Retirement plans, perhaps to include planting a "forest"

[aspenarb]

Dont forget to bury a log cabin in there Mr Flock, in time it will outperform the revenue from timber

 

Bob

[EastAnglian]

Rowan, field maple, hornbeam depending on where you are. You can coppice them if you want a quick turnaround on your firewood or leave them to grow and they'll still be around a few hundred years later.

[difflock]

Dont forget to bury a log cabin in there Mr Flock, in time it will outperform the revenue from timber

 

Bob

 

Hussssssh:sneaky2:

 

Iffen nearer Belfast, or a larger centre of population, I would consider opening a Woodland Cemetry, for pets and their owners.

And then set up an associated charity for the dear old cat/dog ladies to leave all their monies to, for ongoing maintenance in perpituity.

Edited May 18, 2017 by difflock

[Stubby]

Black / false locust is Robinia pseudoacacia.

 

I've got a load in pots at the moment, which will be going out in to my paddock soon for eventual firewood coppice. Certainly seems to be fast growing, and is an attractive tree. Should also be reasonably OK if temperatures increase in future. But it is non native and spikey, and apparently suckers quite vigorously.

 

I felled one on my front lawn as it was touching the roof . Burnt a treat , hot and long . Also coppiced well as it sprouted from the stump and made another tree really quickly . I realized it was Pusudoacasie but did not know that Black Locust was the name the Americans give it !

[Rough Hewn]

Put some sweet chestnut in there. If it all goes wrong you can survive off them.

Medieval peasants did.

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[Paul in the woods]

Put some sweet chestnut in there. If it all goes wrong you can survive off them.

Medieval peasants did.

[emoji3]

 

Is it worth planting sweet chestnut these days with it's various diseases? Disease also rules out ash at the moment.

 

On my patch of young woodland the beech is dying off at about 25 years old probably because the ground is too wet for it. The oaks have been attacked by squirrels who have also killed the only hornbeam I had.

 

Alder is doing ok, seems to be deer resistant as well as being ignored by the squirrels. Not a long lasting firewood though although good for wild life.

 

Hazel, field maple etc are doing ok but not huge trees, what about wild pear/apple?

 

I like sycamore but it's a squirrel magent, although some suggest planting it to keep them off your oak, beech etc.

[spandit]

Cherry and crabapple have nice blossom and fruit

[difflock]

If Alder made the best/preferred charcoal for gunpowder, it should? be good firewood surely.

Again for whatever reason I regard Syacamore as little more than a weed.

I would plant Ash, precisley because of the current disease, and keep my fingers crossed.

I like Ash, must be my Celtic blood.

cheers

mth

[Paul in the woods]

If Alder made the best/preferred charcoal for gunpowder, it should? be good firewood surely.

 

It cuts, splits and drys well, burns with a lovely scent but it burns quick.

 

As for ash, I don't think you can buy seedlings any more but you could grow your own.

[Gareth Dalzell]

I was chatting with the guys on the Eucalyptus nursery stand at the woodland show last week in Stradbally - they were giving amazing growth rates and firewood returns in a short time. Hardiness didn't seem to be an issue as they could spec the variety to the location. Could also be a foliage return to be made in the shorter term.