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as in sticks Laughing

At thsi time of year, there's a lot to cut back in the garden - anything at all that looks burnable, gets piled up for the leaves to fall off, then chopped/cut for the fire. I see trailer after trailer down the tip being shoved over the wall, full of prunings that are good burnable material. OK, they go into the compost piles, but I'd love to get my hands and saw on a lot of them for the wood pile here. I'm waiting for some of my trees to grow a bit before I chop them, but should be coppicing the first of my own hazel this winter. Cool

I'm excited about that. Very Happy

calendula

hmm I have the urge to collect sticks when out walking the dog but we don't have anything to burn them on. Must be an instinct.

Straighter prunings from the garden I put to one side to make supports for plants.

CheapsKate

We do collect sticks and twigs from time to time to use in the Storm Kettle when we're at the lottie for coffee making Wink

. We don't have a proper fireplace at home though so can't burn wood there although I would love one some day. The Storm Kettle lives in my car boot for emergency water boiling so we always have something either here or at the lottie to burn in it. Great invention.