spandit
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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.
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Here is a (poor) photo of load 1: There is a similar sized log on the other side of the trailer but the guy who is giving it to me has already attempted to saw it into bits as getting it on the trailer was difficult enough! I'm told the next loads are going to be mainly oak, which is good, as having a mix of oak and softwood to burn is pretty ideal. If it turns out to be knotty, is it legal to split logs with black powder in this country?
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Been given a large Scots pine butt, about 30" diameter, 10' long, seems fairly straight. Is it worth getting milled or should I just cut it (somehow) into logs? If the latter, my little 14" chainsaw won't work - might have to see about hammering wedges all the way along and splitting it. Fortunately, there's a load of oak coming with it (not significant diameter) so can make some!
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Won't give out much heat green. Best save it for next year
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Ah, I didn't follow that thread, I'm sure you treated the poster with the same respect as normal. Wasn't stuck up a hornbeam was it?
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Just had a large willow down. If it's good enough for cricket bats then it must be good!
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Yes, although it's now lost again. They'll find it, though, it's somewhere in the field Climb a cracked willow tree near a power line? Not bloody likely. She doesn't do much. She's currently asleep under my bed. Tree needed to come down anyway, the dog toy was just an added incentive. It will be vigorous again in the spring, no doubt
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That toy cost over a fiver... Only one thing for it: The two stems on the right were cut down to about head height - one of them had a nasty split in it from before and since the power company hacked a 4th stem down, the tree didn't look very balanced and it was only a matter of time before the split caused problems again. It's grey willow so it will survive
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Not inconceivable. There was one nearby. I managed to retrieve the dog toy from the roof today in case you were wondering!
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Go to your room and think about what you've done Not sure whether the alder comment was supposed to be serious or not - it's definitely not alder. The ones I've planted aren't tall enough yet to get the seeds up there and there are no bigger ones nearby. Buds aren't right either - alder buds are purple and 4 sided. Pretty sure they're oak
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Was attempting (unsuccessfully as it happens) to retrieve a dog toy from the barn roof when I saw the gutter was full of tiny seedlings: Too many to count, I presume they're either oak or sycamore judging by the nearby trees and the ungerminated seeds alongside the muck.
