Farmer Tom
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In-laws.
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I wonder if some of it is down to having a higher equilibrium water content than other woods(?), and some to better than average retention by the bark ( what the bark's for after all). Based on a very small sample for private use (5-ish cube per year) I have had trouble drying Ash in exactly the same locations that I've successfully seasoned Oak, Hawthorne, Sycamore (that ones easy), cherry Laurel of the same size. The Ash is still there three years later, the others are long gone. I am having better luck with some Ash I felled early last year which was left until the bark rotted and then was split and stacked. I'm in a wet climate. I bet someone will quote that poem in a mo..
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Nah, It's a Landrover. Besides, it doesn't look like it would fit in that garage
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I don't cut trees for a living, but I do cut around 5 cube to burn each year. I've been using a mixture of vegetable oils for the past four years now. I used to just pick the cheapest & thickest from Lidl or Asda (don't have Aldi here). I've finally migrated to rape seed oil as a result of advice on here (and better labelling). I'm happy with its performance, go through around a tank of oil with a tank of fuel (bit like my old Volvo did ). Still can't see any wear on the bar, still using the three chains I bought with the ( Lidl) saw which I think is a rebadged Electrolux.
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Funnily enough, I was burning ivy as kindling tonight. Lovely stuff, 'bout an inch thick, dead a couple of years and dry as a bone.....
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Time to count the groundies?
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These spores are around us all the time. Bringing an extra couple of million into the house doesn't make any difference. The trick is not to allow the conditions (damp mainly, despite the name ) which encourage them to live. Same idea with woodworm, if they want in, they'll fly in.
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Actually, if you find you do need to drag bags, a double-layer of fertilizer bags or folded over plastic sheeting under them will act as a lubricant. plastic bag against plastic bag will sl-i-i-i-ide.
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Something which I think is characteristic of beech is the way that right-hand branch in your first photo is callussing over the dead stub. I often see Beech with these little 'knobs' where the end of the branch has decayed and the callus has closed completely over the rotted bit. - I may be wrong.......
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What to do with a 1/2 tonne of blackcurrants?
Farmer Tom replied to difflock's topic in General chat
Really interested to hear about the hybrid, be interested to hear how they taste. As for the raspberries, Cranachan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ? -
Ryan, you have a couple of pms. Tom
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Still, could be worse..... Nature at war: How helmets, grenades and guns discarded during the world wars have become enmeshed with tree trunks in Russia | Mail Online
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So long as you've got the airflow, I'd keep the syc back inside. Syc + rain = mush pdq. same reason you need to keep it up off the ground.
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What are those blueish spots? Are they in the freshly cut timber or are they moulds which have grown since cutting?
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That top one's Alder.
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Pm sent.
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<p>Hi WL,</p>
<p>I might be interested in some of those unsplit rings. Are you anywhere near Ballynure?</p>
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Trouble with Willow is that when it's wet it's full of water, when it's dry it's full of air.
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Thanks, I hadn't thought of rapeseed oil. Any reason I should avoid vegetable oil? I did notice a smell of puke after I'd left the saw for a couple of months once....
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Anyone else on here using cooking oil in place of the 'proper' chain oil? I didn't like the idea of spraying synthetic or mineral oil around my farm, so chose the thickest oil I could find in my local supermarket, Mazola in this case. I've been using a little LIDL saw for two years now with no obvious side effects. OK, I'm only a weekend log cutter, but I've used the saw for an estimated total of two hundred hours now and haven't seen any deterioration in the chain or the bar. I hand-sharpen the chain (I have three, which I cycle*) with an Oregon sharpening file set. When running the saw I can see the 'spray' of oil as it leaves the chain, and this shows all the way back to the bottom of the saw body. I get about a tank of oil = a tank of fuel. *Because I'd rather swap out a blunt chain and keep cutting when I can and then spend a wet day sharpening three at once.
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Looks just the job, maybe get ready with a cover for the end of summer. However, while it's dry you really do need to have a look at the felt on that shed roof. Tom
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And I'd be interested too if you're not too far from Ballyclare.
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Clamps? Ah, maybe I have the wrong sort of drum, mine ( or the ones I can get for free) have a sort of rolled/folded join at the end.
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Really impressed by that build quality. Hope it just needs a few tweaks. How do you seal the drum tops?
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Looks like it's been lying in water for a year ot two...
