Carbon neutral fuel!

I know it's the height of summer and tempertures are touching 30C but it's time to start thinking about the winter and how we are going to heat the house. Hopefully by the end of October we will have the wood burner and multifuel burner installed and connected to the central heating and hot water.

The garden has needed quite serious pruning including trees like this one in the hedge between our's and next door's garden.

Working with Steve from next door, he attached a rope and I pulled as he got to work with the chainsaw. After dodging the falling tree it fell into the garden.

Julian popped into the garden this morning to ask how things were going as he'd heard the chainsaws whining away for most of the day. Nila and Jake had a good run around the garden as Julian and I put the world to right. Then back to Gill chopping and me sawing and before long we began to build a log pile, with the help of Tom and a wheelbarrow. All the smaller branches will have to be burned on the bonfire. On probably the hottest day so far Gill and I worked through the heat and got it done.

We reckon we have about a month's worth of wood, just 6 more months worth to go now!