tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094013166808498330.post1008107167253899133..comments2023-03-28T02:29:39.403-07:00Comments on A Great Farm Diary: Womerlippi Homestead Annals: Carbon chemistry and honey-do's and computerized trucksMickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058893780999651690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094013166808498330.post-44269822378336592692010-01-22T02:54:31.180-08:002010-01-22T02:54:31.180-08:00You're welcome. I go around the same four blog...You're welcome. I go around the same four blogs every morning, yours is one. A good start to the day.<br /><br />I never did get the firewood in, until just recently. See http://womerlippi.blogspot.com/2010/01/firewood-fellers.htmlMickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058893780999651690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094013166808498330.post-34395175980197131802010-01-21T13:35:50.097-08:002010-01-21T13:35:50.097-08:00Well, WordPress has only just realised you've ...Well, WordPress has only just realised you've linked to me so I popped over to see what's being said. Thanks for the mention and link.<br /><br />We're fortunate to have both a Land Rover Defender Dual-Cab pick-up and a 12ft livestock trailer. Small pigs and small amounts of wood/bagged barley/stones/water tanks/children can be thrown in the pick-up bed (600-700kg is ideal). Larger amounts, up to two tonnes, go in the trailer. The Defender/trailer combination was a serious investment for us, even if both are older and bought for bargain prices, but are well worth it.<br /><br />I'd love to see our planted ash make 30 feet in seven years. Some of ours have been in for five years and have barely made six feet. I'm was planning to crop them at 10 years, but I'm starting to wonder.<br /><br />On the firewood front, I'm old-fashioned and use a variety of axes, a crosscut saw, sledgehammer and steel wedges, and a brush saw. An hour a day keeps me looking like my teenage self—or so I try to persuade the Other Half.<br /><br />We had snow up to my neck for a while, but it's now down to two feet or so. The ground remains frozen and covered in ice, though, which makes life interesting.<br /><br />Thanks again for the mention,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com