farmer rod
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Its not been made easy by the slightly different words that are used by the various parties involved, arb arisings = waste, oh no sir that would be Virgin Timber 9/5/14, Biomass Energy Centre, "Since October 2007 EA has declared that virgin wood residues are no longer classified as waste" However they (arb arisings) are deemed sustainable, so luckily no one is doing someone out of change or running a scam, but when you are sawing a thick fog appears, all of the round timber turns into planks and on the following day, before the fog lifts, you can throw some "old conifer bits" through the chipper
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Annother thread on small scale extraction...
farmer rod replied to Johnpl315's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I have to stick up for the tracked barrow, although I have never used one for timber, I had one on hire for moving soil and we got loads more done than I had ever imagined was possible, I recon they must do 4mph -
We have a hedgecutting protocol (sounds more exotic than it is) which includes roadside/trackside/footpath cut every year where we can get to it, field boundaries that are hedge we cut every three years if it hasnt got too wet, most of our fields have at least some boundary with woodland which we coppice if the fence needs doing, because if we dont the new fence gets mullered but a falling tree as soon as I leave the field. I have 100 tonnes stack of ash and alder which I think cost me as much as it is worth, (offers welcome cut Aug14) and in a 70 metre stretch of hedge I came back with one grabful of nut sticks which I regard as free because it was my own sweat. I have got two lovely hazel hedges which we no longer cut, partly to help doormice, but mostly because I really like hazel nuts.
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We are no longer allowed to murder them every year, now we do it once every three years! (And we have to wait till September 30th when the ground is too wet)
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Welcome to Arbtalk Jack, and good luck with your endeavors.
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Last month to process logs to sell this coming Winter ?
farmer rod replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
Brilliant work, are you going to put them in the oven eventually? -
You forgot a couple... Self Employed, Employed, Slave
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If its still a pup, get presentation going, if it brings you the ball and leaves it with you, lots of love and keep playing, if it stops away from you leave the pup and ignore it. If it catches on youve got a retiever, if its more of a spaniel then your better off learning hunting, there are gundog clubs and private trainers who do lessons, you will find people from all walks of life, with varying aspirations, you are bound to enjoy and your dog definitely will.
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Rex, I spent three days with Walter Harrison, near Dorchester, he was (maybe still is) a legend in the Spaniel world, everyday we took the puppies, there were ten or fifteen of them, out to a small field at the back of the kennels to play, he would call very softly " here here here" and any that came would get a ball to chase and even at 12 weeks they caught on to the idea that if you took it back, you got to chase it again and that staying close was more fun. He did also tell us that once they were teenagers all this stopped and lead exercise took over untill they were old enough to learn. My current model is a wayward lab, Ive taught him everything
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Around here you would be welcome at plenty of shoots, beating or picking up, if your dog is well trained then you will be sought after. Its quite a lot of hard work to get any dog steady, but you will feel so proud when your springer works well. there are gundog clubs that do group training, I'm sure you will find one near you, and they will have plenty of contacts at shoots, to get you introduced. Have fun!
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would it not be better to stack them on a pallet and wind round some netwrap to keep them in place?
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Help need on Apple orchard clearance
farmer rod replied to joe p's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I dont think will cheer you up Sean, but in a commercial fruit orchard most of the ecosystem is discouraged by husbandry, and the deadwood in particular pruned out and removed. -
so is this cube a cu ft or m3 ? thanks
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Where did the phrase 'tree hugger' come from?
farmer rod replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
Well I cant say agreed with his philosophies, but he was a colourful character, may his soul rest in peace -
Where did the phrase 'tree hugger' come from?
farmer rod replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
We all thought Swampy had started it, whats he up to these days? -
Will you be claiming the renewable heat incentive?
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Guys, Harry just goofed up, so he is keeping a low profile till he comes back next week as a European Comissioner
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Just in case it is useful, I am going to attempt to post a pdf log mass chart Log mass charts.pdf
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Correction, it was 50mm <55%, 10% fines<6mm, no green leaves/needles
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I did have the spec for Slough, not certain but I think particle size up 100mm was acceptable, the moisture was not too critical, but absolutely no stones,
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It would involve 350 truck loads a day, so it may be the queue at the traffic lights that is the main drawback for uk chip. I was told that sourcing chip from Canada, only 2% of the fuel used in the process was consumed by the boat. Still not right not to use our stuff thats going begging though.
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could we find that much wood if we needed to, Ive no idea how much uk wood lands up as biomass for fuel currently,
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How long would you like them and how many?
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I used to regularly get some Armillotox for a mate to put on his tennis court, I dont know the details on this but I think that it was advertised as getting rid of moss, but something in the licencing changed so now it is listed as an outdoor cleaner and therefore anyone can buy and apply. I was told by a builder friend that if you wanted to keep moss off a roof, then poke a few copper nails in the mortar joint on the ridge, so perhaps a few copper filings might do the job
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Its very easy and the result is quite entertaining. Just drill a 1 inch hole about 2 inches deep, then make three saw cuts trivial pursuit style (ok dairylea cheese) almost to the bottom of the log, stuff something flammble in the hole and light
