(1) It might be the edge of a coppice of trees which you can place in a fold in the distant hillside, or the spire of a church that you can put above a bush or tree at the waters edge.

(2) Some farmers misunderstand what they are supposed to do such as, trimming a hedge when the plan said to coppice it.

(3) It is hoped that up to 148 acres of land will eventually be developed as fuel-efficient coppice over a six-year period.

(4) The 50 members of the renewable energy growers' group say they need the money to determine whether their 16-year contracts to supply the Arbre plant at Eggborough with willow coppice are now worth anything.

(5) Instead of the majestic oak woods the path now runs through an oak coppice , where the trees have been regularly cut to produce young, straight trees which, in former days, would have been regularly coppiced.

(6) While harnessing wind energy and burning willow coppice may seem good ideas, in reality it is not much more than green window dressing.

(7) Kennet District Council has since released a statement saying it took action to coppice four self seeded sycamore trees, or remove branches, after receiving complaints from residents.

(8) We hike down a surprisingly gentle trail, passing through stunted pinons to a Ponderosa coppice and a fetchingly derelict bridge at river's edge.

(9) The plan is to start producing synthetic gas from the willow coppice chips by Christmas and produce electricity at full capacity by Easter.

(10) The coppice coppiced today is to be used to make a fence around the other caravan in the farmyard and I was looking for thicker branches no thinner than my skinny arms but definitely not as thick as Fred's.

(11) What we're going to actually do with our coppice is unclear at the moment.

(12) The forest services are providing for a pilot project involving 47 hectares of short-rotation willow coppice .

(13) Regrowth is fast and the coppice is allowed to grow until the poles are big enough to be used for crafts.

(14) Hearing footsteps approach the coppice , however, he was saved from answering his own question.

(15) I, too, felt as if I was peering into a coppice .

(16) It had been built beside woodland on the edge of the Hallowsmere Estate and was cloaked to the north and west by a canopy of oaks and beeches, sheltering a coppice of aspen, hawthorn and wild plum.

(17) Much coppice is no longer managed as such

(18) The coppice of trees seemed to get thicker as tall birches lined the road, replacing the old-fashioned houses.

(19) Volunteers will be encouraged to help coppice a large hedge, which will enable the group to create a new play area at the centre.

(20) If laying or coppicing a hedgerow it must be in good condition and not diseased.

(21) Power & Water acknowledges that coppicing the trees would create greater effluent uptake as trees re-grow, but there has been no action on this front apparently for legal liability reasons.

(22) We cleared through this banking last winter, taking out or coppicing overgrown shrubs and controlling the undergrowth of brambles and ferns.

(23) They cleared some of the natural broadleaf woodland to make way for sheep pastures; they also coppiced or managed other parts of the woodland for timber and firewood.

(24) Woodland was no longer coppiced on the same scale to produce charcoal for fuel or timber for construction, so that land could be released for food.

(25) This tree is extremely tolerant of atmospheric pollution, and when coppiced in spring, will reach a height of eight feet, producing hairy, soft leaves up to two feet across, in just one season.

(26) Utilization of starch reserves in naturally regenerating coppices was estimated to provide only a small proportion of the dry matter accumulated in new shoots.

(27) The coppice coppiced today is to be used to make a fence around the other caravan in the farmyard and I was looking for thicker branches no thinner than my skinny arms but definitely not as thick as Fred's.

(28) Clearing woodland by coppicing involves cutting it to the ground, allowing woodland flora and fauna to flourish, while encouraging new shoots to appear from the plant stumps.

(29) The leaflets also provide specific guidelines for laying or coppicing hedgerows which have grown up, lost their dense base and are in need of rejuvenation.

(30) A stream ran through it, and around it were fields, orchards and small woods, or coppices .