sandspider
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That's rather good. Sad state of our times, but good.
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Or there's plenty about the man from Nantucket!
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There once was a man named McGruder, Who canoed with a girl in Bermuda. But the girl thought it crude, To be wooed in the nude, So McGru took an oar and subduder. Or: There once was a woman named Jill Tried a dynamite stick for a thrill They found her vagina in North Carolina And bits of her tits in Brazil!
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Understood, thanks.
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Hi woodyguy. Just wondering why you say hazel coppice is not suitable for firewood? Size? I've burnt some hazel offcuts from hedgelaying, and they were great - dried quickly, burnt well...
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Normal for Norfolk?! (I used to live there!)
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Yes, I took the pic today, and yes, as far as I can tell it is Garrya. Certainly looks the same, and not as hornbeam like as actual hornbeam!
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Hyacinths in flower in my garden. That was before the recent cold & ice snap though, hope they're OK...
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That looks more like Norfolk than Kent!! :lol:
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Good man, cheers Shane!
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Ah hah! That looks like the badger. Silk tassel bush, suits it. Thanks Paul.
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Hi all I was thinking this could be hornbeam, but the catkins are a bit long, and the leaves are perhaps not veiny (or beechlike) enough. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Do people think the EU would survive Greece leaving? I thought one of the tenets of the EU was that a country leaving was not an option? I preferred Greece when it had the drachma! And France with the franc...
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I love my woodburner and would (and will) definitely get more in the future. However, I wouldn't want to rely on wood solely - nice to have gas (or oil or whatever) central heating as a backup.
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Impressive! Don't think I'd be casually stepping over the spinning shafts in baggy overalls though!
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Good face! What's it finished in?
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Looking for a wooden turned fountain pen?
sandspider replied to sandspider's topic in Woodcraft Forum
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Working neglected woodland
sandspider replied to Two Acres's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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Ahh, right. Yes, that seems a better price for a shed install! Plenty of wind for it tonight.
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I was talking about the ampair 600 you linked earlier, not a generator. I'm guessing that that would cost a couple of thousand?
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I'm guessing one of those turbines would cost a fair bit? Do look quite useful though...
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What's the calorific content of a dead mouse?! Better weight for weight than softwood / hardwood?! :unsure:
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Mine weren't treated - plain wood. (Possibly pressure treated) I wouldn't burn treated wood. And unfortunately, I don't work with trees!
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I've burned a few. I was told to be careful as they contain high levels of tars - possibly due to the pressure treatment? Seemed fine to me though, and chimney was no dirtier than usual. (I did mix them with other wood, not just roof timbers - also mine were a good age).
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Can't help you specifically - but at a much smaller scale I messed around with solar powered Christmas lights. I concluded that you don't get much power from a single solar panel, especially in winter. (E.g. a day's weak winter sun would get 15 minutes or so of light from a 3m string of LED bulbs - from a 10cm square ish solar panel). The same panel in full sun in summer would give an hour or two of light. So I imagine you'll need a good area of (more modern) solar panels and a hefty battery. And maybe to top the battery up from the mains every so often? This chap set up a more serious solar panel install for his house - might help you with panel area, wattage, amp hours etc.: Peplers In Rye: Eco-refurbishment - installing off-grid solar PV (part 2)
