"Clean Air Strategy" today we find out.

[Big J]

On 23/01/2019 at 10:27, saintsman54 said:

I work for the National Forest and we’ve transformed 200 square miles of the Midlands through the planting of 8.7 million trees, increasing Forest cover from 6% to more than 20%.

I apologise for the pedantry, but that's only 68 trees per acre, which is about 1/15th of normal stocking density for hardwood. Is there a reason for this? 

[difflock]

Statistical extrapolation of the efficiency of Government bodies fat-fingered number crunching, will be to blame.

Or Uncle Joe expressed it differently, apparently.

[saintsman54]

10 hours ago, Big J said:

I apologise for the pedantry, but that's only 68 trees per acre, which is about 1/15th of normal stocking density for hardwood. Is there a reason for this? 

Hi Big J, Sorry I don't think I made it clear in my previous post. The project area is 200 square miles (128000 acres), 25 years ago the woodland cover in the area was at 6% (7680 acres), since then we have increased that to 21% (26880 acres), so we have planted 19200 acres or 5180 hectares.

 

Therefore the average planting density is 453 plants per acre or 1679 plants per hectare. Some areas are parkland, so there will be some a lot lower density and more commercially focused areas with a higher density. 

[sandspider]

19 hours ago, neiln said:

We all bring our seasoned wood inside a little at a time and store a few hours to a days worth beside the stove, where it dries a little more.  If I bring wood from the shed at ~18% MC, and sit it ½m from the stove, ambient conditions say 22C and 45% rh, but the ends facing the stove probably reaching 60C, does it dry measurably in 6 hours?  12 hours? 24? 48?  I'm just thinking, how big would my hearth rack need to be in order to achieve 15% MC as it goes to the flames.  I know I used to hear the odd crack from the stored wood drying slightly, although rarely now I'm 2+ years ahead on my wood.

I take logs from my polytunnel and bring them inside for a day or two before burning. This does seem to make a good difference to the dryness, maybe 3 or 4% on my basic moisture meter. (You can also see the cracks in the ends opening up) Having said that, this is by the side of the stove - if I run short, I put them in front of the stove (where they can char from the direct heat! Do this at your own risk, don't leave logs there unattended etc.), and there they seem to dry in an hour or so...

[Big J]

11 hours ago, saintsman54 said:

Hi Big J, Sorry I don't think I made it clear in my previous post. The project area is 200 square miles (128000 acres), 25 years ago the woodland cover in the area was at 6% (7680 acres), since then we have increased that to 21% (26880 acres), so we have planted 19200 acres or 5180 hectares.

 

Therefore the average planting density is 453 plants per acre or 1679 plants per hectare. Some areas are parkland, so there will be some a lot lower density and more commercially focused areas with a higher density. 

Excellent. Thanks for the clarification, and keep up the good work!