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Janet Baraclough writes:
| The message
| from "fredhead" contains these words:
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| I will be planting about 20 trees on my land in France and want to be able
| to use some of them over the coming years as firewood for my wood burning
| stoves.
| What are the best types of wood for this purpose, I know that the wood will
| need to be seasoned before use.
| What are the quickest growing trees, do willows meet my need?
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| Only if the area is wet enough in summer. Ash is fast, and better as
| firewood.

You have swiped my song sheet!

| Btw 20 trees won't provide a useful amount of firewood until at least
| 2016, more like 2026.

They would in the tropics, and remember that the overseas provinces are
legally part of France. Oops. I wouldn't plant ash there ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.