Down in the Dell I have started to coppice the old Ash bole. I’ve taken out the thinner (< 3”) poles so far, a new saw blade required to cut the larger poles. I am going to use the straighter sections as fence posts eventually. I’ll strip the bark, let them dry out then scorch the part that will be in the ground with a blow-torch (Shou-Sugi-Ban). The brash I have cut to kindling size and it’s stored in the wood shed to dry out.
Oaks sown directly into pots and in to the cold frame until Spring.
Hazel, Maple, Birch and Scots Pine are in a 50:50 mix in the bottom of the fridge for the next month; from when they will be sown into pots and into the cold frame.
The woodshed is now completely full – approx 1⁄2 to 2⁄3 full in these images.
Apart from a random piece of Sycamore all the wood is Larch. Sourced from three 20 – 30m trees that were felled, end of August, on the plot
I also have another woodstore along the north side of the house wall, around 1m x.75m x 5m completely full.
Down in the copse there is still approx 4m3+/– more sawn rounds to yet split. With some Ash and Sycamore that I will fell this winter the Long House should have enough split firewood to last a minimum of 4 – 6 winters.