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  1. Mr. Ed
    that’s like asking why a dog licks its elbows - because it can. We did it because it came with a house we could buy and it’s proving a rich unexpected new dimension to life. As to the original question, is the friend a real absentee owner? In which case surely he needs a professional who knows what he’s doing working for him and hiring contractors and getting felling licences and so on. In our case we sort of had to because there was still some grant income. If he has an environmental goal as well, have a talk with the local ProSilva people - Continuous Cover is the way to go. (Duck and cover!)
  2. Mr. Ed
    I was thinking more about staying flat than the colour really. I’ve had problems with the slices that go through the pith of the tree - they sort of buckle?
  3. Mr. Ed
    Wow. Are you thinking table? How will that sort of board with lots of pith dry? y
  4. Mr. Ed
    Lovely stuff. What’s the wood in the fourth photo? The one with the fancy markings… And do you sharpen or buy afresh? Seems a stupid question but I was told (by a saw sharpener) that for smallish blades there was no point. Mind, that’s not such a small saw - I have machine envy. That’s a luxurious setup.
  5. Mr. Ed
    A quick update - thanks to Alessandro we’ve made great progress and have marked most of the vulnerable trees (mostly the very small oaks) and cleared around them. This will make future weeding much easier and safer. We don’t have a clear idea of how much we’ve lost yet. our professional forester is wryly amused by our folly. I can see why they prefer to use glyphosate, given how much time this is taking and I’m also very glad we’re not doing it. Alessandro was alarmed by a mallard flying up at his feet yesterday. Here’s her nest. It seems an unfeasibly long journey to the river.
  6. Mr. Ed
    “staring with a coffee type of build. …” Wonderful! I’m stealing that.
  7. Mr. Ed
    We've got a few Robinia Pseudoacacia - Most varieties (like ours) have a natural tendency to be rather wobbly (go all over the place) and certainly sucker. I think the variety they grow in plantations in Hungary where it's the most planted tree is called "ship mast" or something like that. There's a ghost site out there bigging it up as a wonder-tree for Ireland. Pleased to see the inside of it! If we wait fifty years we might have a few bits straight enough!
  8. Mr. Ed
    Ned Walls from Wexford has said he’ll do something for us but it’s been months of next week next week. Nice guy and great place mind. Check their website for a real old school mill. Astonishing.
  9. Mr. Ed
    I’ve just found you on the internet - what a great operation you have there. Congratulations.
  10. Mr. Ed
    Just two AJ - held together by a “gravity joint” (in other words just sitting there). I’ll do something a bit more permanent.
  11. Mr. Ed
    Leyland I think. From the garden just by the house. It’s been in the house since Christmas and I’ll do a bit of refinishing once it’s settled down and stopped moving.
  12. Mr. Ed
    Ah, we’ve been doing it like that in Kerry for years and there’s actually an Irish word for the pillows that theu fell the trees on to. but seriously that is astonishing - there is nothing that the Japanese can’t do in a super-perfect way.
  13. Mr. Ed
    what sizes do you sell it in, what uses are people buying it for, and what sort of prices do you get? Too many questions I know (ans sorry). I’m interested because we have a couple of reasonable areas of planted sycamore in our newly acquired wee woodland. There might be some sawlog size in a decade and I’d be interested to know its market. We’re in the SW of Ireland and you can’t move for craftspeople, but you can get a lot of spoons from one tree …
  14. Mr. Ed
    As a newby it’s a tremendous thrill extracting geometry from chaos. A very rich experience to have things made from something you’ve cut yourself, even if it does mean that our house still has no skirtings or architraves and the cladding is still unfinished …
  15. Mr. Ed
    Just like he said. But pump the tires up.
  16. Mr. Ed
    If that’s the worst he can do I’ll take it!
  17. Mr. Ed
    We’ve got our first volunteer in to help with clearing the brambles from around the tiny trees. Great chap - very nice and very industrious. I’m very glad we’re doing our first go so early - the brambles are just beginning to wake up - for finding the little oaks is difficult. When we do find them we’re marking the location with wooden stakes and clearing around them. The birch and Scots Pine are going better and look like they won’t need much help to stay ahead of the spiny tentacles.
  18. Mr. Ed
    couldn’t agree more. I’ve spent an interesting ten minutes down an annular rabbit hole. I didn’t find any “when piling goes wrong” vids though like I was hoping to! Thank you.
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    Is it in Galway City? I’m in S. Kerry and have a chum who’s interested. If you send me a personal message (there must be some sort of way in this site I assume) I’ll introduce you to each other.
  21. Mr. Ed
    I associate Colt houses with Essex? They went into ventilation after the prefab culture faded (coming back now of course).
  22. Mr. Ed
    Agreed! We want more!!
  23. Mr. Ed
    Thanks Mr Rap. I’m a complete muppet really so anything even modestly functional represents a triumph for me. I’m in London for the week and was surprised to see a chainsaw display in the window of a smart hotel.
  24. Mr. Ed
    Yeah it’s really nice under foot. And it is a great bowl. Some fading since but that’s life. even the really wild looking bits of flooring are sound
  25. Mr. Ed
    Forgive the crudeness of my work here (she’s different and better) but we love rotten alder - used some for a floor and my missus turned a lovely bowl.

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