david lawrence

Hawthorn branch logs are super prime fuel

I was wondering the same thing might be a bit dry for the new hedge plants competing with existing hedge nice and weed free thou with the gravel but plants might prefer an organic mulch of compost or leaf mould

Take a look at the village idiots posts about his woodland management work. Very interesting and potentially relevant

If it is birch it looks like it may be too rotten to be worth while. Birch rots v quick if left

Hi any opinions on how my leeks will survive prolonged frost going down to -9 I could lift ,saw them up and put infreezer or just leave them to it only got about a dozen left so not a big disappointment if they don’t make it Thanks. David

For that amount of use wouldn’t hiring some one in be possible rather than £10,000 odd of machine sittingbabout waiting to be used once every 2/3 years

Could be a clue in the post title?

Chilli’s?

Another vote for hydraulic or a fiskarsx27axe

Thought elm but no so likely to be one by itself ?

Oak?

In a similar situation is there any point in just felling poorest looking trees in hope some might be resistant or make life easy and just fell the lot ? This year they didn’t get any sicker looking and some may have rallied a little

I have been getting lazy and putting mine into ventilated barrow bags. Saves time on the load up but they then need tipped out and put in buckets to get them into boiler swings and roundabouts they seem to dry out fine

I’ve put whole willow thru mine and there was too much small stuff that didn’t really get cut up well and formed a loose tangly birds nest if there is two of you on the machine perhaps you could divert the small stuff as it starts to come thru into a waste pile/ sack??

Got a Jotul no4 Easter island shape about 25 years ago as a stop gap and it’s still going door a bit loose and fire bricks need renewed was at some ones house with a modern woodburner and there did seem to be a useful difference in heat output as well as nice to have a glass door assume increased effiency would never pay for a new stove or be effective in terms of effort and co2 output (I gather and process my own wood) Quite fancy a change but is it just an indulgence any opinions? david