farmer rod

quite, mind you I used to play rugby with a guy with one arm and he was way better than me with two

seems like loads of people getting stuck on purpose:001_rolleyes: I spend all my time trying to avoid it

that was my diagnosis:001_rolleyes: they are a brilliant gadget

Having lent my ally one to the kids who somehow blew a hole in it, I would go for the stainless next time round

I have burnt some in our woodburner, bearing in mind this was chip I had dried in the oven (to check moisture content) sometimes it burns from the outside like a log, but sometimes it gets hot inside and smoulders which must be less efficient and probably would soot up the flue eventually

here here, anyone care to flip my yard upside down could they please shake the mud off

Sorry for a bit of a derail, but could you put a logsplitter cone on and auger drive?

go on, get a really big one

did anyone find the coverage useful or enlightening?

thanks for the reply Rod

if it gets everywhere it will be a dam shame, but it will make fuelling my new woodchip boiler a bit easier for a year or two

bit of a de rail, but is carting biomass/woodchip still considered forestry? or is your MB taxed differently? cheers Rod

my green light was flashing

can you imagine how the discussion will go, which tree? the noble oak....... no chance take out the sycamore.... could be pages of it:001_rolleyes:

tried that, Sussex Life had a lively debate about which colour was best, and H& H seem to use the Aga for drying their numnahs.

I had problems with the elbow below the burner coking up, but it sounds like you have checked all that.

Absolutely right, and possibly the value of properly dried wood also

if its going in the ground then oak or sweet chestnut

An epic poem, great work stereo

Back to normal, well done guys. We all get a little anxious when arbtalk is working properly!

Steve, Im in Narnia, Im getting pages of error notice like this Warning: xcache_get() [function.xcache-get]: XCache var cache was not initialized properly. Check php log for actual reason in [path]/vboptimise/core/class_operator_xcache.php on line 21 but fortunately the forum still appears at the bottom, is it my pc ?

Catweazel has hit it on the head, the economics of it depend on how much of a hurry you are in. Looking at the equilibrium moisture table for wood, air at 90% relative humidity will dry wood to about 20% mc, almost irrespective of temperature. However raising the air temperature by one degree reduces the rh by about 4% so a little heat improves your air quality immensely. One strategy could be to blow air all the time that the logs are over say 25%, then dont blow in the evening when the dew is falling, dont blow in so much cold air that it cools your logs over night, but if the humidity inside your container got to 85% then time for an air change, if the sun is shining blow like crazy. The dehumidifier will not have much effect all the while you have fresh air being introduced and they work much better at higher temperatures. Running one will help, but it may not be the cheapest per litre of water removed.

they can carry at least 15 good acorns, but they dont bury them:biggrin:

the Mikeys can sniff them out really efficiently I was told by an old gardner who used to put a sheet of cloche glass on each pot and a brick on top of that, the glass was better because you could see when they were up and the take it off.

I am under the impression that squirrel bite the acorn and this stops it germinating, whereas jays do not, anyone more knowledgeable on here put me right on this?