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  1. Paul in the woods
    Your pics are on a google account so hardly anyone will be able to see them. Upload them directly here if you want people to comment. I also go on smell, ash, oak and cherry all smell fairly unique and very different to cedar. To check the moisture you need to split a log and test the center, they may be just damp on the outside. I doubt the meter is wrong, cheap pin type meters will tend to underread as they read higher the wetter the log. You can check by measuring the moisture of a small log and then drying it off indoors. Having said that I expect it's highly likely your supplier has run out of seasoned logs and has either cut some from from lenths from last winter which will not have seasoned much or even fresh wood. As said raise this with your supplier. I think you had problems last year? Is there any way you can take unseasoned logs and season them yourself?
  2. Paul in the woods
    Is that the UK importers or Grillo in Italy? I would ask what's the purpose of the 20mm hole, what purpose does the 5mm clearance serve. To be honest I would have formally rejected the machine until they can come up with a proper explanation and fix.
  3. Paul in the woods
    I can't speak for others but as one who has moaned about council behaviour in the past I'll just add the following. There are obviously some hard working and knowledgeable people in councils and money at the front end may be less than is required. I certainly appreciate any help and advice they give here. However, I have had to deal with various councils over the years and I'm normally met with very unhelpful people who's first responce is to lie. I'm still waiting for a responce from my highways department as to why they thought they could undermine a 60+ year old beach tree by using a JCB on my private land. Said beech tree shortly fell across the road. This is one reason why I take the comments that councils value trees with a very large pinch of salt.
  4. Paul in the woods
    That's the badger, thanks. Googling it shows up: From: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/692124/Revised_Cabinet_and_Pole_Siting_COP_Nov_16.pdf Obviously there's wiggle room with the "wherever possible" but it gives me something to start with.
  5. Paul in the woods
    Perhaps not a legal mimimum distance but a recommended distance, or best practice? I saw one today that was right next to the road as there was a wall behind it so may not have been able to put it anywhere else. The poles I am concerned about have plenty of room behind them so were probably put a sensible distance from the road and the road has widenend over time.
  6. Paul in the woods
    I tend to think the old "you can burn ash green" as a bit of a myth based on the fact freshly cut ash has a lower moisture content than most other trees. I've heated our house for the last few years mostly with ash and I've found it can take a while to season it. If the log still has a high moisture content it'll smoke and provide less heat , just like any other wood. If it's for personal use then yes, mix a bit in with dryer stuff. Leave it by the fire for a few days etc. If it's being sold or you have a lot to dry then getting it out in the open on a dry windy day like today does seem to dry it off.
  7. Paul in the woods
    Possibly the most agreable comment of the year.
  8. Paul in the woods
    I'm more worried about loosing our phone and electric. I'm wondering if an old telegraph pole is an indicator for where the edge of the road used to be before traffic widened it. Edit to add, what's this 'black stuff' you mention? Half the road is green (people have been known to mow it) and the other half is a mud.
  9. Paul in the woods
    Thank you. I don't suppose you know where I can check? I could ask BTOR but I doubt I'd get an answer. I should have added this is a country lane in Devon, so rules might be the same but not applied (due partly to the fact the earth is still flat in these parts).
  10. Paul in the woods
    Does anyone know if there is any rule or guidance about the distance a utility pole (wooden telegraph pole in my case) can be from the edge of a road surface? One assumes it can't be in the road but could it right next to it? Not a tree question but I thought someone might be know or where to look.
  11. Paul in the woods
    I'd love to see them, we need more large (native) insects about. We have hornets about the place, love the sound of cockchafers as well. Sadly no stag beetles round here but they were fun at night. Keep wondering what it would be like with a prehistoric dragonfly about.
  12. Paul in the woods
    I've not seen one but gathered they are quite big beasties.
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  14. Paul in the woods
    I think it's Xylocopa violacea, the violet carpenter bee. Or similar.
  15. Paul in the woods
    Unless it's changed recently that will depend on what surface you're using. Plenty of permiable solutions available that don't need planning. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/45/paving_your_front_garden As for your problem, I assume you're in the LEZ, I doubt it will be any help at all but another reason for dropping the kerb is so you can charge an EV. Looking at the photo, I assume you down own the property bordering the road at the far right of the photo?
  16. Paul in the woods
    I expect woodsure will add that to their next regs.
  17. Paul in the woods
    You do need to be careful though, half an hour after lighting it a member of your household you've not seen before will be killed by a large lump of polystyrene hurled by someone wearing a large wooly mammoth costume.
  18. Paul in the woods
    There's a number in the post here:
  19. Paul in the woods
    On that note, what happens if/when there's a power cut, and is that a consideration in this case? With a stand alone wood burner you can at least heat, cook, warm a damp flannel.
  20. Paul in the woods
    And now Storm Barra is heading in from the west, looks like those of you in Ireland are going to get the worst and rather beezy for the rest of us.
  21. Paul in the woods
    Do the power companies up there not trim/remove trees in such situations? That might at least reduce the overall volume you'll be cutting as they don't need a felling licence (at least in England AFAIK).
  22. Paul in the woods
    You should post that photo in the hunting thread.
  23. Paul in the woods
    I don't have such a machine but looking at the manual doesn't the blade fit over the end of the drive shaft and then the bolt screw into that with three washers keeping it firmly together? I looked at page 56 here: Operator's manuals Grillo Spa - Agrigarden Machines WWW.GRILLOAGRIGARDEN.CO.UK In this section operator's manuals in pdf for all Grillo models are available. Files in this section are not valid for the EU...
  24. Paul in the woods
    Did that not change in Scotland? I thought it did in England as the advice now states "In any calendar quarter you may fell up to 5 cubic metres (m3) of growing trees on your property without a felling licence, as long as no more than 2m3 are sold" "By property, we interpret this to mean within the immediate property or holding; other properties you may have and that are some distance away could be considered to be a separate property and so have their own 5m³ allowance. The Forestry Commission will not normally consider felling across multiple properties to be cumulative for the purpose of this allowance. Your local Woodland Officer will confirm if more than one count of this exemption may apply" Page 4 here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/876642/Tree_Felling_-_Getting_Permission_-_web_version.pdf
  25. Paul in the woods
    There might be a few squid to be had selling a few.

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