Cairn Chipping.

 Cairn Chipping.

The decision to fell the P7 Eucs required the felling/coppicing of the willow that grew amongst them. These were surviving original Salix triandra and together with S. purpurea, Salix viminalis, and other willows I put in to use the space when it was clear most of the Eucs had not survived the winter of 10/11. This generated a lot of rubbish brash. I did not want to chip back into wood as a mulch. I thought the Oxygen demand from the rotting chip would exacerbate the affects of winter waterlogging on the wet clay. Burning wet brash next to the A1 is not really an option. So it was piled for chipping. I also took out a lot of S. triandra and non timber scrub from the wild wood. This was piled and was more out of the way but having decided to pay for chipping was there to make it worth while for a days chipping.

Piles of brash waiting for chipping at Cairn Wood.

  After a long wait Chris Willatt and his father in law came and did the chipping with me. 

All the piles of brash at the far end  were chipped as well as some willow from the other end. We finished as light fell four loads of chip went to Simon Ward's yard. At least 10 cubic meters I estimate from the size of the pile. I failed to photograph the pile before it was pushed up with the rest so must remain a guess. A successful day.