Woodshare Member event - firing our new charcoal kiln!

28th May 2012

An exciting two days where Woodshare members of all ages came and helped fire our new charcoal kiln for the first time!

In the beautiful sunshine in stunning woodland members worked together to set up, stack and light the new kiln. There are various stages involved starting with the initial freeburn with huge amounts of smoke (see photo), then the lid settled nicely and it fired like a dream. We finally shut it down at 1030pm and snuggled in our sleeping bags under the stars. It really felt like we were part of an ancient cycle of woodland management and connecting with the resources around us.

Anyone wanting to buy wonderfully local BBQ charcoal from local sustainably managed coppice can just contact us to arrange collection.