Image is of Alan catching up on some late winter ploughing with the recent Fendt upgrade tractor. This is a winter cover crop being ploughed ready for a malting spring barley crop to be drilled in March/April. The cold winter continues. I am hearing from some sources that this is now the wettest, coldest winter …
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The long cold winter continues!
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How to measure the moisture content of firewood logs
Why is this so important? Well, it defines the ease of burning, heat output and completeness of burn of your firewood. If you get this wrong you could cause tar in your flue. Note! It is also the law now. It is also a requirement if you buy our low cost semi-seasoned firewood for DIY …
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Logs For Woodburners
Which logs should I use in my wood burner? With the rapid expansion of wood burners in the UK (100,000 new stoves expected to be fitted in the next year),I get this question so often. Really, the answer is way more simple than some companies like to make out. You will hear from many that it …
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New Product Launch – Mixed pallet of Hotties Heat Logs and Firewood nets
Image of Glenshee this week courtesy of @Andrewwoodroffe Good evening, Hope this finds you well. The continuing cold weather has kept the firewood sales strong this last week, although I was able to drag myself away for a days skiing up Glenshee. It was a classic day of Scottish skiing, it started well, with alpine …
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Wood Burning Stoves and their positive impact on the environment
Evening, Well, we have made it through the long, 5 week blues of January, I hope your stoves and fires have kept your homes warm and bright. I read a very good article this week from the Stove Industry Alliance (click to read) Here are the take home messages: 1. Wood burning Stoves could contribute …
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Kiln Dried Pine Now 20% Off
Good evening, That has been a strange week of weather, swinging from well below zero up to a positively balmy 12 degrees. The courier systems are finally back to normal after the weather disruptions of last week. We got confirmation of our BSL Authorsation this week, important for those with boilers tied to the RHI …
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BSL Authorisation Gained For Our Firewood
Great news. We have just had conformation through from the BSL Administrator that our application to get our firewood supply accredited to the BSL list has been successful. For most of you, this is a “nice to have” accreditation, as it proves our log procurement is up to the high environmental standards required. However, for …
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Firewood Newsletter 21st January
Good Evening, We are still in the grip of winter here, even some of our deliveries have been disrupted this week, including the Briquette Sample Packs! At least the skiing areas are in better shape now, I hope to get up myself within the next week or so. The launch of our briquettes has been …
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Hotties Sawdust Briquettes Launch
Good morning Hope you are well. As promised at the weekend, we are launching our Sawdust Briquette offer today. After testing a number of options, we have decided to go with BSW and their Hotties. We have been very impressed with both the heat output and long-lasting burn time. They also tick all our environmental …
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