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Although I had the romantic idea of making everything myself with my own wood it doesn't seem practical at the moment as I want storage and space to work immediately. Looking at probably around 10ft x 10ft and lockable. The tools won't be worth anything but I want to feel stuff I put in there...

Probably harder to get hold of nowadays as I imagine he is a minor celebrity in the hippy circles and probably charges thousands to get an audience with him. Yes I had read about brithdir mawr recently. The about page on their website is certainly full of drama! It bursts the bubble of the...

Aye! Now that might be a valid use for them! Pallets idea is worthless since I am unable to get my hands on any. Now I have more tools I am favouring taking the wood from my own trees again especially since I now plan to replant with fast growing willow. Some are up to 30-50ft tall or so, yet...

Yes, having talked to my mum she said the same and talked me out of it. :) I noticed the price is similar even for smaller batches of that same super willow breed so I plan to just get 200 to start and then get more after if I want. I have since visited her and took back a few cuttings from...

How would the gravel stay on top of the tyres? If you mean fill the tyres with gravel that would take a lot. My neighbour was giving me some ideas, as he is a dab hand at carpentry, for making a solid base. His suggestions were just as stated though, carpentry based rather than woodworking. He...

Well I brought the camera last night then suddenly realized today I forgot the charger. 🤪 I might be able to rig it to charge from my van leisure battery though. Will see when I get some time.

I can post pictures at some point, but don't have the camera yet. Plan to go back to pick up supplies soon. I was thinking maybe if there was a site with common uk trees I could find the ones that match that way. Looking in the little wooded area there were some shoots on the trees that look...

Thanks, yes I joined there as well asking the same. Yorkshire willows looks way cheaper and only £14 for 100! I realized looking on the site that those mentioned earlier on offer for 10k of them you can buy much smaller amounts but for comparable price. I can buy a couple of hundred of these...

No, I wrote that I volunteered somewhere that coppice workers would come by and give advice here and there. I never said anything about working as a hedge layer. You just mention 20-30% would be lost so why would it be ludicrous to go over by a bit. Someone else said it would take in the...

Yes everything people do not happen to find 100% to their tastes these days are either bots or trolls. Can you not just find someone to be naive without it having some malign hidden agenda? Yea I am naive or why would I be asking the questions? Sorry for not being such worldy seasoned souls as...

I went to town today and asked like 5 shops and they just gave that blank nonchalant stare and gave variations of 'computer says no'. I have just seen a special deal on yorkshirewillow for 10k for £900! They said they plant only 50cm apart so I could get 40k on 2 acres but that seems excessive...

One? haha. That is still going to cost a lot at a 5er to cover 2 acres' worth! I have been told £230 for 200 on site westwaleswillows.

I was thinking of this too. My neighbour told me a while ago that co-op give them away free. Not tried myself. I contacted the builder's merchant about off cuts and they are saying they want paying for it and they will 'quote a price' once I give them specifications so it sounds like that...

Ok, shear but not necessary to dig up the turf all the way down to clear soil? Sickling back is still easier than digging turf, the latter which is one of the toughest jobs!

Oh good tip thanks. So it seems like the £35 per tree is a scam for the uninitiated. On another note, I am just looking up roundwood to buy and I can't find any. Ironically it may be cheaper to buy unprocessed wood but that is no use if I can't find any to buy as a layman! Seems much easier to...

Another thought...should I clear all the grass and brambles to reveal the turf underneath or can I just plonk the cuttings into that ground and the willows will out compete the other stuff? Loads of work if I have to dig down to the soil however will do it if it is advised.

My mum has one in here garden so can take some cuttings! There is actually a small pile from earlier in the year but how long until they would not root any more? Do they have to be recent cuttings?

I have been advised that rather than trying to unbog my boggy land, rather work with it and plant things that like the existing landscape. Willow has been suggested and sounds a great pick due to it liking the bogginess and being quick growing. Big drawback though when I looked just now is the...

Yea I get that, with suggestions like burning tyres for heat. Just use common sense with what parts to use. Just useful as a guide. Not taking it as gospel for everything. I don't think you can go far wrong with the shelter advice as that is going to be the same whatever, at least the one I...

Oh didn't think of that but as this one would be an open style, with 3 walls, if you can call them walls, probably just using it for a cooking shelter, I guess that wouldn't be an issue due to the large amount of air flowing through still.