Tuesday 27 May 2014

Windblow into produce

With the Ashden Awards successfully completed last week, I've got a week off to catch up on everything else. One of the jobs in the wood was doing something with the windblow that came down a few months ago. The first batch is now converted into split logs for firewood:

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big, straight logs for use in making benches and stools (click for videos):
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and longer straight logs for building stuff, plus some logs for making stakes:
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There's still some more windblow to clear up, though I think I might leave one of the stems as they're growing new shoots from the side now, so it might make an interesting tree one day!
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Mike

2 comments:

Giles said...

How many acres do you have in total, Mike?

Mike Pepler said...

We've got 8 acres (~3 hectares), and we also manage the 4.5 acres that my parents have, as well as having some involvement in two other lots near ours that friends own.