Hi all,
I'm new to charcoal making, did some with work years ago using a ring kiln but now I want to make it part of my business. The idea is to carry out habitat work (coppicing, thinning, glade creation, hedgelaying etc) and then using some of the materials to mill and sell and other bits to make charcoal to sell.
As word has got out in our valley that we have use of a mill, we've been gifted several storm blown trees, including some Black Poplar (always sad to hear of these going over) We currently have a couple of sizeable lumps for milling and the rest cut to make sitting logs/firewood lengths although everything that I've read says it isn't good as firewood. My question is - will it make decent charcoal? I figure that as other water loving species make good charcoal (Alder and willow) maybe this will to?
Appreciate any information!
