26 April 2024
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Jane was walking past a friend’s house this morning and spotted that they had tree surgeons round… so later on we were able to pop back and pick up another useful haul of wood. I think the tree was some … Continue reading
18 February 2023
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I got a nice load of free firewood today… if you count several hours labour as free. That’s not a problem but just an observation. Today Jane and I joined a group working in Donington le Heath doing some hazel … Continue reading
25 November 2022
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Today has mainly been taken up with lopping. A little while ago I was invited to pick up some seasoned branches from someone’s back garden and, with today’s forecast looking good, I made the arrangement. That gave me a couple … Continue reading
29 October 2022
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I had some wood to process today – a selection of branches (mainly willow and little bit of cherry). The trouble was that I didn’t have a spare box to store it in. Or, more accurately, I had a box … Continue reading
29 August 2022
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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
2 June 2022
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For contrast (and comparison) with yesterday’s photo, this one was a bit of an accident: I wasn’t trying to capture a close up of the pallet wood bench in the back garden. In fact, I was trying to figure out … Continue reading
31 May 2021
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The other day I took a peek at the Facebook marketplace and spotted an offer of free firewood. It turns out that some people, who only live a few streets away, are in the process of removing a tree that … Continue reading
26 February 2021
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I had the opportunity today to pick up some more firewood, which was a solid incentive to finish off my recent wood store project. Originally I had planned to put the two side by side but we’ve ended up with … Continue reading
5 January 2021
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Jane and I got our first wood burning stove in the spring of 2014. We were fortunate to find some free sources of wood quite early on, like a big old conifer that had fallen at the back of a … Continue reading
9 October 2020
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If you squint and look at this picture from a distance, you may see a baboon’s face: If you do, that will be your pareidolia kicking in again. In fact, it is a truncated pallet that I took apart and … Continue reading