Allotment question
 

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Christina Websell wrote:

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I do like this suggestion very much Nick but I don't think that I
know
enough about the management side of it to try.

How about poplars, is it wet enough?

Why not plant willow then coppice it every 4 or 5 years for fuel, or
take up basket making.

Both poplars and willows make ghastly fuel - they are murder to
keep going in an open fire unless very dry, in which case they
burn up in no time at all. There are lots of much better trees
and shrubs, except for very boggy ground.

Poplars and willow are not much good in a woodburner either Ash is best as
you can burn it green if you have to.

Yes, but hazel, oak, beech, probably lime, chestnut, walnut, plum
and so on (all easily coppiced) are nearly as good.



Yes they are all good fuel, if you lay them out for a year to dry out
otherwise they tar up your chimn. Do you have a woodburner yourself, Nick?
Ash is the only tree that can be burnt"green" in a woodburner.
I've had a woodburner for 25 years so I know what wood can be burnt in it,
or not.

Allotment question
 

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Christina Websell wrote:

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In article ,
David Hill wrote:

I do like this suggestion very much Nick but I don't think that I
know
enough about the management side of it to try.

How about poplars, is it wet enough?

Why not plant willow then coppice it every 4 or 5 years for fuel, or
take up basket making.

Both poplars and willows make ghastly fuel - they are murder to
keep going in an open fire unless very dry, in which case they
burn up in no time at all. There are lots of much better trees
and shrubs, except for very boggy ground.

Poplars and willow are not much good in a woodburner either Ash is best as
you can burn it green if you have to.

Yes, but hazel, oak, beech, probably lime, chestnut, walnut, plum
and so on (all easily coppiced) are nearly as good.


Do you have a woodburner yourself, Nick?
Tina