middle ground firewood tree (growth rate vs burn quality)

[Stere]

Only wanted 1 or 2 for the garden as a novelty problably not worth the hassle geting it from Suffolk to Wales.

 

There is alot of low lying  boggy rush covered ground reclaimed from the sea behind embankments about in N Wales though that could suit them. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Mr. Ed]

On 12/12/2023 at 11:47, openspaceman said:

Try the cricket bat firms that buy the timber. When I last sold some to Wrights they sent their own feller and he cut them with no sink. They then supplied and planted the replacement setts.

“Cut them with no sink.”?  Sounds interesting. What’s a sink in this context?

[openspaceman]

22 minutes ago, Mr. Ed said:

“Cut them with no sink.”?  Sounds interesting. What’s a sink in this context?

The cheese shaped wedge cut out of the front face of the tree to control felling direction, sometimes called the gob.

 

[Mr. Ed]

8 hours ago, openspaceman said:

The cheese shaped wedge cut out of the front face of the tree to control felling direction, sometimes called the gob.

 

ah. Never heard that usage. Thx