Grizzly Adam

Just imagine basking in the warm green glow of the chernobyl long.

Would it be dry by then?

I know a lot of crews here in the states leave logs to lay for a week or two hoping that some firewood hoarders comes along to cart them off. Otherwise they have to come back with truck or chipper and finish the job. If someone picks them up to heat their home, then everyone involved is happy.

I didn't think so, but I can't find a BTU rating for the cardboard

Any truth to the rumour that willow is inferior to a good hunk of corrugated cardboard?

Wood is far from being a sponge-- it takes time to get the water out, and takes just as long or longer to soak it back up. Most rain just runs off, snow just sits a top it and can be swept off. A day inside to let the outside dry again usually does the trick. I gave the old lady a hunk of wood the other day whilst she was doing the dishes and she confirmed it-- wood is not a sponge.

Ok, doesn't sound too different than here, then. My brother used to hire out to cut down trees for rich people in the spring and then would sell their trees back to them as firewood in the fall. We have a nature reserve near us that I could get a permit to cut at, as they are stupidly choosing to cut it down to return it to its natural prairie (nevermind that the rest of our landscape has changed and requires wooded areas now, not prairies). There are also areas around where foresters allow permit holders to selectively cut down trees that are in need of culling. Of course, there are also those who own their own land and so no permit is necessary. Me, I just got to where homeowners and tree trimmers drop off logs for disposal. Much less work and free!

You guys seem to have a very active wood market as evidenced by all the "for sale" threads on this forum. Do many people cut their own over there or do most just buy firewood from a dealer? Are the dealers typically large or small operations? Anyone just cutting part time and stacking in the garden for sale? Are permits needed for cutting or for selling? Thanks in advance for filling me in on the UK wood game.

What does the weight of the sawdust from the extra cuts add up to? That is the wood you are being robbed of.

Yea, but as another member stated there wasn't loose soil to blow around. Another thing I forgot to mention are the deer. As soon as the harvest was completed suddenly the deer have no cover or food available to them and have to begin wandering. These season has been one of the worst I've seen, and in the last month I nearly hit a deer, hit another deer and then nearly hit two this morning. I just got my replacement fender back from the painter and haven't even bolted it back on yet.

I remember one fellow, from New Zealand I think, was using some sort of storage bin with a whirlybird bird top side. Just in case whirlybird isn't what you called it, here's a pic.

I am surrounded by farm land here and it seems the current push is to restore the natural prairie on all the bits in between. So down come all the bush at the edge of field, along rivers and streams. Some larger wooded areas owned by the state are being clear cut. Fast forward to autumn when all the corn and other crops are harvested and what do we have? Dust storms! There is nothing to keep that loose black soil from flying, nothing to slow the winds down. What do we have in winter? Roads drifted shut repeatedly for the same reasons. Yet no one see how this is harmful, and how history is repeating itself.

Yes, I am aware of the football confusion. I am pretty sure none of the colleges around here have rugby or association football, but only grid iron. 10-0 is the record for the regular season thus far, only two games to go until the post season starts. We are in the national championship conversation and are currently ranked #5 out of 128 teams.

This guy knows what he is talking about.

How are the wood prices looking in your area for the year? Here in the states the reports are saying that the price per cord is up compared to last year and that the price of natural gas is down. Not sure exactly how that work, supply and demand and all, one would think that if the cost of one heating fuel is down it would take demand of other heating fuels and thusly adjust their prices down as well.