Box

[Danllan]

On ‎29‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 19:49, se7enthdevil said:

leave as logs but seal any endgrain once cut.

 

i'd love to see the tree, it must be enormous for a box???

 

On ‎10‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 08:46, Lignaterrae said:

I had my greatest success sealing the ends with bitumen - it's just what I had at the time. The logs were stored in the attic of an outbuilding that was dark but draughty. Left for 4 years and they were then nicely dry and virtually crack-free. Mind you, those were 4' diameter, not 8" ...

Apologies for such a slow response, I don't go down to that part of the farm much during wet weather - which means most of the winter here in Carms. But I did go down last week and looking at them remembered to take a pic, it's from my clockwork 'phone so not great. The scale is my pocket knife, a Mauser.

 

I must admit to being a bit edgy about cutting the branches now, but I need to open the place up a bit so it must be done. However, I'm not in a rush, so if it's too late to cut this year I can wait for next winter, thoughts? Thanks for the advice given.