>My original intent was to cut the alders down for homegrown firewood and
>kindling when they got big enough to shade the fruit trees. I then found
>out that you cannot cut down a tree in your own yard without permission
>from the city. Makes me want to scream! All the clear-cutting that goes
>on around here, yet someone who wants to grow their own firewood and
>fertilizer in an environmentally appropriate way has to wrestle with red
>tape. Well, here's a modern reason to pollard. Originally pollarding was
>used to produce coppice-like shoots above the height that could be browsed
>by animals; I might do it so I can say I'm pruning, not cutting down the
>alder.
>
>Carol (and Brodie)
>
Carol
We pollard some of our firewood trees so that we can grow climbing roses
and other climbing ornamental over our fuel supply - how is Brodie at
"pruning"
kathryn
