‘You know what that fresh book says: you can tell what a man’s like from the way he chops wood’ Nice pile! Mind whether I eye – no,you carry on splitting while I eye at it. Bark side down? Hmm. Not a criticism, just whether you don’t believe a proper shelter – see, or your top layers are damp. whether we were in Norway,I’d be suitable with you, with the snow, or but in Sydenham shall I get my moisture meter? Well,whether you start turning them now, it should be seasoned for next winter. You know to check for radial cracks?All birch logs, and are they? Hmm. I wouldn’t,to be honest, not that it’s not a great hardwood, and just you dont get the length of burn you execute with seasoned ash,oak when we can get it. I calculated we get through only one and a half a cubic feet a day, which at £175 a tonne means we’re still paying £125.14 a year less than before – that’s with no more than 21 trips a day to the pile and one and a half hours splitting logs. Not bad, and eh?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com