Marko
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Firewood sideline - does this sound like a reasonable plan?
Marko replied to Big J's topic in Firewood forum
If you are selling hardwood at £60 a cubic meter then why on earth would your customers want to consider softwood. I don't think they are stupid. I make the proposed mark up nearer £17.50 a bulk bag (less the cost of the bag, handling, and delivery). Sweating yourself and your assets for the minimum wage is not my idea of fun... personally I would sooner pick up a bit of casual work stacking shelves in ASDA. It all boils down to the selling price £60 a cubic meter for seasoned, split, delivered hardwood. If that can change then it all begins to make sense. -
A 'like very much' button is needed on this forum. Lovely work!
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At £30 a sheet worth a try... Vermiculite Fire Board - Fire-proof Insulation
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I have a row of 5 year old saplings all gone brown - waterlogged roots.
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Get sliding doors if the budget will run to it...
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Wet and cold due to very heavy showers with lumps in them
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You may ask
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Oh well, I'll just have to try harder next year
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Not me Gov, they were mere amatuers... my dog grew one as big as that and she came 9th... if you think I am joking just look for Molly Dog on Mere Brow Giant Pumpkin Competition 2012
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And Simon from Blackpool brought his Jack (Nicholson) - o - Lantern which took the Mere Brow Giant Pumpkin Show by storm:
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Well you did ask... Due to the atrocious growing conditions and poor light levels my pumpkin was just 849lb this year. Still got three big boys for sale if anyone has nothing better to spend their hard earned on. Buy Giant Pumpkins - Big pumpkins for sale get a large pumpkin for your Halloween Event
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I fully understand; it is very personal to me as well; it is my money in the kit and my sweat on the logs.... all the more reason to only do it for a sensible and fair return. I have to buy cord in so I know I am at a disadvantage to those suppliers who acquire waste but it doesn't change the price we charge which is always calculated bottom up. There are no exceptions. I can think of many ways that I might choose to give away money but to help heat a strangers house isn't one of them.
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As Eric Morcambe once said "I resemble that remark!"
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Some big stereo typing going on now... I suppose no firewood producer has ever used a comparison website to change gas supplier or decided what telly they want on (what's left of) the high street but gone online to find where to buy it at the cheapest price? Why is it so different when the boot is on the other foot. Please don't blame the customer. After taking all costs into account, if you can't sell at a profit it is time to stop.
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Over the last 8 years we have slowly been planting up a few blocks of trees; primarily blocks of hazel and traditional ash coppice with oak standards. Primarily for firewood after selected pieces (like ash poles, hazel sticks etc) have been harvested. Without being alarmist it does seem daft to spend another season getting a bad back if the crop is even at a small risk of failure. Should I switch species or just carry on? If the former what would be the best alternative to ash? Sycamore or even eucalyptus (heresy?) have crossed my mind but I would welcome any other input.
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It was the compulsory tweed mini skirt that put me off Dubarrys... I just haven't got the legs for it. Chameau's are now three years old; well worn but still warm and no leaks. Zip puller broke off on both sides within weeks though.
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Main topic in the recent Horticulture magazine. Not looking good.
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Don't know if it helps but I have just put a set of spring tine cultivators on ebay designed for comapt tractors of this size....and also a hardly used Howard Gem if it is of use to anyone.
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Not sure how the listing has survived this long.... offering additional services outside of ebay was always prohibited. Surprised it hasn't been reported for this alone.
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A 7am Laugh out loud. Classic
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We run a small operation which is all "on the books"... I can't expect the kit to be deductable if the income isn't declared. We sell at a small profit. Always. The real benefit of firewood for us is to covering the cost of man hours that would otherwise be less/non productive. In sticking to our guns on quality and price we seem to have quickly shed the difficult customers and have retained the pleasant friendly ones. It has worked out nicely for us.
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Thanks. Not out of the question then for those coppicing for a boiler. The test for me would be are the bits produced big enough to allow the airflow through when stored to season; in a heap, in a spud box, in a IBC etc. Anyone any experience?
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Looks like a real winner for wood boiler fuel at least. Can anyone provide any indicative pricing before I get too excited!
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Good job he won. If it was the other way around the lack of roll bar on the tractor would have made life interesting.
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Hypothetical - ideal woodland - what would you plant?
Marko replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
We have been planting for 7 years now. Ash with the odd oak in the main but alder, willow and hazel where better suited to the ground conditions. If anything doesn't take I pop in a birch.
