remains of a tree

[silverdaler]

help ! we are chopping a tree down today ( a silver birch, no preservation order, way too near the house )

any ideas as to what we can do with the chopped up remains other than umpteen trips to the council tip.

any ideas please ????????

[SteveD]

If you know of a local woodturner, he might be grateful for a few pieces and, if the wood is suitable, is likely to know of other woodturners who would be interested.

[sixpence]

A friend put an ad in the local free paper, and someone with a log burning stove picked up her wood, and were delighted to have it. Not sure whether silver birch is a good burner, but it would be worth a go, I would think.

[silverdaler]

interesting answers, thanks - worth a try anyway.

[gazzawazza]

I'd make some 'interesting' bits of furniture/objets d'art for the garden from the trunk.

[patsyann]

Buy a chimenea and use the wood for a cosy sit round it in the garden .Great fun especially with a glass of wine and maybe toasted marshmallows,even fun in the winter.

[feebal]

I chopped down some trees in the garden and had the same dilemma. I bought an incinerator for �10 and had several fire burning sessions in the back garden, got rid of the lot.

[Thunderbird+]

Re Sixpence's answer, It burns very bright and fast, not much good on its own but mixed with other slower burning woods, its exellent. A few other ideas- saw them diagonally and make some name/number plaques. make some bird feeders, saw into logs approx 10", drill lots of holes, fix wire loop for hanger and fill with nuts and fat etc (great for hungry birds in winter!. Use as rustic log edging in the garden around borders, it will probably rot within a couple of years, but hey! its another good turn for wildlife. All the Best.

[WendyS]

Don't know whether you have much space in your garden but if you do, make a small log pile, with lots of spaces at lower level for frogs, hedgehogs and other insects to shelter in and hibernate. A lot of our wildlife suffers because they either don't have the right habitat to breed in or shelter in.

[silverdaler]

wow ! what an imaginative lot you all are ! We have chopped the tree down and never imagined how much wood is in one tree - the garden is absolutely full !!! i will pass all the ideas on to my daughter - thanks a lot !

[sixpence]

silverdaler, we shall all expect some beautiful, carved, rustic ornament for our gardens. You'll have a job for life!

[silverdaler]

i can feel a whole new career coming on !!!!!!!!!