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Cutting Some Sticks in the Garden

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  1. Mirkwood Jim

    Mirkwood Jim

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    IMG_3770.JPG IMG_3772.JPG Got out in the garden a couple of days ago and managed to cut up a big pile of sticks from some blackthorn and hawthorn we thinned out from our back garden. Built a small top covered pallet store for it too. I even had help for the day from the boys (pictured taking a break on the trampoline), my wife and the dog (Merryn). Felt good to be in the fresh air all day, it was really mild (about 14c) so a very comfortable working temperature.
    Have a great day.
    Jim
     

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    Ooh, lucky to be stashing some hawthorn! Last summer I got some that was dry, and I'm really savoring it! Even the twigs pack some heat.
     
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    Yep, even though our garden is small by U.S standards it's good to know we'll hear the house for a month or so from these...
    Hawthorn is a really dense good firewood, very underrated in my opinion.
     
  4. MikeInMa

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    You have green snow?

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    Grabbed a felled hawthorn last year an it has to be the heaviest wood iv carried
     
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    Super dense. I've never seen one much more than 30cm in diameter though..
     
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    My sons (3 1/2 and 5 1/2) saw their first snow just after Christmas when there was about 6cm on the hill tops nearby
     

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