Woodworks

No, we shouldn't be promoting them. For many and admittedly not all it's a lifestyle statement. Sure it's good for log sales but in the big picture, I think it would be better to push other renewable technologies that don't have all the problematic variables running a stove can have. Spend the rather large sums of money involved in fires and lues on insulation and just need less heat

Used to have a Squirrel. Well made but not exactly state of the art when it came to combustion. This was some years ago so they may well have changed.

Counting our blessings as it seems to be a good year for the birds here. Loads of blue tit's, sparrows, robins also quite a few goldfinches, coal tits and blackbirds. Not seen a song thrush yet this year and we used to have plenty of them. Only a few swallows so far but maybe some more will come up next time we get a southerly. Cant be easy flying up from Africa with the number of northerly blasts we have had this spring. The usual selection of corvids as well. Liz saw our first ever red kite last week to join our bountiful amount of buzzards. We do get large swings in populations. A few years back the place was overrun with sparrows and blackbirds but hardly a blue tit to be seen. Nice mix this year Edit. Forgot to mention a thriving population of wagtails one of which is driving us mad. It attacks it's reflection anywhere it sees it. Smacking against our windows, bashing on the truck's mirrors and burying them is shite and quite often whacking itself against the stainless flue on the roof. Had this little blighter for several years now or it's kids do the same

Clark forest Bio oil is just rapeseed and natural rubber. Just started using in my processor to make the chip that bit more garden friendly

You might find something on here https://farm.autotrader.co.uk/search

Not nice. Used to live in an old farmhouse that this was a common thing. Never fun going downstairs in the middle of the night and having one squish between the toes. Never worked out where they got in. Tried tracing the trails but they seem to be able to cover their tracks. Good luck maybe a house duck

Yep, it was their coverage of this that made me ask the question. The bias was astonishing. I am not a labour voter to date but thought they were given almost an equally hard time in spite of only having a fraction of the loses. Not to mention the beeb hardly mentioning the huge gains for liberal democrats. Is it not possible the lib dems did so well due to their stance on brexit as opposed to wanting to kick the conservatives? Just appalling bad coverage all around.

Well probably not but still sounds interesting https://returntonow.net/2019/04/14/americas-first-hemp-wood-factory-is-being-built/

In the news today https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48155222?fbclid=IwAR39qro2-Ivdsqz3OigIIowfLfOUjS9j7wiTh1Nbw3iAUSlFcLxrr30SOMY

Just waiting from some feedback from a friend who has just built an interpretation of mine but twice the size.

No bark but a bit of sap and defects as the center is included in most of the lengths. So £30 a cube as it's less good?

Got someone popping out for some wood for a mantlepiece tomorrow. What I have is some 6" x 6" oak which must be 10 years air dried. No idea what wood like that goes for these days. I don't want to take the pee but don't want to give it away either so what's a fair price per meter or cubic foot. Thanks

We used a large log for a table on our part done patio (just concrete at present) Any time we moved the log there were plenty of worms under it.

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We are on a spring supply. Didn't fit ourselves though. Water runs out from under rock and straight into a concrete collection system. The water flows down a short gulley with ventilation bricks on one side. Water goes through these brick and into the main collection tank. The excess carries straight out at the end of the gulley. The main tank is 3' deep and the pipe to us is around halfway up allowing sediments to collect at the bottom of the tank and not run back down the pipe. There is a filter on the end of the pipe to take out any larger particles or wildlife (it has been known) Then the rest of the filtration is at this end. Cant find a picture of a similar system but did come across this that might be of help. https://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/gravity-based-spring-water-supply-systems-andhra-pradesh-lessons-and-steps-towards-future

Planed up a face to take pictures for Steve and realised it's field maple. It caught me out last year when we had some in a load and still did not recognise it.

Love the dumb newsreader who never knew CO2 levels had been high in the past. No doubt levels have changed over millennia but it's the speed of change which does not allow species to evolve or adapt. Combine this with how we have harmed the environment in other ways it does not give many species much chance hence we have so many extinctions taking place now. Not sure what the point of posting the video is. The scientist agrees with the "good scientists" who measure data that must include our current period of rapid warming which we are having without any other natural catastrophic events (volcanoes, meteorites) other than us. If that's all Fox News can find in the deniers camp you have to presume global warming is worse than thought.

Definitely, no odor to speak of

Another of the bark hopefully in focus this time. Can ash have bark like this? It was in a load of ash and sycamore but looked distinctively different but then I could be easily convinced the wood was ash if it wasn't for the completely different bark.

Pretty sure it's not hornbeam as we have a fair bit here on the farm. The bark does have those sort of fishers but is much courser. It's heavy but not hornbeam heavy Off to look up rowan but these were long clean stems and I didn't think rowan grew so quickly as this. Edit. pretty sure it's not rowan either having seen some pictures.

Been processing logs for a chap today. Had quite a few lengths of this mixed in the stacks and it was a new one for both of us. It's quite a hard and heavy wood when wet. Looks much like ash apart from the darker heart which is different from the dark heart of ash. Bark was more like sweet chestnut and stripped back fairly easily. No distinctive smell. Any thoughts?

Hooray

Interesting. I was toying with the idea of using galvanised sheet for my next one. Stainless is crazy money and expands far more when hot so creating more stresses. I know the galvanising will melt but most of it is protected from the worst of the heat so should be good.

Very shiny. Is it stainless or galvanised steel? These are the bags I used on that order. Pretty value IMO https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50-Large-Potato-Sacks-New-Kraft-Bags-0433/231887260055?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

Hi Ernie. We loaded them with 60litres of charcoal and they came in around 9.3 kg so pretty close with your 10kg. If I could run at lower temps and make denser charcoal they would probably weigh in excess of 10kg