Fantastic new way to store firewood!

[Al Baker]

I don't have a Campbell problem myself. It's the culturally disabled dinosaur bawbag whiskey drinkers that seem to hate them to pieces.

 

Anyway, back to firewood piles. I'm not really happy with my solution with topping them off. I'm trying to think of something waterproof that folks chuck out. I don't really wanna spend any money on it, especially not since I became a Scot anyway.

[Stereo]

Oh blimey, I hope this thread doesn't fall foul of the forum rules. My comment re Sassenachs was only meant as a light hearted jest (as an Englishman married to a Scot). Let's keep this all pleasant eh chaps? Live and let live and all that.

[Al Baker]

So anyway, what's the best solution for the stack cover?

[Stereo]

How about asking builders if they ever get any DPM offcuts. Pain for them to dispose of I would imagine and perfect for the job.

[Stereo]

Or cheap 6 x 9 tarps. Get them on ebay for a couple quid. I think we even sell the Clarke Cammo ones.

[Treecreeper1961]

Now that has been pure entertainment!

[muldonach]

I have been a member of the forum for just under a year now and have picked up a few good ideas, because, although I have been cutting firewood for myself and family for over 45 years, (God, is it really that long?) you are never too old to learn something new, especially about handling and storage. I started with the Fergie saw, moved on to the chainsaw and axe, and now have the tractors and logsplitter, evolution you might say.

 

I have never posted anything before, mainly because I've never had anything useful to contribute to the firewood forum. Until now.

 

I have never, for a long, long time read such utter racist rubbish as the following:

 

 

 

For a start, I have been a Scottish Nationalist all my life. So that makes me a "whiskey drenched racist Dinosaur bawbags who wanna splurt nationalism"[/I]?

 

Scottish Nationalists believe that Scots should determine their own fate. Simples. Now, we may make a mistake or two along the way, but they will our mistakes and up to us to rectify. When we do make mistakes, you can laugh by all means. But we will learn from those mistakes and move on.

 

Even if he could actually change his nationality, he never will be Scottish. Why on earth would he want to change his nationality? Ashamed of your own nationality? Residence does not determine your nationality. I could live in England for 30 years, but I would never become English, I would always be a Scot.

 

"some pockets of ancient Caledonian (non crap) forest I could show you if you don't mind spending a day getting there in a canoe" Well, I can take him in my car a few miles, open the door, walk a couple of paces and touch a Scots pine. Why would he get into a canoe? Maybe we are so backward that's the only mode of transport we can use?

 

"A fair portion of the Highlands remains "Frontier country" even in this day and age. You can still stub your ribs on a dumped tractors steering column diving into a Loch." By the way, no crofter dumps a tractor in a loch. If it can be driven to a loch, then it can still be used. You will find them rusting away in fields, usually because they have been used as a donor tractor for spares. It's called recycling, yes, even in the "Frontier country". I'm sure the locals would love the description.

 

Oh, and if you really want to be Scots, Mr Baker, then do try to spell whisky properly. And one further thing, I am a Campbell, and very proud of it.

 

Sorry for taking the post off track.

 

Well for a first post it was worth waiting on - dummy is most certainly oot!!

 

Cosmiccrofter - don't come back as a trout!

[muldonach]

I don't have a Campbell problem myself. It's the culturally disabled dinosaur bawbag whiskey drinkers that seem to hate them to pieces.

 

Anyway, back to firewood piles. I'm not really happy with my solution with topping them off. I'm trying to think of something waterproof that folks chuck out. I don't really wanna spend any money on it, especially not since I became a Scot anyway.

 

Cut some rashes and thatch 'em - ticks every box - plentiful, natural, sustainable, recyclable:confused1:free (if you have the right ground you may even get a grant for cutting them!)

 

Sorted or what jimmy??

[Al Baker]

Cut some rashes and thatch 'em - ticks every box - plentiful, natural, sustainable, recyclable:confused1:free (if you have the right ground you may even get a grant for cutting them!)

 

Sorted or what jimmy??

 

Blimey, ok, believe it or not, I was wondering what to do with all the rushes in my garden. seriously, the lawn is being taken over by them. I tried digging them up even wondered about herbicide which I hate.

I guess I'd need to make some kind of underconstruction from switches or something?

[Al Baker]

How do I go about it muldonach, eh?