Beast from the East part 2! And so the winter drags on. Not a seed of spring barley has been sown yet up here. The fields are looking very wet . Our daffodils are still a couple of weeks away from picking too. We are getting ready for our Summer Semi-Seasoned Firewood promotion, it launches …

Mike’s daughter Emma’s new puppy, Luna in front of her new stove Good morning, Well that has been a stressful week on deliveries, and we are still running around a day behind. The pallet distribution system is so finely tuned that if you take 3 days off, it can’t catch back up again quickly. Woodsure …

Image showing main road out of Tideswell this week Well well, first week of Spring was met with “The Beast From The East”!  See the image, and I could have chosen a hundred more. We have not had a collection since Tuesday, the transport system has been understandably in shutdown. As we sit, Sunday evening, …

Met a great guy, Ian Wren, at the gym last week. I was discussing that I will be doing the Scottish Tough Mudder in the Summer and we got onto the issue of doing it for charity. I am already booked to do it for Calum’s Cabin and will let you know more in due …

Good evening, Picture is of a fresh load of local Silver Birch logs that arrived in the yard this week. These emails seem a bit like groundhog day! as we sit with night temperatures forecast to hit -5 even in central England this week. However “Don’t shiver when we can deliver“ (Sorry but I borrowed that …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …