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i know longstock (live in next village) and hilliers - both way too expensive for a poor old copse owner just because i live in hampshire don't mean i have the expected deep pockets a few of the links have proved useful though - so thanks to all for replies

cheers for the contacts - i shall have a look at them all depends on cost really - probably 50 or so mixed nuts - we want a good nut crop (not just hazel for wood) i expect them to be bare-rooted and will take them at any size (we are not in a hurry for first crop of nuts)

we are clearing a large area of our copse (mostly smothered in laurel) and we want to plant a number of different nut trees - filbert, cobb and maybe pekan i have done an internet search and contacted a few nurseries for brochure - but wondered if anybody on here had a good contact cheers

we are on hampshire/wiltshire border if you fancy a drive - i expect we could find a bit of birch for you

i like the sign but if we put a sign like that out - some toad would probably nick it

yeah i saw it - shame they haven't done any work around where i live - as so many of the trees are gonners

i like hornbeam - it burns "grate" we use / sell - oak, beech, sycamore, ash, sweet chestnut, birch -all have pro's and cons

i don't think we are charging enough this year we have decided on £70 a load - we have a small trailer that takes 1.17 cubic metres - and for that they get it delivered and stacked so i guess we will be kept busy

pm me your number and i'll give you a call one evening - as the old man might be able to sort you out with some

i will have a word with my dad for you - can't make any promises but might be able to sort something out or even better - you can give me a list of your customers

nice simple site - but i think there is a typo "as it will not seasoned enough to burn efficiently." i think the hosting charge is a bit steep - i built a little site for my dad (not that he has ever seen it) and the domain name and hosting is only $35 per year

i have a great supply of hornbeam - great wood for burning i use it green on a hot fire (i don't sell the hornbeam - but will charcoal some)

can you post a pic of the tree in question ?

are we (me and my dad ) the only ones on here that just uses an axe to split their logs

we sell good stuff for poles - but logs actually return more

buy a good axe

you can count me in (please) steve all hardwoods from our woods

we usually season our sweet chestnut for two years

i'd be interested in how you get on - so do keep us up to date i want to go into charcoal production myself (but my father is reluctant) as he reckons that the % you get back in viable charcoal is far less than you could with firewood

i am a tight "R's" - so i just ask on my local freecycle groups building companies won't take them back after they have delivered a ton of agg' or something - so the customer has to get rid of them themselves

initially we pile up our brash - just to keep it out of the way ours is mostly sweet chestnut and birch we used to sell quite a lot of stuff to a local florist who did fancy wedding marquee displays etc - she used to have loads of birch tops off of us i make plant supports, bird feeders etc from the birch - as well as hurdles etc from chestnut and hazel the chestnut is great for pea and bean sticks and plant supports and thicker bits of hazel and chestnut are great for ground pegs long and thin poles can be used as props - especially overladen fruits we also make screens from it (as we are near a busy road) to help block us out prying eyes and light fingers anything no good for the above - either stays in small piles to rot down (birch takes no time at all to rot down) or we lay it along hedges etc - acting as an extra defense against deer and foxes (we have chooks up the woods) it also provides beneficial habitat for lots of woodland critters when my father was a lad - he used to bundle up all the small sticks he could find and sell them to his local baker (those were the days) hope some of the above ideas help - but my best bit of advice is : if it is a hobby, try to enjoy it and don't get stressed over it

i can't offer you tree surgery work - but i might be able to get you some coppice work experience if you want some - mostly sweet chestnut it will be based near romsey - so a bit of a drive from poole - but the tuition would be first rate (from my father) and instead of money as payment i am sure we could do you a deal on some wood let me know if you would like to try it out

could you stick my name in the hat too - please

the oak is called the king of trees, the aspen quivers in the breeze, the poplar grows up straight and tall, the peach tree spreads along the wall, the sycamore gives pleasant shade, the willow droops in watery glade, the fir tree useful timber gives, the beech amid the forest lives. sara coleridge

well done to you all - the new look is great