[Sca-cooks] Re: Charcoal

[johnna holloway]

Here's another charcoal site with pictures of what
the kiln looks like today... they aren't burning
scrapwood either.
http://www.coppice.leeds.co.uk/charcoal.htm

Johnna

johnna holloway wrote:
>
>  Well, the article gives that website and Google
> indexes that website and it's not there at the
> moment. it's now an 404 error... sorry about that.
>
> Johnna
>
> johnna holloway wrote:
> >
> > The article that I made a reference to in
> > Gardens Illustrated, February 2001 entitled
> > "Burning Issue" describes the work of Chris
> > Jefferson who is attempting to create an
> > "English charcoal renaissance and change the
> > face of the Cumbrian woodland at the same time."
> > He is advocating a system whereby oak, ash, hazel or
> > hornbeam are cut down to a stump and then coppiced
> > to create seperate poles that can be harvested every
> > seven years. The article notes that the Dutton Furnace
> > burned the equivalent of 10 acres of woodland a week
> > at its peak from 1650-1750. Using his modern steel kiln,
> > Jefferson averages a sixth of a tonne of charcoal from
> > one tonne of wood.
> >
> > There is a website given at www.englishcharcoal.co.uk
> > that people may want to check out.
> >
> > Hope this provides more information.
> >
> > Johnna Holloway
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