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keith



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Garden fires .
Time for roasting your chestnuts and toasting your marshmallows.
Who has a nice garden fire pic ?

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ian series 1



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Not sure how you chestnuts would end up though.........? Rolling with laughter



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Lambley



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I love having a good old bonfire, nothing better than being able to burn all 'yer old crap, tree and hedge cuttings, cardboard, anything!

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custom90



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Same here, sadly no photo though.

We all like adding to our carbon footprint. Rolling with laughter



Latest thing I find I'm swamped with is piles of cardboard to burn.
Can't even recycle it because they'll only take some small bits. Rolling Eyes
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Great idea (and timing) for a thread subject... Thumbs Up

With some impressive responses already, including the OP's image... Bow down

However, could I please make a plea for our native wildlife, especially hedgehogs... Neutral

They will already be hibernating and often choose log piles for their Winter sleeps - they cannot tell what will be a bonfire night pyre for them from a real safe place... Rolling Eyes

Please, please check under any bonfires before setting them alight, and any log/wood piles you may be using for fuel!

If you do come across a sleeping hedgehog and have to move it, use garden gloves and put it in a box with an old towel and call your local rescue number, once disturbed they may not be able to settle properly at this time of year... Thumbs Up

Oh, and I do so love roasted chestnuts... Mr. Green
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Well said Rog Thumbs Up Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197

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Lambley



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Can't agree more about Hedgehogs, I watched an article last night saying they are endangered and less than a million in the UK, real shame, we used to see them in the garden all the time.
I always stack tree waste, cuttings etc up, until it's dried out, then don't light it where it's been stood, I always start a fire at the side with cardboard and then gradually move stuff over on top with a rake, the last pile had a few toads and a couple of field mice, I'd hate to burn anything living. Be vigilant.
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custom90



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Ken - Those little burners give out a good output of heat for size don't they. Thumbs Up


Hedgehogs wise - what I tend to do with brushwood if it's not burnt straight away is stack it or leave it in open ground.
Rather than burning it where it is, when I want to burn it then actually move it to the bonfire spot.
That way you never have issues or indeed need to check.
Granted though, you need more room / area to do this which I appreciate not everyone has but it saves these issues.
Same thing with birds nests in spring / early summer, a long standing big bonfire heap due for burning can make a good nest site.
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I have a bit of land set aside on the farm here just for having a good old burn-up, it's fairly sheltered and has water on three sides so almost an island. Doesn't take long to get a good blaze going but we tend to leave setting up the boiling pot and roasting the hedgiepigs in clay until the end when we've got a nice bed of embers to do 'em in Wink Steve.
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