Where you can buy tree logs

phonejacker

Does anybody know where you can buy tree logs that you can cut up yourself to put into a stove/fire in co. galway?

would you think wood be better or worst than turf?

Grecco

Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year.
Chestnut's only good, they say,
If for long 'tis laid away.
But Ash new or Ash old
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold.
Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last.
It is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E ' en the very flames are cold.
But Ash green or Ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown.
Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke.
Apple wood will scent your room
With an incense like perfume.
Oaken logs, if dry and old.
Keep away the winter's cold.
But Ash wet or Ash dry
A king shall warm his slippers by.


Oaken logs, if dry and old,
Keep away the winter's cold
Poplar gives a bitter smoke
, Fills your eyes, and makes you choke
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould
, E'en the very flames are cold
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread -
Or so it is in Ireland said,
Applewood will scent the room,
Pearwood smells like flowers in bloom,
But Ashwood wet and Ashwood dry,
A King can warm his slippers by.


Beechwood logs burn bright and clear,
If the wood is kept a year
Store your Beech for Christmas-tide,
With new-cut holly laid aside
Chestnut's only good, they say
If for years it's stored away
Birch and Fir wood burn too fast,
Blaze too bright, and do not last
Flames from larch will shoot up high,
And dangerously the sparks will fly...
But Ashwood green,
And Ashwood brown
Are fit for Queen with golden crown.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Bizzum

Grecco wrote: »

Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year.
Chestnut's only good, they say,
If for long 'tis laid away.
But Ash new or Ash old
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold.
Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last.
It is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E ' en the very flames are cold.
But Ash green or Ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown.
Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke.
Apple wood will scent your room
With an incense like perfume.
Oaken logs, if dry and old.
Keep away the winter's cold.
But Ash wet or Ash dry
A king shall warm his slippers by.


Oaken logs, if dry and old,
Keep away the winter's cold
Poplar gives a bitter smoke
, Fills your eyes, and makes you choke
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould
, E'en the very flames are cold
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread -
Or so it is in Ireland said,
Applewood will scent the room,
Pearwood smells like flowers in bloom,
But Ashwood wet and Ashwood dry,
A King can warm his slippers by.


Beechwood logs burn bright and clear,
If the wood is kept a year
Store your Beech for Christmas-tide,
With new-cut holly laid aside
Chestnut's only good, they say
If for years it's stored away
Birch and Fir wood burn too fast,
Blaze too bright, and do not last
Flames from larch will shoot up high,
And dangerously the sparks will fly...
But Ashwood green,
And Ashwood brown
Are fit for Queen with golden crown.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Hi Grecco,
Do you know anything more about this poem?
My grandfather used to recite bits of it to me, and thats not today or yesterday!

Grecco

No I`m afraid not, I only knew the rhyme existed..but Its probably very old.

Bizzum

Grecco wrote: »

No I`m afraid not, I only knew the rhyme existed..but Its probably very old.

Would anybody here know the name of it or the author by any chance?

Agent_47

Enjoy!

http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/98565-Lady-Celia-Congreve-The-Firewood-Poem

Agent_47

Another famous poem you might like, thank God for the internet!

http://gladstonefamily.net/logs-to-burn.html

Bizzum

Agent_47 wrote: »

Enjoy!

http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/98565-Lady-Celia-Congreve-The-Firewood-Poem

Fair play to you Agent_47.
Thanks for that. Enjoy I will!

And @Phonejacker: Sorry for hijacking your thread!

Agent_47

phonejacker wrote: »

Does anybody know where you can buy tree logs that you can cut up yourself to put into a stove/fire in co. galway?

would you think wood be better or worst than turf?

Try Donedeal for a local supplier or JohnGalway (Moderator) and forestry forum contributor on Boards.ie may be able to help you out with a supplier. Now is the time to get Ash wood to season for this winter.

49801

phonejacker wrote: »

Does anybody know where you can buy tree logs that you can cut up yourself to put into a stove/fire in co. galway?

would you think wood be better or worst than turf?

spend some time in the pub and offer to clean up any tree's that should be removed. talk to friends, neighbours etc.
you might have to travel out of galway though:eek: