Stere
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So what's going to happen to the firewood market?
Stere replied to Woodworks's topic in Firewood forum
Taking about planning ahead wasn't Woodland relatively was cheap to buy a few yrs when alot was sold off by FC but now expensive. Maybe actually owning woodland is the only way in future to make decent money from firewood? -
I wouldn't buy any thing that takes 40:1 as a hassle having two different fuel mixes....
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Cyanide in leaves/wood but don't thing that matters in stove
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Some people have very long lunch breaks & short "days"....
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They were some £59 cordless pole saws in lidl https://www.lidl-service.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-D76C87A2-844369F9/lsp/hs.xsl/product.html?id=745053243&title=Accuhoogsnoeier+FAHE+20-Li+A1&count=1 Was tempted.
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Needs pictures. & how long is a day? Distance too carry trimmings? Trimmings fall on grass or flower borders? When was it last cut? What machines you have/how fast you work.... Im guessing around 2 or 3 days.
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Working for the Commission for the first time
Stere replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Is there any planned & managed from sapling to harvest, oak or beech forestry plantations in the UK? This book looks good: http://www.treesource.co.uk/oak%3A-fine-timber-in-100-years~4476 Some background info: https://www.forestryjournal.co.uk/media/uploads/cat-247/quick-quercus.pdf -
OMM is the brand worn by fell runners don't have one so dunno how good though....... & this is got a good review: https://www.mbr.co.uk/reviews/jackets/endura-mt500-ii-jacket I have an old ex army goretex & its rubbish and cheap lidl one also rubbish. Only water proof one I have, is zero breathable heavy farmers supply bibs & jacket
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I use veg oil & wonder if its something to do with the viscosity at different temperatures, could very cold weather be worse?
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I'd take to lot burns well leylandi
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Whats wrong with chesnut why isn't it good timber?
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I reckon is "Chilean mahogany " ? like you said. Nothofagus nervosa
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Runs like forest gump ?
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Its not a medler its a wild crab apple.
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Don't Kiln dried logs go back to 20% after storage in uk climate after awhile due to reabsorbing humidity? Also less eco/green than air dried. I'd say the benefit of kiln dried is for the seller, marketing, price bonus, and quicker turnover so less storage space needed, Not much benefit for the buyer compared to buying air died logs. (properly sesoned ones). Unless you store the bought wood in a low humidity eviroment (Say inside ther house) after buying to stop it reabsorbing any moisture.
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I do the same witha a regular cheap garden mower mountfield: https://www.screwfix.com/p/mountfield-sp53h-51cm-160cc-self-propelled-rotary-petrol-lawn-mower/4561f
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I buy green unprocessed wood & season/chop it it at home. So will that be technically illegal from next year?
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I dunno whats in feed & weed... just googled its this stuff.. Mecoprop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecoprop
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It was on Panorama i think? They went over to the USA on showed vast area of hardwoods felled for biomass, in the SE of the US. EDIT is was dispatches on Channel 4, not bbc https://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode-guide/ The True Cost of Green Energy Biomass will provide up to 30% of our renewable energy by 2020. But is burning wood instead of coal environmentally friendly?
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Had one of thoose weed & feed lawncare guys come spray a lawn when I was working ina garden once & he was dressed in some kind of white biohazard overalls & mask, if its harmless why dress look like a guy visting a chemicals weapons attack site? Pissed me off him spraying everywhere whilst I was working there.....
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I like plastic/fibre glass handle less jolt than the hickory. Mines just a unbranded yellow fibre handle maul was about £15 new and has lasted yrs, I sharpen it ocassionally. Loads on ebay around £20 Go for a 6lbs one with 36" handle Something like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BULLDOG-Splitting-Axe-6Lb-Premier-Axe-for-Wood-Logs-and-Kindling-/321179684050 Alot of old axes are felling axes not right shape head for splitting & handles are to short. Another thing, if the axe gets stuck in the wood you can turn the axe round upside down and bang the back of the axe on the chopping block, it acts abit like like hitting axe with a sledge hammer and splits the wood stuck on the blade of the axe using the extra weight of the wood.
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Id like to try the fiskers x36 or x46 or this.....
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I got the fiskers x27 & don't think its as good as a cheap the maul I had already. The x27 ok for smaller diameter nice striaght grained logs bit struggles with any big knarly stuff.
