Anyone know the rights (or otherwise) of foraging for logs? I walk my dogs through woods every day, and there’s a ridiculous number of fallen trees which are just left. Frankly, it affronts me that it’s just sitting there when it could be in my woodpile, but I really don’t want to get into legal trouble over a few logs.
Anyone know the rights (or otherwise) of foraging for logs? I walk my dogs through woods every day, and there’s a ridiculous number of fallen trees which are just left. Frankly, it affronts me that it’s just sitting there when it could be in my woodpile, but I really don’t want to get into legal trouble over a few logs.
Frankly, it affronts me that it’s just sitting there when it could be in my woodpile, but I really don’t want to get into legal trouble over a few logs.
It may not be just ‘discarded’, but part of the management scheme – dead wood is a very important part of the woodland eco-system. You may not get in to trouble carrying a few logs home by hand….. anything more than that will likely be problematic, depending on ownership/attitude of the land owner.
Don’t go round collecting resinous woods like yew, pine and cypress; the resin will wreck your flue. Burn hardwoods like ash, oak and beech.
Trying to burn wet wood knackers the flu. Properly dried softwood is an excellent fuel which burns hot. It will burn quicker than the hardwood, but as long as it is dry it will cause no problems.