Coppicing A Small Area Of My Woodland For Firewood
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- Опубліковано 2 кві 2020
- I started this video about a month ago now and just got finished cutting and splitting it all. its a great feeling to know i have heat sorted until the end of next winter.
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I love this channel. My girlfriend says, "why are you watching this guy chop wood?" I say, "because he's free and I envy him".
We also would have accepted, "I'm just hoping he'll take his top off" as an appropriate response.
@@365hillclimb LOL. If you get a Wales summer heatwave, you may get lucky ;)
Leave her mate and head for the woods…
My wife said exactly the same thing to me. My thought was exactly the same as yours!
Take it from someone trapped in a building full of coughing folks, you are truly living the dream. Thanks for sharing!
Is it really that bad over there? Can you hear lots of ppl coughing? I mean more than normal? I watch it in the news but they use to exagerate way too much so I would like to hear another opinion if you dont mind
Totial A lot more than normal, but then again no one is leaving for work so that may account for some. I do know that New York City has run out of storage for bodies and are now burying folks in mass graves in the city parks.
Paul Casken ‘B “””. y m. H
@@paulcaskey thanks for your info. Cant really trust main media anymore. Hope you all recover fast and dont lose more loved ones!
I live in a tiny trailor in the mountains just outside of a little out of town in Wa. State....No sick people , coughing or anything like that.Every one wearing masks in places of buiness ect....if I am in a hurry and forget to wear a mask I get a bunch of dirty looks and comments.I just say "Stop listening to the fake media"! Lol! And than they replay"How dare you"! I say I do! Lol!😂
I feel sorry for those who have never felt the pure satisfaction of having put up a year's worth of firewood. And to have done it with your lovely partner...
What more could a man ask!
He could ask for a sandwich and take a nap while his lovely partner puts up the wood..... Just say'n
@@Jason-zp4ly Feels better long-term when it's in mutualism with both the forest and one's human partner.
@@CovilleR Really? You don't get the joke? Is it normal where your from to have to distinguish between human, animal or alien partners?
I hear you! “Goin’ woodin’” is one of those things I’d never choose to go without.
There is a wooden log house in Mora ( Sweden ) . It's estimated that the wood that it's made of is from 1237.
Still standing.
but sweden is very cold, not many bugs.
@@SDeww Sweden is pretty buggy. Not sure where you got that idea. On average, Canada is colder than Sweden and we have tonnes of bugs.
@@Niemi18 But we don't have many bugs that destroy wooden buildings, and almost all of the population of Canada lives in the southernmost part of the country where the climate is warmer than (all or most of) Sweden.
Yeah but, iam sure the logs are pressure treated 😁😁🤣
A few years back in North Alabama I had cut and split about 12 sweet gum trees had it all stacked in the same row , I always put the split side down so water can't soak in . About 2 years later I noticed some was rotting and other still solid only thing I can think being different was time of month that I cut the trees. It took me a month in evenings doing that area. I've heard old timers say to cut in certain time of moon,
Must be a great feeling to be self sufficient and self reliant. All debts paid, no incoming bills, land free and clear. Have a nice house, a big workshop, a plant bulding, etc. Plenty of tools and equipment. He has sheep, chickens for eggs, and lots of organic produce. Solar and hydro power as well. Sounds like a great life, and let's not forget his awesome second half, Dot.
Dot's so cool. What a "guy's chick" she is. My hubby called me that nearly 30 years ago and I took it as a compliment. I'm the kind of girl that likes to work in the yard, paint the cabinets...etc. We ARE over 50 now (old?) and still enjoy working together.🙂
I'm living in Kentucky, USA. I don't have a "woodland" quite, but do have many trees that I've cut for pollard this last winter. I too have a small house. Straw bale, and super energy efficient. Anyway, after pollarding many of the trees on my land over the winter I've managed to get wood enough to last for 3 years. Stockpiled and ready to heat the house. I'm also growing materials for a new woodshed, but will have to wait a few years for my black locust posts to get large enough to support the whole thing.
Cheers.
"I've got a pile in the toilet"... best place for it mate.
I'm in the process of doing the same thing over here in Maine. Have 3 cords so far. Figuring out a new containment shed for the fat wood which I mix in during the wood-stove season. Being a woman pushing 60 living alone. Cutting and stacking 4000+ pounds of unseasoned wood is no joke! Thanks for the video- and your good nature.
Surprised you don't have a 2-wheel cart for hauling your wood! You could probably build one!
I laughed when you said and then showed you had wood stacked and stored in the outdoor toilet. That's something you would never do here in Oz. There would be Redback spiders and more in there. And believe me when I say that you wouldn't want a Redback anywhere near you family jewels. lol
Nothing worse than a red back on the toilet seat. Although, the snakes aren’t the best either. Gotta love Aussie dunny humour.
Isolation just got better, another video from kris, stay safe 👍
Watched all of your earthbag workshop videos within the last 10 days, while beeing stuck in South Africa and even inside of the hotel.
Never thought I'd watch them all, I thought I'd only watch the hydro and some selected videos. Now I'm glad I did, awesome to see such an incredible big project come to life, congratulations on your success! (Although I'd be even more glad to get back home and outside again.)
Looking forward to the top workshop.
I did that when I found the channel. ;)
I totally agree with how long wood can last. I helped rescue an old church in upstate NY, USA a few years back. The hand hewn post and beam structure had to be removed from a ruble foundation on one piece of land and relocated to a different parcel of woodland a few miles up the hill overlooking a lake nestled in the Adirondack mountains. We cleared an area and moved the building into place. We blocked it up 16 feet in the air and poured a 14 foot concrete foundation in place while the building was suspended above us. When the building was in place we cut the roof off to add a 3 story. Whilst removing the clapboard siding I had noticed they hadn't used nails to fix the clapboard to the ship lapped board underneath. They instead used hand hewn pegs as dowels and to my surprise the wood was in perfect condition. The building was 136 years old. I labeled everything and had the wood analyzed and discovered it was hemlock. I finished adding a 3rd story and roof package and reinstalled the original siding. I had a mill cut new siding to the exact specs to fill in the gaps and you can't tell the difference once we were finished. I suspect it should last another 100 years. Cheers
Fantastic!
Nails were very expensive before mass production, hence use wood where possible.🇬🇧
5kw off a home made turbine, you sir are on top of it. Keep it up and good luck
I had assumed that was 5kw hr or 500w x 10 hrs
Here’s an idea I was given recently....lay an old car tire of a suitable diameter on top of your splitting log (fasten it down). Then place your firewood into the tire and split. The tire holds most of the pieces from flying off into the distance so you can keep splitting them! Genius.
Yeah it's good, you can put a few pieces at a time inside a tyre (not too tight) and just hit them all, most pieces will stay inside.
I came here to mention this idea. Save your back and lots of time. Really ingenious.
😄😄🤣 he can't, he used them all on the roundhouse. It is a good idea. 👍🤘
I use a piece of light chain and a bungee cord. Stack up a bunch of rounds, chain them together on the ground. Hit them a few times, and when done, release the cord and stack the lot. Saves chasing pieces of firewood all around.
Better yet, is the small branch wood that doesn't need splitting at all, just cut and stack and done.
I would just stop paying attention to the people who are clearly wrong and try and reduce the rants you go on about them being wrong. It's just good to hear what you're up to, how projects are going and what life on your land is like. Collecting all that firewood looks really satisfying and having Dot stay with you is great, happy for you mate.
If you don't have woodland to cut your own firewood, it's worth calling local tree surgeons and they'll often happily drop a load of logs for free. They also have lots of woodchip which is a great resource for mulching ground ready for planting. Saves them paying to dump it.
They sell it now as they realised there's demand 😅😂
Woodchip also makes great bedding for animals
Greetings from North Carolina in the USA. I have been watching your channel for a while now. I started watching as you were building the hydro generator. I have started documenting some of my projects around the homestead as well and posting them on UA-cam. Thanks for being such an inspiration.
can't help but smile as you smile as you recount your list of activities!
Dot playing the harp would be very nice
The harp build was special
Love the idea of coppicing. As far as I know, it's not done here in America at all. Makes perfect sense, being able to schedule and selectively harvest a finite resource, so that you always have that resource available.
Good job my friend 👍 from florina Greece 🇬🇷🌹
Thanks for the episode. Nice to see the two of you working with each other.
A bit of a newer subscriber and I just couldn't be more thrilled with catching up on so many of the older videos. So much useful information for anyone that might be considering this type life style. Great job Kris, very professional. Keep doing your thing brother.
I love watching your videos. You are a very hard working man. I did that as a kid growing up on a farm in 1948-1960. A wonderful time to be alive in the USA. Sadly it's not the same anymore.
Your channel takes me into a world I can only dream of 💙 Keep safe xxx
Love your home 🏠 how green everything is. Wishing you and your lady well from Yuma Arizona...
Don't worry only you know what's up in your woods people are all ways going to have an opinion.... Keep it up looking good...
We have a lot of old trappers cabins in Alberta here built from Larch still standing after 50 yrs and probably last another 50 before it even starts to rot away. Great video.
Another amazing video, hope everything's well and you're keeping well kris
You have a VERY beautiful helper. You're living the dream... Stay safe and take care.
In tune with the weather and season tasks.
Great watching
So happy for you guys. Blessed is the folks what got each other! Blessings for health and longevity to you and all here.
LoL ,ye bugger .... fifty isn't that old 😂😂
Going on 60 and still falling my own trees and cutting it up for my fire wood .
Made me giggle then I was like ....
Hang on there ! LoL
Fantastic to see you tanking on. Keep up the great work. Stay healthy.
Its sooo relaxing watch your videos. Wish I could help you out and walk a bit trough the woods. Keep up the good work and the vids of course :)
You are so lucky to have your own land man, I'd do anything to get myself a little patch I could go off grid on
Nice to see the labor of your hard work and excellent management of wood resources. Stay well.
Kris . Put a car tyre on your chopping block put logs inside the tyre it doesn’t fall on the floor saves bending down picking the wood up every time you chop 😀👍
I do like stacked firewood, we had a wonderful open fire in my last Paris flat. I built a library close to it and next to that I had logs stacked neatly against the bookshelves and against the living room wall - Parisians thought I was nuts but it really made the living-room inviting! Well… it did to me anyway.
Hey Kris, a good tip I learned for splitting logs is to attach a car tire to the top of the chopping block, that way the logs don't go flying and you don't need to do so much bending down.
Please Stand By was just going to post the exact same comment 😁
Thanks for the info. i am aware of that method and the one with a elastic strap around them but i just like doing it like this.
@@KrisHarbour i found i preferred using an axe to split, when working with fair splitting wood. reserving the maul for large or tougher pieces. i have been impressed with your videos and workmanship. think the house and property is awesome. cheers
Kris it must be a really good feeling to be going into winter with all that firewood stacked up.
You have such a amazing way of life , living and working in town your way of life rocks.
Good to see the cat you and Dot .. please be safe...😍
I just found your channel about four days ago. I have been binge watching you building the round house. Awesome video's. Subbed.
Hi Kris and Dot, great job guys well done, you've got to keep warm in winter. Seeya Rob
Hey its me again, cool vibes on the vid. We have the opposite lives. I grew up in the middle of Herefordshire, building dams, hay making on the farm, cutting wood, climbing trees etc, now Im in the rat race of NYC LOL! I miss the country life for sure and you my friend take me right back when I see what you're upto, mind blowingly cool what you've done. The cats commute to work, made me chuckle :)
You might like to check out upstate New York....Adirondacks. Pretty nice!
Glad dottie is locking down with you now. Awesome how quick you possessed your wood.
Can't wait to see you install a stove in the workshop.
Stay safe and change that code on gate. Your place is perfect for a pandemic. 😺😺
i admire you way of life you are truly living ♥️
This is my new favorite channel. Amazing carpentry brotha. You’ve got me and my missus wanting to go off grid. Went back and watched your very first video recently. Needless to say it hit way harder than I thought it would.
You are so blessed. Wonderful job
kris your brillant you work so hard .
be carefull be safe m8.
grate videos.
john UK
Great job done guys.
HI Kris, Dot, Snoop, hope you are all well. Split larch was widely used for boundary fencing in many city housing estates, and ninety-odd years later is still going strong. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work. 👍🖖😎😺🐔
Great work! I always enjoy your videos and it's interesting to see how different types of wood behave :)
In Gothenburg Sweden they pulled down some old buildings to put in new. These old building sat on pine logs, a float for them the ground is very boggy. The wood was in good condition and you could still smell the pine wood. These where large building the logs basically pine trees.
That first felling was a monster.
You two are friggin' adorable!
Dot is a great stacker of fire wood, she is so organized
Must feel great to have that all collected!
I used to chop wood for our fire aged eight, then I would light the fire! The newspaper held in front of the coal shovel in order to create a 'draw' would routinely burst into flames and I just beat it out with the shovel :) The workout you get from this lifestyle is enviable!
wow nice place i love nature
I forgot you are utilizing wind power! Pretty efficient for battery recharging! Great idea!😀
I have enjoyed your company for some time now and love your UA-cam videos.
I had a funny thought about your wood lot looking like I imagine the forest of Merkwood from Lord of the rings.
Looks like a great place to pasture goats or sheep. Dot looks like a great partner, attractive, interesting and helpful. Hang on and stay safe. If you were here in Maine, USA that stack would last a very short time unless the building is super insulated. We can easily burn 4 cords per year in the average home.
Doing great ! Awesome videos 👍
Good day Kris!
Nothing more satisfying than a healthy log pile 😊
Awesome job mate hope u and ur partner are keeping safe with this corona virus going round. We're in our second week here in lockdown in new Zealand. All the best for u both keep up the awesome work. Cheers....... Aaron.
Great video Kris! 👍👍💯💯
I'm always amazed at what you do with the small Makita saw in construction, but for firewood I can really recommend the larger DUC353 with two batteries because it has much higher chain speed. I have both the 254 and 353, and there really is a world of difference.
The 353 is very comfortable with trees up to about 15cm, I have cut hardwood thicker than 20 cm with it, but there it really struggles and it's time to get the Stihl.
You probably have to watch the expenses a bit, but I think you'd love that larger saw.
Yay!! HI DOT!!! Great to see you again. Awww just saw the cat. She reminds me of one of mine...Gene. He's my cover photo on my UA-cam channel. He's about 6 1/2 yrs old now. We took him in as a "foster" when he was 9 weeks old along with his brother Hermie & sister Bella. Hermie passed away from a kidney problem about 18 months ago. We also have 2 dogs. THAT is what you are missing around the homestead!!! You need a really big dog who can help haul firewood. lol Can't wait for the next video. Stay safe & well. Bye Dot!!
in central Texas at the ranch when an oak tree dies we cut it off at about 2-3 ft so we can see it and not run into it.
It takes 5+ years for the roots to rot enough to tip it out with the tractor. Oak isn't stable enough for fence posts
what we call cedar (actually a juniper) makes good fence posts 20 years +
old telephone posts seem to last forever for corner and gate posts
You are going to want to add another windmill or two for shop power. Perhaps for more home power. Your channel is one of the best on You Tube. Thanks for the video Kris!
That's hard work you're doing,but rewarding for sure.
Keep it up.
You know if you collect all of those scattered twigs&small branches on your land,you'd have a lot of starter wood for Winter
You can also get a big tarp to cover that wood supply in Winter
Nice work over here its common to heat your house with wood and alot of my childhood memoris souronds stacks of wood or playing in sawdust.
Everybody have alot of tips but collecting splittring togheter is sometimes nothing to speed up. It looks as ure enjoing it.
Love your work and i know your a busy man. Perhaps its time to think about a heated bathroom or even heated toilet seat like your chimney water heater idea. My tenders shiver to think of a cold winters morning. Your lady friend would appreciate it im sure.
firewood before easter! thats the rule
Awesome video Kris, were doing the same right now, felling and logging, nice to see Dot on the big screen and that the wind turbine is performing great. Love watching your videos but go steady on the 50 year old comments, were only a few away lol..
Take Care :)
I'm rather surprised you don't subscribe to the idea of a Mass Rocket Stove heating system. It would seem to be right in your wheelhouse. Less fuel, less pollution, less stoking. That said, I really enjoy your videos. Love your house and workshop. I wish I had the youth and energy to try something like what you're doing. I'm always looking forward to your next episode. Cheers!
my house has a suspended floor i cant put two tons of mass in one spot. plus it would take up to much room in a small space
@@KrisHarbour I guess I tuned on to your videos late in your process. I didn't see the building of the house foundation. I watched more of the building of the workshop. I've seen some pretty creative UA-cam videos on space saving applications of these mass heaters. Of course, you're the boss and I'm sure you would have researched the subject.
I noticed the Who Gives A Crap wrapper! Awesome.
Hard life FULFILMENT i'm in awe!
nothing in the world like swinging a log maul or an axe splittin logs plug into my music and split 4 ton great way to spend an afternoon
Super stash!
Yes, i know the feeling. Done 58 kubic meter of wood last months (cutting and splitting) hope to have plenty for several years.
Another vote for the top off fire wood chopping...
You are so great bro. I always Flow you. N the best safe place for covid-19. Great work
Blimey Kris, I almost didn't recognise the place when you walked through at the start. Looking beautiful, the place that is! I only bat one way, sorry :)
One day, I might do this myself. Living my dream mate.
Good luck! Wish your dreams come true. Follow them while you're young👍 God bless you🙏🌿
I used to love splitting logs with a 6lb axe / great cardio and for the upper body
There’s some really handy non mechanical splitters out there! Just a thought!
"put your top back on ya d___head"
- some bloke
A church down the road from me was started in the 10th century, has a oak beam in the roof, its still in there today
i like your place sir my dream place very nature
True on the durability off untreated wood .... my pergola has a fair bit off untreated wood on it and no signs off decay after 10+ years .. i do only like to use hardwood thou
Wood durability. I am 37. Before I was born. Maybe 50 years ago. My grandfather cut down an oak tree in their back garden. The reason it needed to come out was because it was rotting from the inside out.
50 years on. The tree trunk is still in the garden.
where i live pine is very durable and last for many many years. we build most houses in pine and spruce
Love my battery electric chainsaw as well. I've got a couple big Stihls for serious firewooding, but 99% of what I do around my house is done with the battery electric saw.
It sounds so strange to hear someone speak of going into winter and it's April. I'm in the US so we're heading into spring. I've been starting seeds and planning my little garden. Hoping to work on that the next few days. Appreciate all your videos Kris.
Angie Sauerman - Kris lives in the UK - we are in the same hemisphere as you and therefore are in the same season. He wanted to cut the wood to allow it to dry naturally for next winter and still allow time for the coppice to Sprout new growth, rather than take wood that was actively starting to leaf. Our winter is 8 - 9’months away yet.
@@davidgriffiths4844 good deal, I misunderstood. Thanks for the info! I love seeing what people have going on in different parts of the world. :)
Just a thought no criticism leave the stools more rounded, creates better growth, love what you do BTW! Cheres
your discussion on durable wood ... and you're not suggesting that a finish wouldn't make it last even longer, just not really necessary to get a good lifetime out of the bare wood. i think you're right about most situations above the ground.