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2:55 If I tried that my dog (Corgi) would snarl as no clippers are allowed within four feet of his paws, by royal decree he says.

Is Paulownia any good as firewood? It might not like your winds perhaps. It's interesting that different tree species, having stored a greatly varying number of growing seasons worth of sunlight, give such similar amounts of energy back when burnt.

I really like how you give the research that shows the heat output per dry tonne. This overrides all the beliefs of many people based on no real evidence and should stop many debates.

A really informative video. Thank you.

Cheers

Thiago Concept is very old. I dont now in englisch But in german ist is called „Niederwald“ u can use all Trees that grow back from the root. I use mulbeery, castanea and robinia because it is to dry for willows where i life .

On my 30 acres I have a lot of Silver Maples. I coppiced about 20 of them last fall. Each tree was about 6" to 14" in Diameter. Each trunk now has a minimum of 12 shoots and they are all more than 1" in diameter already. Not even 1 year old shoots! I have enough oak for main firewood use, and some pine, but these coppice shoots will be harvested for fire starter wood. Silver maple when dry, and split, catches fire very fast.

Nice video. Im in Kentucky, and the "large trees" you mentioned that you wouldn't cut down would be considered small here!! I just had a 5' diameter red oak fall across my driveway last winter!!!

I've just found one of these eating one of my rare/endangered native black poplar saplings. I'm trying to transfer it to a willow

Your dog is so sweet. 😊 I know it's not spring but I'm going to give this ago.

Here in scandinavia, birch has always been considered the best firewood. It grows fast, it splits nicely, it dries fast and burns hot and clean. Depending on how you are burning your firewood, that last part can be very important. Pine and spruce are common throughout the whole region, but the evergreens has such a high content of resin, they create much more soot and residue in the stove or furnace, as well as in chimneys. Burning a lot of pine means you have a higher risk of chimney-fires, so you need to sweep your chimneys more frequently. If you have a modern glassed-in fireplace, that soot is going to clog it up instantly. If you are stoking your fire manually, the density of the wood determines how fast the fire burns out. Light woods like aspen or poplar will burn out very quickly, -releasing it's energy almost all at once, while heavy woods like oak will take more to ignite, and burns slowly. But I assume that you have a more mechanized system for stoking your fire if you rely on it for all-year heating. In that case it might not be an issue at all.

Dog: You talking to me? Well I guess he must be talking to me, because there is nobody else here.

Do you have an update on these? Thanks

Bravo cool idea .

Would rooting compound help ?

Is this the way to propagate Sassafras trees ?

One other important factor is how quickly the wood burns as well as heat produced

Very cool dog ;-) Thanks for sharing the knowledge about aspen trees.

Mesquite can be chopped to the ground and turns into a huge tree in two to three years. I had it growing in my Phoenix az garden. Planning to try it in the high desert.

Great video. Was hoping you'd talk a bit more about that aspen, as well. I'm here in the PNW. We have a good bit of water, but also get hot summers and long days. We've got willow and aspen growing. They both seem to enjoy the somewhat more wet and clay soil our property has. No alder, though. Probably would do well too. If aspen grows in your area, grows as fast as it does, and also sends out as much new growth from root shoots as it does, why isn't it in your top picks?

You live in an exposed area, how is the tunnel up there? Or did you manage to shelter it? I would like to get one but the only place I can put it would take the full force of the wind.

Very good vid and lots of information without being overwhelmed much or boring. Thanks :)

I just cut a whole branch off which was around a foot long and rammed it into the ground about 6 inches approx two years ago. Now its 3 foot tall and doing well. Lots of new branches and healthy foliage

I can't tell you how lovely it is to have a fluent, articulate and intelligent commentary - Bravo! Is the soil underneath clay or peaty? If the former, then Black Poplar would likely do well and maybe you might have room for a couple as keepers. Being large, they are great for making a flat landscape more interesting. But the real attraction is that they are now Britain's rarest native timber tree - maybe only 8000 left - and are marvellous for habitat. And wagon wheels!

Terrific dog.

I think we should always invest in a variety of wood sources for firewood. Seems to me that every few years another pest, disease or fungus gets imported into different parts of the world. Look at the devastation caused to Ash trees, and that happened so fast. Had Ash been a primary source of your firewood, it would have been devastating. I grow Hazel, Alder, Willows are coming up, some 'disposable' pines to be rotated, and Birch.

Damn! Takes two seasons to dry wood in England!

Good information! I have lots of aspens around my leach field go figure. But I want to get them into another area on my property and wondered how. Great video thanks!

Hey there. Great video. Just curious if you’ve ever done the same with UNGRAFTED ornamental cherries/plums?

That’s a good hint. I’m going to try it on 3 acorns per hole, maybe 9 per square foot. I might just hand cast though because it’s still back breaking work.

Epic! thanks for sharing

Make a mulch of waste to maintain healthy soil

Great video, thank you. I want to coppice to produce chippings for pathways. Our field is a bit boggy, normal Somerset clay, but in the summer it will dry out. Would you recommend willow or alder please?

So… this Kiwi agrees with you. And great info on the calorific value of wood by weight. We live in Central Otago, New Zealand. Have always cut our own firewood, was pine, now willow. It’s a pest/ nuisance species here. Every riverbed is full of it. We cut it green, split it straight away: it’s really easy to cut and split when green. It dries super fast in our climate. I’m burning some now that I cut green in late December: it’s too dry, under 10%. I usually cut it from February onwards, start burning mid April. We get through about 10 cubic meters a winter. It has a bad reputation as firewood here, but that’s perhaps because folk season it too long, or only cut dry dead willow as a last minute option.

Our winters are very hard - should I keep the cuttings inside over winter?

We have plenty of forest around and just use whatever falls in storms - aspen, alder, birch - and thats enough.

Really glad to have found your channel a few months ago. I’ve subscribed and I’m learning loads from you. Just wondering how high you had to do your deer fencing, and how effective it has been? We are struggling in West Yorkshire because they’ve eaten most of our apple trees and a lot of the Willow whips we have planted. 👍🏻

Great Video

Wow fascinating about alder and the rush reed

Why have a door? Is it just that the hares can’t figure it out and the badgers can?

Loved this video! Would love to see more willow crafts on your channel. Will be eagerly watching from the U.S.A in Maine!

That's a fine buck you have to 👍didn't get like that eating hazel or willow 😉

I love watching your videos. They give me so much great information and lots of inspiration to keep trying to build my own little homestead. Cheers from Sweden!

my eye went straight to the wrought iron hinge you have in that hedge line ...I love finding bits of usable iron like that. Brilliant to see you removing the old wire instead of just putting more over the top. I know our recyclers hate the stuff it gets knotted in the machinery and really difficult to get into the crusher. I don't know what you are replacing it with but have fun.

Aww, Hazel in her goggles - adorable. yes, thick as possible mitts for dealing with barbed wire, with an extra pair on top....

At 8:03 I thought Juniper and Yew were also native?

One of my most favourite channels though

How long do they take to grow and what is the next steps then aka pot size etc before planting in the ground? 😊

Alder wood is durable under water but not in the ground

nice simple build but definitely not a smokeless fire pit.