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Working neglected woodland
sandspider replied to Two Acres's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Interesting. Thanks again. -
Working neglected woodland
sandspider replied to Two Acres's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Thank you. Interesting to see - quite a leisurely growth, but you can see progress. Did you keep the young trees weeded / watered / mulched for the first year or two, or just leave them to it? I assume you didn't use tree shelters? Do you happen to know what sort of percentage survived from the first planting? Useful for my future plans! -
Working neglected woodland
sandspider replied to Two Acres's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
So what does it look like now? -
Fair enough. My car's too small to be worth the drive I'm afraid! Good luck.
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Don't suppose you'd be going anywhere near Bristol on your way home?! Cheers.
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Lovely grain in the wood. And good effort on making the kit to let you do it.
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Thanks. Handy, and looks good too.
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Nice! What's the little tractor with the pallet forks? Looks a good wee beastie.
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Working neglected woodland
sandspider replied to Two Acres's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Sure chap, no hurry! If you could see your way to moving the wood close to Bristol, I'd be happy to come and help out?! -
Working neglected woodland
sandspider replied to Two Acres's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Sounds great! Pictures please? -
Thanks tgb.
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Thanks. I don't actually sell logs, so don't have many to experiment with! But I'll give it a go when I get a chance
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Do you put the firelighter / birch bark in the top of the cut or at the bottom? I've seen both suggested? I guess it would burn for longer if at the top of the cut, but light and burn easier if at the bottom?
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Yes please!
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Ha! Didn't know where that one came from!
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Cheers TVI. Hopefully soon - land prices are only going up it would seem. Incidentally, do you have a blog or website or anything? Need more pictures etc. to feed my woodland management habit until I can get some woodland!
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Great thread TVI, thank you. I'd love to do what you do - but am stuck at a computer in an office. One day though, I will own a small patch of woodland. Please keep the pics coming in the meantime. Oh, and I like Terry Pratchett and Hammond Innes too! Especially TP.
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Does it not burn with a black and smoky flame full of nasties? Or if you force air into it does it burn fairly clean?
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Agreed re the X27. I used to use a £12 splitting maul from Toolstation, and split a lot of wood with it. I bought an X27 because of all the hype, and didn't find it amazing at first. The X27 is light so needs a bit of welly behind it, whereas the maul was heavier, so only really needed to lift it and use its own weight on the down-stroke. As I use the X27 more, and changed my splitting style to match it, it does improve. I'm not sure it's worth the £50 odd I paid for it though, vs the £12 maul. I only split wood for my own use, so perhaps if I did a lot more I'd prefer it.
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Nice work, good location - and a good deed for the trees and the community. Nice one.
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Stronghold has worked well for us in the past. And sea bathing for the dog seems to help too.
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Over 1500 now!
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Cold as balls.
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Worth reading Roger's books - reference is made to the ash arches and lots of other things. Not so much a how to of grafting, but a good read anyway.
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I like those. Simple but elegant.
