24 June 2017
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It must have been two or three months since I last got hatchet, axe and saw out in the back garden (Rush fans – name that tune!). However, the warmth of summer is a good time to press on with … Continue reading
2 December 2016
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Based on retail prices, this afternoon’s bit of craft is worth about £37: Jane wanted some new coasters for tomorrow, when we have guests coming. I selected one of the branches from our firewood collection (pear, I think) and sawed … Continue reading
7 May 2016
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Today seems to have run away with me after getting up to saw and chop some more logs then do a little more tidying up in the garden. Suddenly it was mid-afternoon and I still had to get cleaned up … Continue reading
30 April 2016
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Yesterday was a double axe day. In the morning I was in the garden helping more wood work its way round my storage system with hatchet, axe and saw. Logs and sticks get divided into lengths of approximately a double … Continue reading
12 March 2016
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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
19 December 2015
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No, it really isn’t so much as a word as a bad pun but I am definitely feeling sorer today. I’d planned to saw up just a few more logs and then get on with other things but I ended … Continue reading
18 December 2015
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Along with various bits of Christmas shopping, I ordered a new saw, which turned up yesterday: It has seven teeth per inch, each with three sharpened and hardened cutting edges. It still takes a certain amount of work but, having … Continue reading
6 December 2015
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I’ve spent a fair amount of the past three days wood wrangling. On Friday Jane and I chopped down quite a few smaller pieces (up to about 3cm across) and then I sawed up and split some large chunks too. … Continue reading
28 April 2015
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I have collected a lot of wood over the past year to feed my log stove and much of it has been processed, seasoned and used. If I stopped collecting now, I would probably have enough to stretch deep into … Continue reading
9 February 2015
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I got a new toy at the weekend. Well, by toy, I mean a bit more wood processing hardware, not to be fooled around with, in the form of a splitting maul. This tool is essentially a combination of an … Continue reading