recent company,Brackenburn, harvests local bracken to create briquettes, and encouraging biodiversity in the processIn the days of Thomas Hardy,west country folk used to head to the moors and commons to cut the furze (or gorse) for kindling. More than 100 years on, a project has been launched to harvest another crop to sustain the home fires burning.
Backed with public money, and a company has been formed to harvest bracken to create briquettes that it claims burn longer and more fiercely than oak in fireplaces and stoves. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com