Barnyard

I have to clear (for a garden) a substantial amount amount of Ash and Blackthorn. 2X half mature (40ft) Ash, Numerous mature blackthorn, a few hazel and holly. 50 / 50 split. Yes 50 / 50 work effort too! Weight wise 30 tonne plus. You help me and i help you. Caerphilly. South Wales PM if you are interested.

Thanks Windfall Will they supply them to me by the hundred load or can you? Would rather someone here got the cash if I'm to be honest... But if you cant then no worries Many thanks Barnyard

What a bloomin good idea! Just out of interest and as i do not own one of them chiminea things myself, what size approx are the logs you are selling? I have a whole stack of small stuff sat here that i could do with shifting. Cheers

Thanks for the replies chaps The nets of logs i was buying were the large orange 52 x 85 variety. However they were not full to the brim and as farmer ben pointed out if they are full then they do have a lot of weight in them! I guess the next size down would be the ones to go for?? I can then live in the knowledge if the missus gets her act together she herself could go and get a bag or 2 from the store without saying she cant lift em! We can live in hope eh?? What are the next size down? Nearly forgot to ask! Cheers all and thanks for the replies! Barnyard

Sorry. The post sounded like i wanted them for free... Happy to pay! Not 30p each tho! I can however come to some agreement with anyone in the south wales area. I have a good number of ash and blackthorn i need to fell also.

Can someone please help me out here? I need to get myself 100 25kg log bags, y'know the cheap woven nylon type. I have tried the "bay" and they work out at nearly 30p each! Ouch! If anyone has a surplus or can give me some direction i would greatly appreciate it. Many thanks Barnyard

Thank you for the reply The woodland is actually for both. I try to maintain it as best i can and try to introduce as much wildlife as possible. I also use it to produce firewood, normally this would be naturally fallen trees or ones that are on their last legs and about to fall as it were... Taking it down would open a large area for new growth and supply quite a bit of firewood, but... well i don't know!! I suppose if it were going to help stop the spread of the canker it might be the correct thing to do.... Cheers. Barnyard

Hope some of you knowledgeable people can assist me on this one? I have a small woodland 4 1/2 acres of predominately Ash and i have notice a few of the trees suffering from canker. One in particular was quite bad (pic 1)and lost a couple of limbs over the winter. Whilst chopping the cankered tree yesterday i noticed this split on the bark of it's neighbour (pic 4-5) Is this canker? What is the best option? Is it possible to help it or better to take it down? Any and all advise greatly appreciated. Cheers. Barnyard

I came across this beauty the other day resplendent with blue bells growing in a root fold.

Would it be beyond the collective knowledge of this very fine forum to actually design and market such a splitter? :Sub £500... Has anyone achieved this? Be it electric. petrol or tractor driven?? Just a thought... Happy Easter!!

I'm in the same sort of predicament as you Stevie. I have about 20 tonnes of felled Ash to cut and split but very little in the way of finances to afford such machinery. I so far i have done about 4 tonnes by hand... Blistered and knackered..But enjoying every second of it! Just get physical... and save a whole load of cash on a splitter. Saying that if you lived near me i would definatley go halves on one!! Cheers

Well here is mine! I had a few pallets laying around and decided to have a go. Everything used to build the store was free, the nails were recycled as were the screws. The tarp just blew in during a storm a couple of months ago Total cost of build? About £2 I know its rough but none of the pallets were the same size and as i am currently between jobs as it were i could not afford to buy any timber so i used some long straight (Ash?) trees for the joists. Cheers Barnyard

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Took these in the back garden! The heavy snowfall we had up here accounted for one of them coming away from the rock face others were collected by the first one falling... I need to get them cleared up before some damn trespasser has one fall on them and tries to sue Cheers all. Barnyard

I have been using the Henry Krank alarm mines for a couple of years now an by Christ do they work! Someone sets one of these bleeders off in the middle of the night they sure do know about it! Alarm Mine 12g Trip Wire When i first installed them i did wonder if they would be a sufficient deterrent but after them been tripped on a couple of occasions within the first couple of months i have not had any problem for over a year with the thieving ******. Deffo worth giving them a try... You can buy the blank cartridges there too and it is all perfectly legal All the best. Barnyard