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Oz are big on bio security - my sister had to pay a cleaning charge because there was a bit of soil left in her walking boots when she went there!
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Ben Law did a couple - though I think they were more the story of the build than a how to...
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Handsome thing, lovely work. Are you not going to rake the front for aerodynamics at all? (A question, not a criticism!)
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Bout time i had meself a picture thread....thread.
sandspider replied to sean's topic in Picture Forum
Nice for a holiday, but not as good as Goblin Coombe -
Bout time i had meself a picture thread....thread.
sandspider replied to sean's topic in Picture Forum
I live just down the road from Brockley Coombe, and know the timber yard well. How does Melbourne compare?! -
Wood consumption world wide sustainable/unsustainable
sandspider replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
I worked out very roughly a while ago that I'd need around 5 acres of trees to provide enough wood to continually fulfill all my heating, cooking etc. needs just from wood. (3 bed detached house, no clever pellet boilers or anything, just log burners). So we'd probably need more than the land area of the UK devoted to woodland to keep us all going just on wood! So we might get hungry! Having said that, with more efficient burning systems, better insulation, maybe planting different tree species etc. that could probably be improved upon. And warmer countries would need less heat so less wood. But colder countries would need more heat and grow more slowly... Interesting question. -
Still no pics, sausage!
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Surprised how small that root ball is for the size of tree. What sort of tree is it, anyone?
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Handsome hound. I think we'll get a spaniel of some sort (not the King Charles type, maybe a springer or cocker) one day. Had lots of collies previously - lovely dogs and intelligent, but need lots of exercise and stimulation. My dad recently got a golden retriever - lovely little thing. A bit bitey (puppy teeth) but great fun. Doesn't need too much exercise, happy to sleep in the car for hours at a time etc.
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Looking healthy. Is that just mulch around them, or are you going for some sort of willow filtration bed? Any slug / rabbit / deer problems with them? I suppose slugs go for veggies over trees!
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Not sure I agree about the hoppy ales () but otherwise looks idyllic. Out of interest, how big is the total estate? And why has it been mainly abandoned? Thanks for the pics.
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That is a really good idea. I want one! Nice find...
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Cheers brush cutter, I'll look into that.
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2500 years. My history knowledge isn't up to much, but the times that tree has lived through, and the things it could've seen...
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Signed, possibly twice.
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Thanks. Yes, I meant the blue tub, hadn't noticed the blue drainpipe too!
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Can't help you I'm afraid, but be interested to see the suggestions. Is it possible to get one PTO powered mower that will do a reasonably neat job on a lawn but will also tackle rides, thistles, brambles, small saplings etc?
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Looking tidy. Where does the blue pipe go? Into some sort of soakaway / draining system?
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Had mine done in Feb 2012. (Drastic pruning) Looking good now, recovered fine, and sprouting lots of thin new branches from the big old stumps.
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Anyone know of a Guilliet & Fils/ stenner sawmill?
sandspider replied to Graham w's topic in Milling Forum
Is that a truck engine on the generator, with a radiator off to the right? Looks like a beast! -
That's pretty much the problem. I can probably work around it by wedging them between other bits of wood, but I think I might need to cut my losses at some point and have a bonfire. (Some bits have nails etc. in too) Hugelkultur sounds interesting, but my garden isn't big enough just yet! One day... Cheers all.
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Still looking good.
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I've got a heavier toolstation maul, but no wedges or grenades. It's not so much that the X27 won't split the faces, it's more that there's so many branch junctions there's no way for a split to run for any length, so it ends up with me doing lots of hacking or / and giving up. If there's no cunning way to do it, I think I'll just gather the gnarly bits until I've got a decent pile then get the saw out. Cheers all.
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Cheers gents. This is wood for my personal use, not for sale, so I'm not too bothered how it looks. Guess I'll carry on with the chainsaw if there's no simpler way. And I take your point about not leaving them till the end Jake, but its easier to just throw them to one side and take something splittable! Suppose I could save them all up and hire a log splitter for a day...
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Hi all Probably no easy answer to this, but I'm just wondering if I'm missing a trick. Getting to the end of my wood supply and preparing more for next year, and I'm mainly left with knotty / gnarly big pieces of wood. (Where the trunk branched into 3 or 4 main branches for example). I've got a chainsaw and an X27, but it's not easy to split due to the knots and branch bases - there aren't many flat faces to get an axe into in any case. Besides haggling them into smaller pieces with the chainsaw, is there an easy(er) way to deal with the big old reject wood pieces? (I don't have a hydraulic splitter, and can't justify one really either). When haggling these bits with a chainsaw, how would you stop them moving / rotating? They won't fit into my sawhorse nor anything else I've got for holding wood. The wood is mainly plum, with some conifer, plus a few other odds and sods. Thank you for any suggestions.
