Logs 2
With my current preoccupation with firewood and the current bout of ice, snow and freezing temperatures making me long for warm weather a favourite quote of mine comes to mind:
…a mosaic of cut log ends that wall the whole of the south-facing end. The summer sun will dry out the end grain, drawing out the sap until the wood is pure energy for the fire.
Roger Deakin’s Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees
I’ve just ordered 120 silver birch and hazel trees from the Woodland trust, far from the best trees for firewood but two of my favourites. I’ll plant as many as possible in amongst the mainly ash trees that currently dominate my small wood. The rest I’ll find a home for.
Whilst perhaps not the cheapest source of trees I thought I’d support the Woodland Trust and buy this batch of trees from them. At least I’ll be contributing regardless of the fate of the trees that I plant.
I’m also looking into planting some fast growing willow in one corner of our field to provide additional fuel and a wind break for the vegetable patch I’m planning … more on this another time.
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Logs on October 8th, 2009
I've really enjoyed Roger Deakin's 'Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees', the book takes you on a gentle journey, part biography, part manifesto, part travelogue.
Future Fuel on February 5th, 2010
As I've mentioned earlier I have plans to start work this year on managing the small amount (I'd guess at around half and acre) of...
Coppicing ash trees on February 15th, 2010
The process of coppicing is pretty straight-forward:
Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management in which young tree stems are repeatedly cut down to near...
Tree Planting - Winter 2010 on February 12th, 2010
I bought 60 hazel and 60 silver birch trees just after the new year started.
Items 'ordinarily' incorporated in a building on November 11th, 2008
Having spent much time pawing over VAT documentation in preparation for my VAT reclaim I discovered that the HM Revenue & Customs definition of items...
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