Hoping to Build from Coppiced Greenwood

[Bob Rowlands]

Well this old dog learned something new today. I made my 7 and 8 year old grandsons walking sticks from what turns out to be 'coppiced shoots', last spring. After cutting the shoots free from the stumps I found I could easily pull the bark off the shoots. The debarked shoots were covered with

moisture

and were very bendy. So I continually straightened them as we walked around the lake, and washed the slime just under the bark off my hands in the lake as well.


The last i saw them a few weeks ago they were dry and very straight. Not unlike making arrows. Now they're fully dried out stiff and are actually good walking sticks. So cppiced wood will easily take a set and dry out fast FWIW.

So, with that I'd say go ahead and just build the yurt.