Leylandii for burning?

[Pete]

Polar is not good agreed (:-) Pete

[Andy Dingley]

I posted the E-type Jag story ages ago...

[Rusty Hinge]

Fine. Most cypress is, though some can spit. I've never had that problem with Leyland cypress though.

[Rusty Hinge]

Carbon neutral. If you discount the stored carbon in the roots, that is.

[Rusty Hinge]

That'll teach you not to garden au naturelle...

[Rusty Hinge]

Only if you burn the wood green.

[Rusty Hinge]

Give another year, under some sort of cover.

Only when green, and IME,green Leylandii doesn't spit much anyway.

My house is heated almost exclusively with wood fires, and I have never experienced those problems.

[Muddymike]

I have a 10ft long 15 to 20 inch diameter yew trunk I scavenged from the woods next door when they were cleared last year. Still debating whether to cut it up for logs or offer it to a wood turner. Yew does make for a very good fire.

Mike

[Rusty Hinge]

Yes indeed - consider that balsa is technically a hardwood,,,

[Rusty Hinge]

And burns like asbestos...

[Rusty Hinge]

I've never known poplar to spit. Willow can be quite lively though. (Matches are usually made of poplar)

[Andy Dingley]

If it's that size, don't waste it on turning but use it for cabinetry. It's a bit skinny, but as it's yew there's still a market for it.

[Tim Streater]

Nah. The roots decay and give off the same CO2 as if you burnt them.

[Rusty Hinge]

Takes a long time. Meantime, several generations of privet have come and gone.

Forestry, with the mature timber used and the stumps left in are a great combination for absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it.

True, the stumps and roots rot, releasing some of the farandaway even worserer glasshouse (non-green) gas, methinks, methane.

TAAAW, I don't send paper for recycling - mature conifers are largely carbon neutral, and sometimes worse. Young conifers OTOH, absorb copious quantities of carbon dioxide as they grow. So, paper is turned into fuel, which is, again, carbon neutral, if you discount the energy which went into its manufacture.

[Rusty Hinge]

IME it makes for rather cold comfort. I'd give it to me, if I were you - or sell it.

A piece of yew that size is worth rather a lot.

[Christina Websell]

My dampers do not have an enclosure so if they are open they are open to the room, if you see what I mean: therefore if I have spitting wood, it can and does come out of the damper.

OK. Point taken. I should have phrased it better. Far be it from me to put anyone off burning leylandii if they want to, I just thought I'd share my experience of it so the OP could make an informed decision.

Tina

[Christina Websell]

Yew is so slow growing it's worth quite a lot. In your position I would sell it. You can use the money to buy far more wood for burning than you would get from the yew.

Tina

[Steve Firth]

Tell that to the yew tree that has grown in my garden over the last five years.

[Muddymike]

"Christina Websell" wrote in message news: [e-mail]...

Anyone want to buy a yew trunk ?

I looked on Ebay and woodturning blanks just 2 inched thick of the diameter I have are selling for several pounds!!! But what makes for a "woodturning blank" ?

Mike

[The Natural Philosopher]

does if its a bit wet..mines still a bit green.