HEX Heifer
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Hi I have gone sale agreed on a 10 acres of forestry, the main reason is its has an existing lane, and with a bit of work that will join my main block to another block we have.
The forest is a mix of young and mature trees, with some huge ash and beech in it too.
I have a romantic notion of being able to harvest the forest (1/2 acre a year) to heat the house, water etc.
We have a big draughty house and its crazy expensive to heat. I have no intention in clear felling the land, and i'm getting no sub on it. The lane is the reason to buy it, I see the firewood as a great bonus.
I wont need to cut anything this year or next as there is a lot of dead fall and i'd pull a lot of that out with a ferguson 20.
Any thoughts, good or bad?
The forest is a mix of young and mature trees, with some huge ash and beech in it too.
I have a romantic notion of being able to harvest the forest (1/2 acre a year) to heat the house, water etc.
We have a big draughty house and its crazy expensive to heat. I have no intention in clear felling the land, and i'm getting no sub on it. The lane is the reason to buy it, I see the firewood as a great bonus.
I wont need to cut anything this year or next as there is a lot of dead fall and i'd pull a lot of that out with a ferguson 20.
Any thoughts, good or bad?