baskets and other weaving techniques, at least in Appalachia.
Ben Law in the UK used a sweet chestnut coppice as timbers for his house. Done properly coppicing can not only produce renewable and sustainable timber, but it is one of the only woodland management techniques that has significant positive impact on the ecology of the woodland in which it is practiced.
https://ben-law.co.uk/