Coppicing - The Essex Way Traditional Cache

What do we have here?

Coppicing is the process of cutting trees down, allowing the stumps to regenerate for a number of years (producing many new shoots rather than a single main stem) and then harvesting the resulting stems.


What we looking for are here at the base of a stump on the footpath side

Coppicing has been practiced in British woodlands for centuries. Providing items such as pea and bean sticks, firewood, charcoal, furniture, sheep hurdles, baskets, fencing, hedging sticks, tool handles and brooms.

People are often prepared to pay high prices for traditionally hand crafted wooden items produced from coppice products.