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You can get root cuttings from the ash to propagate them, that should be easy enough! And actually make trees spread their good genetics father than female ones, so don't worry!

My recommendation is plant a mix of trees chestnut, walnut, European wild pears, domestic fruit trees, shipova, and you can plant the majority with willow and cut these out from the trees that you want to last in the end.

have a salix caprea in my garden for shade and its grows like mad.

I have a mulberry in my backyard that grows like no other tree I have personally seen. I had it cut down to about @ 4” stump and in two years, with only spares rains in the Texas panhandle, it is now about 9’ tall and has grown about 20 different trunks off the stump. Most are about 1-1.5” thick. I am going to be doing some cuttings come springtime for a couple people that want to plant privacy screen on theirs properties. In addition to the wood they provide, mulberry is used by some to make jams. Deer and other animals like the fruit. And they make great shade trees for animals when they are full green.

Thank you, that's interesting. I just got a 7 tonne eucalyptus (cut into rounds) from tree surgeon friends. It chansaws well &, despite the rumours, is pretty easy to split (would do so before it seasons tho). I recently read that 1kg of wood has 5kwh of energy but previously read that it was around 2kwh. Wondering what your thoughts were?

Willow burns with lots of smoke (so more crap in the chimney and outside). and much less heat than nearly everything else - I’m yet to be convinced it is anywhere a better solution

You know your stuff.wish i had some land.i have to get what i can for my burner although its hard work it keeps me going.just.

What about Eucalyptus? It's a hard wood, grows straight and also very quickly in the UK, plus it has medical properties too 🌿

I think volume is a concern for a lot people.

You should try out hybrid poplar/ cottonwood. We had some in the wetlands nearby. The leaves were double the size of a hand and they grew extremely fast. They produce a light wood. But it burns well. Although it's hard to split because the fibers are interlocking.

Fascinating ❤

How would you grow elder trees from cuttings to get elderflowers and elderberries? My wife uses them in cooking but between birds and everyone getting in on the act of foraging, this year she couldn't get many. They're not available in tree nurseries here and seed hasn't been successful. Thanks for all your videos. They've been very helpful.

One point for potential growers to consider is whether they suffer from asthma. Willow pollen is a prime culprit, as is hazel. Even if you don’t suffer now, prolonged exposure to high levels of pollen could trigger a reaction, which could be with you for life.

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Dry wood gives 16 mega Joules per kilogram (+/- few percent) when burned. Heavy wood burns slow and give nice glowing coals, light wood burns fast with longer flames. Its only dry mass what counts.

Great video, but the music is detracting. What can seem like standard practice in editing, can be a very different experience for the viewer. Might save you some time to stack more wood too.

Trees are actually just solar panels with extra steps.

You should use a shredder to utilize even a small branches. P.S. Good informative video (discovered it randomly by suggestions).

Hmmm interesting

I came across an article about Japanese intense foresting in which the trees are planted in such a natural way that it encourages fast growth

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I think I’d (eventually) get sick of scratching the dog’s ears!

Volume of wood produced is not a truly accurate measurement of any certain wood's usefulness as a heat source. BTUs per cubic foot of dried wood is a much better metric than volume alone. One cubic foot of white oak will produce around 32 btu's and willow is in the neighborhood of 16 or 17.

In any case, i fully agree with you on your coppicing technique! If your coppicing system is 5 to 10X more productive than classic oak system, even a 2X quicker burn speed in the stove is much more than compensated!

You have a point Sir. However, I think people also tend to focus on burning dynamics, that's why they are obsessed with dense hardwood. If you have to fill your stove 2 to 3 X more often, because softwood, full of air, burns quicker, it's a significant weak point. What is your experience of burning dynamics with softwood compared to hardwood?

But hard wood burns for longer, so you'll survive longer with hard wood on your campfire than soft.

I am waiting for my willow but in the short term I have several ash trees with dead branches. Birch grows very fast too.

Interesting video. I think people complicate firewood a bit too much. Pretty much all wood burns. What would be interesting are ways to help process it. I think thats the benefit of growing hard wood. 1 ton of hardwood is easier to process as it's half the work. If you split by hand, put your rounds packed tightly into an old car tyre and split them with an axe. Will save you loads of bending

Yeah, willow is terrible firewood. Stinks, near impossible to get dry if you live in a damp climate. (Where willows grow well). And if you do manage to dry it out it burns up like toilet paper. Alder is better firewood, grows about 2/3 as fast as willow, (still fast) and can be coppiced like willow. Once coppiced it grows really fast. You can harvest 4-5” rounds again in 4 years. (if you live in a favorable climate.)

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• Eucalyptus ( not huge tall ones) • Ash can be burnt fresh.

You can do anything with a flat, well drained field, but land usually comes with those hard to use areas. The more uses you know about, the easier to make use of space. I find bees in particular changes which trees you value most. Willow and Linden(USA Basswood) grow well in swampy land. Pussy willow is some of the earliest pollen available and a large linden can put out enough nectar for 40 lbs of honey. The value of bee fodder can easily produce more value than the timber and syrup value of Sugar Maple. Sumac for instance is commonly thought of as a weed but an acre of it can produce 100 pounds of wild flower honey and if you can sell it at $10/pound over production costs, that's more to farmer value than maize or cattle.

there is a difference, what is good. or what is good for me !!

i calculate for normal firewood about 1 kg = 4,5 kwh so 2 kg = 9 kwh that is the same 1 m3 natural gas = 9 kwh. so if you burn 1000 m3 gas or 1800 m3 gas you can easy calculate how much kg of wood you need. ( when putin close the gas valve off course )

very nice video, 2 kg of fire wood = 9 kwh of heat. but it have to be dry. so weigh it al then do 1 kg in an oven, on 80 or 90 degrees. and weigh it again to get the dry weight. that way you know how much heat will come out. also all wood is the same. pine oak etc. ( oak burns more slowy ) 2 kg dry = 9 kwh

Thank you for that 👍

Thank you. Interesting

What about growing Sycamore,an over-looked Tree,excellent firewood and good for Wildlife too.

Thanks for an interesting and informative video which has given me food for thought. Only one element missing here and that is biodiversity. Here in the UK we are faced with not only ash-dieback but also a range of threats from pests and diseases affecting our trees; acute oak decline, phytophthoras, sweet chestnut blight and invasive pests from oak processionary moth to sweet chestnut gall wasp. I've taken the view with the small woodland (c.2 acres) that I planted in 2018 that diversity of species was key, so while I've included some fast-growing coppice species, I've avoided planting them in substantial blocks. It will make harvesting a bit more difficult (I should find out for sure in the next couple of years) but I'm hoping it will pay off in terms of tree health which I don't believe is ever served by reliance on monocultures no matter how useful a particular species.

Great stuff! how about burning fallen wood? Been clearing out the undergrowth and pulling out some old wood. Is it worth cutting up for burning?

Actually at true 0% moisture you'll end up with sawdust powder. Without ANY water the molecules fall apart as it is, in this case, a binding agent. And I'm not a biologist.

I'm thinking of starting a small Sycamore _(Acer psuedoplatanus)_ coppice. They grow like weeds here, and fast. In southeast england. Is there any reason it wouldn't be a good tree to coppice for firewood? Many thanks

My land is exceptionally damp so I planted lots of alder about 10 years ago. Having to fell about half of them now because they're too close together but they are about 10" diameter and should coppice back. Willow is almost out of control here and I have invested in a branch logger to deal with it effectively

I love how Hazy supervises your every move ! I had a collie named Johnnie, who did the same ! <3

I don't have one, but from what I have seen on multiple videos, a rocket mass heater would use a fraction of the wood you use. The wood you have in store there would probably last 15 to 20 weeks rather than two and a half weeks. I recommend watching the video "The Rocket Mass Heater. The cheapest home heating system" on the Cairn of Dunn Croft Permaculture channel. It is an excellent introduction to the rocket mass heater. There is also a series of videos on there showing how it was built. People with much less land than you could become self-sufficient in firewood.

Excellent video. Thank you. Can I add : ideally raise your wood off the ground. Old pallets are perfect so that moisture is not absorbed from the ground and air flows by convection thru the pile. Willow is the exception to the 2 year "rule" even in good conditions. It tends to spend the first year trying to grow new trees & then it will eventually die (if off the ground) and needs a further 2 years then to dry.

Interesting to hear, and a very professional video!

a garden shredder is the best way , one of the high speed spinning disk is so good and put is through twice, its so much easer and cheaper, just pressure wash it at the end