eucalyptus

[Wex]

A friend of mine in Oz refers to it as the " Widowmaker" because of its propensity to drop limbs quite easily.They've lost a fair few cattle that have sheltered below them in foul weather:thumbdown:.From what I hear they grow over here very quickly because of the wetter climate compared to that in Oz.The seedpods they drop smell lovely but when they break down smell a lot like cat pee.

I was paid in part on a landscaping job with a few loads that were dropped in October/November , 8 of them about 60-70 foot.I had cut them down to 4 and 6 foot lengths originally to transport and spent the last two days ringing them down to 4" to 6 " rings,lovely smell.Reason why is I saw some guys splitting some large rings from the same trees on site a few weeks after felling and boy was it tough going.They gave me a few for burning back then which I did a few weeks ago.They did burn , slowly but a good heat.Judging by the weight of yesterdays lot they wont be near seasoned for the coming winter but I'll be splitting them next week whilst they are still somewhat green.The bark peels away very easily aswell.Should have enough stocked up for the next few years:thumbup1:

[Robert_S]

i burnt a load this winter, excellent to burn, to season took 12 month (split) in the log shed then i transfered it to the greenhouse for 6 month was about 15-18% moisture content when i burnt it, i have a load just about to go in greenhouse for this winter as well. i like it, its also smells nice in the house next to the fire.

[Pigglet]

I took one down in our garden a couple of weeks ago. I was actually surprised how easy it split when done straight after felling.

It's reassuring to hear it burns well as I've got loads of the stuff now:laugh1:

[Stu3k]

Forestry Commission doing study on Euc for Short Rotation Forestry and Euc comes out tops,both in yield and calorific value

Forestry Commission Scotland - Renewables - Energy forestry exemplar trial species