tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post2277991961511836086..comments2023-08-22T16:18:38.393+01:00Comments on Rail Thing - Friends of the S&D: a plea for sanity!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-80768148976830034102013-01-07T13:34:52.717+00:002013-01-07T13:34:52.717+00:00The big bonfire and a glass of something tasty is ...The big bonfire and a glass of something tasty is always a good idea. Makes Winter a pleasure.<br /><br />I've a large collection of books on woodland through pure interest and the need to be sustainable. <br /><br />The Ash can be burnt freshly cut or seasoned. It burns hot. Hopefully, the recent disease outbreak will be contained, coincidentally from imports which again shows our lack of fuel/ environmental management and reliance on others for fuel. <br /><br />Hawthorn makes excellent firewood, except for the legendary thorns. It needs seasoning for 18 or more, smells divine and burns very hot. The red berries-haws-have well proven medical properties.<br /><br />That's a start about wood and sustainability. We should bear this valuable commodity in mind when extending the S and D: where there is a piece of good woodland, its acquisition would be never wasted in my view. <br /><br />Replanting old hedgerows from OS maps is also a must. Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731953283942447774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-41617532570432880082013-01-07T12:18:07.193+00:002013-01-07T12:18:07.193+00:00I think this is another aspect of the future that ...I think this is another aspect of the future that should give us cause for celebration rather than fear. There are few more rewarding things than spending an afternoon converting a pile of trees into a pile of wood suitable for burning! Second only to having a big bonfire! And both activities that are going to be very relevant to railways in the future. I can almost see wood becoming a new element! People forget the elemental and hands on pleasures of steam compared to the clinical, smelly and dirty process of converting oil into energy.<br />Steve Sainsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12024394243500109831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-17909729863597450872013-01-07T11:41:55.308+00:002013-01-07T11:41:55.308+00:00An excellent post yet again.
On my meanderings ar...An excellent post yet again.<br /><br />On my meanderings around, I am taken aback by the amount of wood for burning in unattended woods and hedgerows. This can be harvested by coppicing, felling and laying.<br /><br />The hedges of Monmouthshire and South Gloucestshire have not been attended to properly for years. Some of the Dorset hedges could do with a bit of TLC.<br /><br />I would love to be let loose with my Granfors Bruks axe and other tools for laying. You provide fuel, habitat and work. In fact, I can think of no better way of spending Autumn and Winter than coppicing woodland and laying hedges.<br />Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731953283942447774noreply@blogger.com