Author Archives: Elliot Smith

  Firewood moisture content is such an important issue, I wanted to write this post exclusively to discuss and explain this important & topical issue. Trees obviously contain sap when they are growing, in fact when harvested in the summer they can contain up to 50% or half their weight in water. The water is …

The Hagland Chief arriving in Montrose with a load of high quality hardwood for firewood Norwegian Hardwood, Just wanted to blog on the current top seller in our firewood store. Every year, for the last few years, there is a timber boat heads over from Norway or Sweden to Montrose, just up the road from …

Harvesting Daffodil Bulbs In Bone Dry Soil Our summer break is behind us. How lucky have we all been with the weather. I hope you are enjoying your Summer. I spent some time in London and there wasn’t a green park anywhere! On the farm, our daffodil harvest is complete and we are onto the …

The sun is baking down here in Angus this week, we’ve gone from skiing to sunburn in such a short time. The farm finished up the Spring planting very well, after such a late start. Preparations are well on the way for the daffodil bulb harvest. The first bulbs harvested are destined for the USA …

  Some thoughts on the press interest last week, around the use of wood as a fuel in wood burners (known as biomass energy). This was only a small part of a broad set of proposals to generally reduce air pollution. It is fair to say that this is a problem as much for the …

  Why DIY log drying. We promote the sale of fresh logs for you to dry yourself. We offer Larch (click for details) or Pine (click for details) Why do we do this? It is really based around 3 different factors. 1. You, the consumer, can both save money and be in control of your own …

Why is Playgrade woodchip a good alternative to play bark? When considering a loose impact absorbing surface for your playground, you have many factors to compare. Firstly, and most importantly is child safety. In this regard, as long as you choose a product with declared safety fall heights certificated to BS Standard EN1177:2008, you can …

This is an important notification of a change to our product definitions and specifications. These have been made as we are working towards achieving Woodsure product approval. Woodsure have defined their “Ready to Burn” approval for firewood that has been dried below 20%. As you know we have defined it slightly higher than that, at 23%, …