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  1. Vented barrow bags for seasoning.

    in Firewood forum

    Posted · Edited by Stere

     

     

    I don't see the point as its gonna be a hassle to fill them all as 26t gonna be alot of bags?

     

    Why not use the 1m3 size bags?

     

    Or is idea you have a sack trolly and bring each bag into the house to use ?

     

    Also if you pack/stck the barrow bags to hold more logs  rather the loose fill will season alot slower-  (maybe this  is obivous)?

     

    As  for seasoning the bags  up on pallets with space between each would be best to maximize airflow  if you can get enough pallets etc and maybe  some cover to keep the  the rain over the tops

     

    Basicaly the ideal is as little water on the logs as possible but the greatest wind and sun exposure.

     

     

    I don't think selling any is worth it unless you have acess to free wood or are doing is on a larger scale with all the equipment.

  4. Decking

    in Woodcraft Forum

    Posted

     I wouldn't bother as it just seems a place to retain water longer and dirt, making  it harder to clean etc.... Also non grooved decks looks alot more classy & expensive & bespoke.

     

     Grooving while it might help abit with regards to grip  doesn't seem to do that much as they are still like an ice rink if they get green.

     

    Local council have miles of B&Q type board walks. They have all have had "sand paper" anti slip treads retro fitted. Some boards have broken in under 5 yrs from new  but maybe   cedar would last alot longer the cheapo stuff?

     

     

     

    Personally I don't think decking is that well suited to the UK climate especially the Welsh one, unless you don't mind  doing a pressure wash & re- oiling regular.

     

    But the climate  here means it wants to revert to a  "celtic rainforest" everthing goes green very fast. SE UK is abit different.


    Maybe sho shugi ban is the answer?

     

     

  9. Can these be saved?

    in Tree health care

    Posted

    They will be fine if you do nothing as tops look over all pretty healthy but  it might be best to get rid of  them & replant  with something else, as they will never look pretty.

     

    The brown bits will always be brown as thoose conifer species don't sprout from old wood.

     

    Other option is maybe plant something else to hide the brown bits & do  add a load of organic matter  mulch wood chip compost etc if you do decide plant something as dry shade is difficult a  enviroment.

     

    Ruscus aculeatus maybe as it seem to grown anywhere

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  12. Dolmar ps340 chain brake cover wanted

    in Chainsaws

    Posted · Edited by Stere

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    Its £50 you can get a whole saw for £90 on ebay?

     

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    or a non runner

     

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  16. More doom and gloom

    in Log burning stoves and fireplaces

    Posted · Edited by Stere

    No extinction?

     

    OK so maybe not total but  half by 2100 doesn't sound too good?

     

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    In The Future of Life (2002), Edward Osborne Wilson of Harvard calculated that, if the current rate of human disruption of the biosphere continues, one-half of Earth's higher lifeforms will be extinct by 2100. A 1998 poll conducted by the American Museum of Natural History found that 70% of biologists acknowledge an ongoing anthropogenic extinction event.

     

     

    The 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, published by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), posits that out of around eight million species of plants and animals, roughly one million species face extinction within decades as the result of human actions.[39][74][75][76] Organized human existence is jeopardized by increasingly rapid destruction of the systems that support life on Earth, according to the report, the result of one of the most comprehensive studies of the health of the planet ever conducted.[77] Moreover, the 2021 Economics of Biodiversity review, published by the UK government, asserts that "biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history."[78][79] According to a 2022 study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a survey of more than 3,000 experts says that the extent of the mass extinction might be greater than previously thought, and estimates that roughly 30% of species "have been globally threatened or driven extinct since the year 1500."[80][81] In a 2022 report, IPBES listed unsustainable fishing, hunting, and logging as being some of the primary drivers of the global extinction crisis.[82] A 2022 study published in Science Advances suggests that if global warming reaches 2.7 °C (4.9 °F) or 4.4 °C (7.9 °F) by 2100, then 13% and 27% of terrestrial vertebrate species will go extinct by then, largely due to climate change (62%), with anthropogenic land conversion and co-extinctions accounting for the rest.[83][21][84] A 2023 study published in PLOS One shows that around two million species are threatened with extinction, double the estimate put forward in the 2019 IPBES report.[85]

     

     

    According to a 2023 study published in PNAS, at least 73 genera of animals have gone extinct since 1500. If humans had never existed, the study estimates it would have taken 18,000 years for the same genera to have disappeared naturally, leading the authors to conclude that "the current generic extinction rates are 35 times higher than expected background rates prevailing in the last million years under the absence of human impacts" and that human civilization is causing the "rapid mutilation of the tree of life."[

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  17. Expensive faggots!

    in General chat

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    & tree stumps

     

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  25. Coppice Hazel - how long is it good for?

    in Hedgelaying

    Posted

    Under tarp they would probably  go mouldy & rot especially with the weather atm here.

     

    If doing that would at least need to keep them off the ground maybe it  could work if you used the hazel tops as a  brash mat etc or they are  up on bearers & not make the stack too big/dense.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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