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Newbie with boggy unmanaged mostly broadleaf woodland...
spandit replied to Hobby_Woodsman's topic in General chat
The TPO may just be there to prevent clear felling and building. Once you draught a suitable management plan you may well get the go-ahead from the council. Radically altering the drainage may cause existing trees to die if they've had no need to put down deep roots. Clarify what you really want the woodland to be - too much interference will be detrimental to wildlife that tends to establish itself in what's available. Trying to force the landscape into something it's not is likely to result in failure or vast expense. Anyway, pictures please & good luck! -
It's from Iceland (the supermarket, not the country)
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In addition to the apple and cherry logs I'm burning today, my wife unveiled this as a surprise: It was jolly good! Merry Christmas everybody!
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That's great. I'll pass your details along
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Cool, I'll let him know. It would be nice to have some locally sourced materials used in the construction. Anyone in Sussex with an Alaskan?
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A friend of mine is planning on building some hobbit houses in his field and after a large oak came down a few months ago, he's keen to use some of the timber: He's mindful that access is a bit difficult although carrying an Alaskan down there wouldn't be too hard. However, the bit on the left, whilst being about 20" in diameter and fairly straight, it has some big knots in it. Is it possible (or worthwhile) to cut the smaller bits (about 10" diameter) into curved beams freehand or should I lend him a drawknife to just remove the bark?
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You misunderstand - let the drunken guests use the Sharpie and go over the ink afterwards with pyro pen, once sober!
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You could burn over the writing with a pyro pen. If going with the Sharpie idea, do a test block first in case the varnish top coat dissolves the ink
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A friend of mine renovated a huge felling axe head, calling it "Goliath". He lovingly crafted a beautiful oak haft for it. It snapped on the first blow Hickory seems to be the standard for many handles unless you're looking for something grown in the UK. I'd have thought yew would be tough enough - it is used for bows. My froe handle is made from eucalyptus but it's not that long
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Quite so! I bought it second hand as was after a cheap little trailer to modify (hence the poles which will hold a builders bag open or keep huge amounts of brash in place). I think it must have once held mobile lights or something as it's really rugged, all steel, with brakes & handbrake. It has a long drawbar too so easy to reverse.
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Instead of just cutting up for firewood the big bits of Scots pine I was given, I thought I'd make some rustic benches: Hard work with my little MS181 (14" bar) and full of admiration for the Jimny in towing them up the hill to where they needed to be I fitted a front hitch so I could winch the logs up onto the trailer
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What about gorse? It's evergreen
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Some advise about coppice species please
spandit replied to Chubbs's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I thought goat willow was one of the few that didn't take well from cuttings? Common osier or grey willow do. The latter is my predominant weed tree here, although that may be giving undue favouritism to the thousands of oaks that pop up everywhere too -
Good call, I'll stick to holly for the evergreen element
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Which bit? Laying the hedge or "sycamore not good in a hedge"? Would like to get it laid eventually but I'd rather not have this problem again as laying it would lead to more sycamore shading out other species
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Might see if it will just yank out with the winch. Will replant with hawthorn, holly and maybe some yew
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My predominantly hawthorn hedge has a sycamore in it which has led to a gap: Will it just grow back if I cut it down? Should I try & winch it out or are they deep rooted?
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Some advise about coppice species please
spandit replied to Chubbs's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
No willow or poplar? Hazel coppices well -
Thought this was pretty. Sorry about the horrible music! [ame] [/ame]
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<p>Keith,</p>
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<p>Sorry I didn't call, for some reason I never got alerted to your reply. If you still need to dump logs or chip then we have plenty of space and good access. Full postcode is TN21 0QL, number 07595024752. Due to the crappy roads in East Sussex it might be a bit far from Tenterden but if you're down this way again then bear us in mind! </p>
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<p>Robin</p>
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I'm about 25 miles away if it helps. Heathfield TN21
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I'll be lighting mine using fatwood. The Corsican pine I had delivered was full of the stuff - only need one bit to light my fire and I love it - tends to spit and send out jets of flame as well as dripping molten flammable liquid onto the logs.
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Oldish thread but would a ripping chain be better for cutting these?
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Just had a look today now that they're round here and the guy who is giving them to me has chainsawed most of the way through in several places. Longest section is about 5' long so big enough for a bench but not long enough to mill
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I might see about carving it into a rustic bench to put in the twigloo (willow dome). Seems a shame just to cut it up for firewood as hardly short at the moment, especially with the large willow I've felled. The difficult is going to be moving it to where it would be best placed. Not sure whether my Jimny will be able to drag it that far and loading it into my horse trailer would be problematic.
