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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15598
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 19 8:47 am Post subject: |
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The problem is keeping the wildlife out of the stored timber. We try to get to ours before we get things like woodworm, which tend to go for seasoned timber anyway, but we have to be careful about hornets, wasps, bumble bees and of course things like woodlice. Wood mice and wrens also use the woodpile for winter quarters, but we take care not to disturb them if we know they are there.
The weather here yesterday was very damp; not rain, but either mist or cloud. We took MIL out to tea for her 93rd birthday. A bit late as it was the end of December, but couldn't manage earlier. We were well looked after and she enjoyed herself, so weather didn't matter so much. Glad to say it is back to sun at the moment, so long may it last. |
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 19 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Most of my timber is kiln dried Scandinavian, it only attracts the worm after felling and subsequent kiln drying and sending to the UK where it is often subjected to our weather on the docks, where timber is unloaded and left till you have it collected rarely undercover. When I was young I worked for my father in law who made packing cases, crates and pallets by the thousand in the West Midlands. Our stocks were as minimal as possible-cash flow. Now I am sawing those type pallets into kindling. They have probably made several journeys loaded with other peoples goods before they reach us when they arrive with agricultural products and then if dry and clean, I break them up, saw to length and sit and chop wood at about 20 nets a week in the season. I have to do it all year round as I can hardly keep up with demand in the winter so back up is essential. I don't worry about those slow worms biding their time to get out, Henry, once the sticks are cut, the worm holes become invisible to me as they are packed! We have had a good dry day, and quite warm for the time of year, and 2 more clean dry pallets ready for action when I get home. Thank you all for you advice, I will have to set up a kiln for drying to remove all trace of hangers on. |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15598
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 19 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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Weather warmish and sunny today, spring has sprung? Still too cold for much growth of anything, but there is grass growing in places, so not all doom. Most farmers will be pleased to get their cattle out after the shortage of forage, maybe a lesson not to overstock so that you can always have a bit more forage to use and less of, in some cases, having to panic sell stock. The increase of 'spare' forage this year will be high as many who have sold stock, cheaply, will have spare pasture to graze or conserve, but not have the stock themselves to use it, and will be conserving more grass, in case it is another short year.
How good to have parents who live to their 90's. Apart from my father-46-most of my grand parents and great aunts have lived long into their 80's and 90's especially on my father's side. As long as the brain is there and functioning the older folks have much to tell us about how it was. And how they marvel at what we see as normal. Bit like me and computers.
Lovely weather again today-home now-kindling hasn't stopped being in demand yet, but I wish it would calm down for a while-please. I need stock for next season and this one is showing no signs of slowing down I need at least 300 nets in stock by the end of August and preferably more. |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15598
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15598
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 19 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Lovely morning, washed the motor, and delivered wood, filled with fuel and done what I should have. I will be watching rugby this afternoon all being well. England should win, but Wales pull out all the stops against England usually, so I don't predict, and it is the needle match, as the Welsh think they invented the game. I don't really worry who wins, I just enjoy rugby, and really only like to see a good game. But it is good when I go into work if Wales lose-I don't get so much stick then! Tomorrow is another rugby day, but it will be all wood then to make up for this afternoon's loss of production.
It appears there has been a glut of late log sales for the friend this season and that is why he ran out of nets and his current supplier has too! I find my kindling is the same. I am almost at the point where I think retirement may be a good thing. I can start to do a bit more to the house which I have neglected to do for the last few years and the plus is that I can now afford to do more as I have saved the money, and get my entire stock together before winter so saving all the hand to mouth I am about to embark upon. I used to sell wood in small supermarket mini, poly., "fruit bags" with the 2 handles, and have seen some lurking in a shed-about 50, "in case" so they may alleviate the current shortage-"in case" may well have arrived, I will have to check the sticks for wood worm. But if they are ok they will sell and release space in my full to overflowing 6x4mtr shed and I may even be able to sort that a bit. Retirement may be the right way to go. The annoying thing is that the library may well close soon as the council are trying to make savings. And I hear this year we are to have a larger than usual rate rise-mine have gone up by £200 a year for the last few years. The problem is that the services have gone down. A pot hole mended one day had become a larger pothole within a week so I will be paying to have the job done twice. What I do see every morning is council vehicles driving like maniacs to work at well over the speed limit as they pass where I work. |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15598
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 19 8:25 am Post subject: |
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Sadly central government have withdrawn more and more funding from the councils, so they don't have the money to cover all their needs. They are being encouraged to 'invest' in property, which is all very well until they can't get tenants for the supermarkets, warehouses etc. that the money is going into. If our district council make a mess of the investment, it is going to cost every person, man, woman and child, about £200 to bail them out, so a big rise one year in the district council rent.
There are two net suppliers I know of Gregotyn; Bag Supplies and Medallion, but there are others listed on the internet. To make it economic, you really need to order something like 1000 though. I will have got through the best part of that this year though if I even keep up the present rate of sales, and any cold weather may well increase it.
Another lovely day here. Husband is working in the bathroom, so I may well do something in the garden as it is too nice to be indoors. I did all the baking yesterday, so have plenty of biscuits and some bread pudding made from odd crusts I had stored in the freezer. |
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Jam Lady
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