No win situation then unless you padlock itI did, he takes the lid off and says he's not a child ...
Quince would be a good tree light pink blossom verry harder and some fruit in the Autumn medler a old fruit lovely large blossom flowers we have both but Hawthorne is the Winner a mass of white with the aroma to match you can also get a red blossom cultivar
Same as are shadow as a kitten turned up on a winter's night and sleeped in a cardboard boxs out side sutch a corrector even though he gets me up at 4 every morning I love him to bitts he has that independent spirit
Us boys seen yer later post aboat ow yer loads it. That makes sense tu us, us avvin a duel-fule stove here. Av yer gorra log-burnin plate on the riddling grate? It du mekka diffrence, yer can eggsperrimint by bashin a bean can flat, wacking half a dozen holes in it wivva punch and layin it ont grate. Shud stop embers vrum droppin straight into ash pan.I seem to have discovered the "secret of fire".
I was wasting lots of wood last year in the log-burner I think.
This year I am loading it differently and I am getting a higher temperature, and for a lot longer duration.
I think this can only be good TBH.
Well the only other thing is the jackdoors nest in year chimney has fallen apart increasing the draft
That is very innerestin DG. We has scored loadsa free wud this year and will be using less coal this accordingly. Will give that a go.
Thanks for this, I will try it with some sheet steel from my workshop. The user manual says "when burning wood, always leave a good layer of ashes in the bottom of the grate. Wood fires like to burn from the top down, so use the "top-down" vent control to control the fire." I have noticed that with this "hotter burn" there is less ash getting deposited in the ashpan so I guess it is a cleaner, more thorough combustion going on.
No, you don't have to sign up or pay anything. I never have. You just scroll around on a map and find a blue dot you're interested in and you can access the records of the corresponding weather station. They only go back a month, so not much good for monitoring long term trends, but it can be instructive nevertheless. For example here's one in Dorchester:
Yes wood needs a flat bottom to burn on, if it gets air from underneath it'll just burn away.Thanks for this, I will try it with some sheet steel from my workshop. The user manual says "when burning wood, always leave a good layer of ashes in the bottom of the grate. Wood fires like to burn from the top down, so use the "top-down" vent control to control the fire." I have noticed that with this "hotter burn" there is less ash getting deposited in the ashpan so I guess it is a cleaner, more thorough combustion going on.
Yes, I've got some medlars already. They're an interesting fruit as you're supposed to leave them on the tree over the winter so the frost gets at them. The flesh goes dark brown all the way through so it looks like they're rotten. If you can get over the sense that you're eating fruit that's gone off, they taste a bit like chocolate fudge with a hint of citrus, or mine do. I've tried some quince trees (fruiting cultivars rather than ornamental ones) and they don't like it here. Two look like they're dying and two are sulking, so I'm reluctant to try any more. There's the usual white hawthorn in the hedges already, and I've just bought a red flowered one today and stuck it in near the entrance so as to add a little variety. I'll update my smallholding thread in 'Anything Goes' shortly with some pictures of what I've done today .Quince would be a good tree light pink blossom verry harder and some fruit in the Autumn medler a old fruit lovely large blossom flowers we have both but Hawthorne is the Winner a mass of white with the aroma to match you can also get a red blossom cultivar
Could be a bit to wet at yours for quince we are verry dry but had a bumper crop this year have made jelly. Cheese and just bottled some to use like Apple and stored some whole to see how long-lasting thay are but the deer do love them and the bark in winter we also have wild Cornelian cherrys thay make good jam and dried fruits
Thanks for this, I will try it with some sheet steel from my workshop. The user manual says "when burning wood, always leave a good layer of ashes in the bottom of the grate. Wood fires like to burn from the top down, so use the "top-down" vent control to control the fire." I have noticed that with this "hotter burn" there is less ash getting deposited in the ashpan so I guess it is a cleaner, more thorough combustion going on.
Thanks for this, I will try it with some sheet steel from my workshop. The user manual says "when burning wood, always leave a good layer of ashes in the bottom of the grate. Wood fires like to burn from the top down, so use the "top-down" vent control to control the fire." I have noticed that with this "hotter burn" there is less ash getting deposited in the ashpan so I guess it is a cleaner, more thorough combustion going on.
Aha, finally some one has said the speshul word, "embers" that is the whole secret!! It's where the heat comes from.
Used to love watching Embers, never won much but a top chap.Aha, finally some one has said the speshul word, "embers" that is the whole secret!! It's where the heat comes from.
Our log burner is very state of the art. so we have control over the shutter thingy that allows air to pass up from below, quite apart from leaving the door partially open! So we can get the fire going like flip. We bought it cos it is one of the ones that are "high performance" and the govt gives subs to buy them. (We didn't get the sub as to do that you have to be paying income tax there!.
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You never can tell what's going to like it round here. The quince trees are in different places - a couple in an area that could get waterlogged and the other two in a more sheltered spot where the soil gets drier. But none of them seem especially happy. Sea buckthorn is supposed to be exposure tolerant but it doesn't like it round here. Four years after I planted some, most of them have died. The apples seem to do alright here - I'm still working my way through this year's crop, and that's from trees that haven't been in long. The oak trees I put in have mostly had a very good year and are growing faster than I thought was possible for oaks. There's a variety of alder, alnus incana, that likes it here, and grows very well, but its close relative alnus cordata just sulks and stays very small. So it's all an experiment. I've got plenty of space so if things turn out a bit different from what you expect it isn't a problem.
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