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2021 Furnace ('Phoenix') and Lehr at Quarley - Wood Gathering and Processing

Projects: 2019 Onwards   Woodshed Build   The Woodpile   IFoG Furnace Removal   Firepit Reconstruction

Furnace Superstructure Build   Phoenix Firing One   Repairs after Firing One   Phoenix Firing Two   Repairs after Firing Two

The Woodpile

This year we were given some more fence posts and a couple of old gates from the farm, as well as more Chestnut and some Sycamore. Coupled with the wood we had left over from last year, which we had to cut and split, we had plenty to see us through all of the 2021 firings.

The beech that we had been given in 2020 had been stored for over twenty years, and was very woodwormed, which reduced its calorific value, but it needed to be burned!

For the 2022 and 2023 firings, we had deliveries from the sawmill of English Oak and Opepe in the autumn, and some trailerloads of Beech and Ash after the November tornado.

Opepe dried for six months
A supply of fence posts Timber to be processed (Photo © Steve Wagstaff)
Ready for splitting (Photo © Steve Wagstaff) Ready for splitting
Mark and Steve splitting Opepe (Photo © Fiona Rashleigh) Fiona stacking split fence posts
The woodpile Beechwood stacked in the green container
Broken gates! Chestnut
More Chestnut Split Beechwood showing the woodworm attack
Wood stacked inside the shelter Sycamore and Chestnut in the green container
Oak and Opepe delivery Oak and Opepe delivery
Oak and Opepe delivery Oak ready for splitting
Fiona stacking Opepe Oak and Opepe in the green container
Filling the woodshed The partially-filled woodshed
Opepe Delivery Opepe Delivery
Need more wood! Need more wood!
Another pile of wood for the woodshed Opepe split and stacked
Opepe split and stacked Some of the tree damage in the mid-November tornado
Working on the first trailerload of Beech and Ash The first trailerload of Beech and Ash
Two trailerloads of Beech and Ash Covered wood
Covered wood We are now labelling the wood with its splitting and stacking date
More felled trees resulting from the mid-November tornado The first tornado-damaged timber ready for splitting

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