I’ve now done a few sessions with the chainsaw I got a couple of weeks ago and I am now very content that it was a good purchase. It does take some time to set up and maintain and goes … Continue reading
16 February 2023
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3 February 2023
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Chainsaw!
As of today, I am now the proud owner of a chainsaw. As a bonus, I still have all my limbs attached! Jane and I were talking about getting a chainsaw earlier this week. We’ve got quite a backlog of … Continue reading
4 January 2023
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Tree-shaped jigsaw?
When Jane was out and about this morning, she spotted some workers taking down a tree on a nearby housing estate. It turned out they were very happy for us to go back and pick up some of the resulting … Continue reading
29 August 2022
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Wood Like Rock
I was doing a bit of wood sawing and chopping today. Sometimes, if I’ve got a thickish log which is only about twice as long as I need, I’ll try splitting it first. Thinner pieces are quicker to saw because … Continue reading
24 March 2022
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Tree Deconstruction
Poor trees. They work hard to grow, from a tiny seedling that looks much like other plants to a mighty mass of roots, trunk and leaves and then someone comes and cuts them down. Yesterday, one of those tree cutters … Continue reading
23 October 2020
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Chop, chop
When we got a delivery of firewood recently, most of it was well seasoned and we stacked it neatly in the space I’d set aside as a log store. However, we also got a few unseasoned, unsplit logs as a … Continue reading
10 October 2020
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Ready for the Winter
Yesterday’s work on the log store has now been put to use. The size was about right – as full as can be with more logs inside and some bonus fresh ones that will need sawing and splitting in an … Continue reading
31 January 2017
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Chop, chop, pollute
I’m feeling a bit guilty, having read an article from New Scientist about the pollution that may be caused by wood burning stoves. I’ve been thinking that it might be time to get a new car but diesels are off … Continue reading
2 April 2016
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Wrens and Trees
Today has been filled with trees. We’ve been round visiting some friends and finishing the job of reducing the height of an old pear treee in their back garden. Lots of sawing, several large branches, quite a few scratches and, … Continue reading
12 March 2016
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Tree Harvesting
Lots of woodwork, harvesting from trees and processing the produce of earlier crops. This morning we were round at some friends and I was doing some high(ish) level lumberjacking, taking down another couple of soaring branches on an old pear … Continue reading