Paul in the woods

I almost suggested hazel as it makes a good firewood but agree, in a small coppice it'll be too slow to produce decent sized wood and will get shaded out by other trees.

Interesting as I had wondered in the past if the trees are grey willow but they look closer to goat willow to me. A quick google does show some people don't think goat willow will root but the RHS says it does. To complicate matters more grey and goat willow will hybridise. Anyway, worth a go if you have some free material that seems to be spreading.

I've got some young (25 year old) mixed woodland, in NW Devon so similarish climate. I agree with the above re the oaks, most of mine are small compared to other trees. The ones that have done well are more open. Alder has done very well, I think mines common alder and regrows well when coppiced. It has the benefit of deer not liking it. Firewood is ok but fast burning. Ash has done very well but I wouldn't buy in plants now due to disease. If you can get hold of local seed it might be worth sowing a patch and not thinning, if Chalara does strike you may be able to select resistant ones. A bit of a gamble on a small plot. I don't have sycamore although it does well around here, but is loved by grey squirrels, even when young. I've added limes and they have established well. Goat willow is everywhere and the wood seems to burn ok when seasoned, easy to take cuttings and plant rows for instant cover. Again loved by deer which fray it and eat it.

I love seasoned ash but I've found stuff that hasn't seasoned fully doesn't burn that well on my stove. To answer the original question, IIRC, freshly felled green ash is about 45% water, seasoned should be around 20%, so a fair amount of the energy in the wood is going to be used to burn off the water - possibly depositing it in your chimney. As others have said, season it for a year, split if it's not small logs.

Do you leave 'it' by the fire for a few hours first?

I would suggest a different coral fungi, Ramaria stricta, as you've found it on stumps. Rogers Mushrooms - Ramaria stricta Mushroom

Are they recording data? I thought logins aren't recorded, just the site?

Not quite. Assuming you're not a terrorist, tax evader or have a late library book the difference is your ISPs will record every web site you visit and keep those details for a year. What concerns many is those details will get hacked so anyone will be able to find out what you visit. Note, AFAIK, only the main website details will be recorded, not the individual babe you're looking at.

I saw this: Workman fined £150 in Canterbury for not displaying 'No Smoking' sign in his own van | Daily Mail Online And then wondered how may people here have a no smoking sign in their trucks? Something to be aware of if you're working around towns especially. The article seems based on the law: https://www.gov.uk/smoking-at-work-the-law (Apologies if it's been posted before or common knowledge).

They look more like goat willow to me, they seem to sprout everywhere.

Interesting thread. I only cut and process for our own use but we burn a fair bit. As we've been getting through the log store I've noticed that the cut and split logs in the middle are less dry, 25%+ MC on a fresh split edge compared with about 20% on a log from the outside edges. Wood has been down over a year and logged up over 6 months ago. Beech has started to rot whilst on the ground a bit but is the driest but I find burns quickly. Ash, as has been said, seems to hold onto its moisture most but once dry does burn the best for me.

How much do you recon you'd get for the wife?

The US Abrams M1 Tank will, its gas turbine engine is designed to run on all sorts of fuels. Possibly not mush help though.

What's wrong with people these days, when I was a lad we'd have used black tape.

It's a bit hard to tell from the photo but they look more tubular that wavy so I would think it's more likely a Ramaria of some sort or another sort of coral fungus.

Hacking is the problem. Criminals use more secure methods to browse so I can't see much point of the law. What will happen though is everyone's browsing data will be at the mercy of hackers wanting to blackmail people or just cause trouble.

I've got one I picked up from Lidl and it seems to work as expected provided you push the prongs into the wood. I.e. it happily shows readings around 30-50% for fresh cut wood and goes down to 20% for seasoned and even less for wood stacked near the fire. It's this one, a Burg-Wächter DRY PS 7400: https://www.burg.biz/international/p/measuring-tools/dry-ps-7400/ I would add though I've bought a few cheap measuring tools, a pair of identical digital callipers from the same shop, and one set worked perfectly the other was useless and returned. So I'd do a few simple tests and return if it doesn't work as expected.

Medlar?

It doesn't seem to contain nut oil as far as I can see (please check yourself if you've a nut allergy) and is listed as food safe: OSMO UK - TopOil Full list of ingredients: http://www.osmouk.com/images/pdf/pi/topoil.pdf

Baby oil also tends to contain perfume, not sure if that would linger. If I was selling something for food prep I would use something that's listed as food safe.

Grease bands will not help, I was going to post up the same link but if you read through it it mentions: RHS's guide to codling moth is worth a read: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=489

Simple answer is yes. It'll depend on the gun but initially I'd put a target close and fire a shot, then adjust, then another shot until it's roughly zeroed. Then place the target at the range you're going to normally shoot at and repeat. I'd also hold the gun how I'm likely to shoot it normally, so use a bi-pod if I'll be normally using one or hold it unsupported if that's how I'll normally shoot it. Reason being the zero can be affected by how the gun is supported. The rest you linked to would be useful for comparing ammunition/pellets etc as it'll give a consistent rest.

Well done, Crinodendron patagua, Lily of the Valley Tree certainly looks right, fruits match, red stems next to the leaves match etc. Seems common when you search by name but it didn't come up when I looked at all sorts of permutations. Sounds like a nice tree/shrub as well, good for bees...

Trying to be gentle but I'd have also thought you would have looked through the course material before the course and noted a few bits, such as the bar and sprocket wear. I would have assumed the service would have at least warned me if something needed replacing or was dangerous.

I'm currently burning a fair bit of dry spalted beech in my woodburner and it burns fine., if a little fast. The beech has been down a year before cutting up and I was surprised how much it has spalted and how quick it then burns.