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Old 02-01-2008, 05:58 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default old giant leylandiis

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| newsb wrote:
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| The only benefit from the trees seems to be that a bunch of starlings
| seem to be nesting there. They're not even any good for the woodburning
| stove
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| Not true (the burning bit), Leylandii are quite acceptable for burning
| in a woodburning stove if they're well seasoned/dried, just like any
| other wood.

Yes. Conifers are rarely suitable for burning in an open fire, as the
resin makes them 'spit', but that is not a problem in a stove.

| Leylandii wood is actually quite hard and more like a hardwood than a
| softwood in many ways, it's nothing like pine.

Pines vary. Some can be fairly hard.


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Nick Maclaren.
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