Easy Firewood Production - How To Manage Forest

Firewood is a natural byproduct in our forest management system. Learn more about how we do it.
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[@homesteadfilm3870]

As a small Woodlot owner, I appreciated your video.

[@ciaobella8963]

Tim is really good at his work. Sometimes it looks like he is dancing with the trees as he is cutting them on the ground. :) You are definitely improving your forests. Good video!

[@yvesjolicoeur747]

you should call this approach ''Surgical Forestry Management'' .... love it

[@Theorimlig]

Great stuff. A really neat way of managing a forest on a homesteading scale, and Tim is a real pro. It's obvious that he both knows and cares a lot about what he does.

[@fredthorne9692]

Great camera, content, & ambient effects. I especially enjoyed the information regarding the entomological focus of biodiversity. We need the six and eight legged critters, and lots of different ones.

[@simeonandalex]

Thanks. Yes we do.

[@marybelfordsmith8421]

Simeon, this is a wonderful series. I really enjoy both your, and your brother's, explanations, experience and respect for what you're doing to husband your land. Thank you for such great content!

[@TheBonnieberry]

Wonderful footage...and you gave great explanation...God's best...

[@1Dennis2Eugene]

Excellent! I am impressed with Tim and how he moves while handling the saw. Notice that he is not stumbling around losing his balance or tripping on things. He never overextends or takes unnecessary risks.

[@manuelkeats296]

I love these type vids....totally enjoyable

[@georgew2432]

Excellent woodlot management, leaving 3-5 snags per acre is very beneficial to the forests ecosystem

[@raymondhodge3979]

Great video as always, your brothers really knows what he is doing, it's a pleasure watching him use his saw.

[@elizabethtaylor9321]

I wish our birch was that straight, the stuff we have here in our public park had been left to long to it’s own devices , so now I have job taking out all the bent and half rotten ones, I am replanting with Scots pine beech and oak, with the odd larch . We are in Aberdeenshire Scotland, love you vids. Charlie.

[@danieldowning4583]

Great work Tim. You are a great timber man.

[@TheOregonOutlaw]

Hey Tim - GREAT JOB!

[@miraleatardiff8543]

Please thank your brother for me (from Canada). We have a lot of forest on our farm that needs work, and your brother is teaching me how best to do the thinning/culling - what stays, what goes. I never would have thought to leave the dead standing, and his explanation why makes complete sense. I was planning on leaving some for the woodpeckers (nesting)- I didn't even think of the insects and arachnids (woodpecker food). Also, I will be using his/your videos to show the guys here just how to properly wedge and cut a tree, especially leaving that inch of uncut wood to stabalise the tree so it won't fall back at you (different video, I know) - My guys (husband and friends) have been doing it wrong.

[@krysil1221]

I love seeing you open up the forest. Beautiful. I imagine the mild winter is playing havoc with working in it. Here we have more snow than we've had in years.

[@stilo398]

Loved this video of you guys who love to be outside in the forest.

[@markosman334]

Fascinating to see how you brothers are so in tune with the woodland and what works best, where and why. Thank you

[@Woodyjims-shack]

Thank you both very much for sharing this.

[@denisgallagher109]

Great info and very light footprint forestry management

[@AndreRMeyer]

great woodsy videos, delightful. Tim is the man, for sure.

[@LifeGoesNorth]

Wonderful. Thank you for this. We just bought an old homestead in Alaska and we have a very similar forest around our new place. Birch and spruce. The forest hasn't been maintained much the past several years and we have some catching up to do. This was very informational and well done.

[@RobinLauer]

I have a small woodlot here in Connecticut, about 12 ac and your videos are very helpful for proper management. I also have 7 Rhode Island Reds and your chicken videos are interesting. I always give a like, your presentation is very good, almost like a neighbor helping me out.

[@simeonandalex]

Thanks Robin. I am glad to hear that. Hope it goes well for you. RIR chickens are a wonderful dual purpose breed.

[@congamike1]

Similar situation... 7 acres, 4 chickens in Indiana. Heating with wood and hope to eat my way through a good garden.

[@semperfi-1918]

His personality reminds me of a Mr Roger's.

[@danielschneider1504]

Thanks for another really informative video. It's very cool that Timm seems to be getting more comfortable in front of the camera: he clearly has a lot of worthwhile knowledge that he can share, and having him there to talk about farm-scale forestry gives a much more complete picture of how a farm works here.

[@simeonandalex]

I am glad to have him join me on camera.

[@mascatrails661]

Thanks for putting that playlist together! Loved hearing a bit of the thinking behind the actions you take in your forest

[@Max_Marz]

I'm impressed with how sharp you keep that saw also when felling larger trees I like how you plunge behind the pie and cut outwards.

[@atamanatlas3098]

Another Great Vid Simeon, your brother is a magician with that chain saw he makes it look so easy. Anybody that's used a chain saw can tell you it's not as easy as your brother makes it look. But then you already knew that. :)

[@Tony-ip7hj]

Tackar så hemskt mycket för era skogsfilmer.

[@simeonandalex]

Kul att du gillar de.

[@burtvhulberthyhbn7583]

your forest is identical to my youthful experience in Nova scotia canada. now I live in the mountains of southern California where various tykes of oak, scented cedar, and white fir abound.

[@mrwiik644]

great video. we do it the same way where our family property is. it is a family tradition we have to cut firewood and take care of our woods.

[@clearskyamerica3107]

Very educational video.

[@nautilus1872]

In Wales u.k we call Husqvarna softwood screemers as most of the forestry dept use them,and they are always flat out full throttle.

[@simeonandalex]

Haha. We use Stihl and Husqvarna.

[@kevinparker7953]

Thanks guys. Another thumbs up.

[@CraneofBoulogne]

This is amazing video quality. The sound and the pictures, just amazing.

[@fatbuddycat]

Beautiful stand brother. I'm working our acre and a half with a Stihl 026 and a Milwaukee Hackzall. It's hard work dragging and piling all the problematic hard woods (old farmland that is out of control). My mother doesn't understand what I'm doing and gets mad. She says I'm cutting down the woods, clear cutting. I wish she'd watch some videos to understand my approach. I'm leaving the old growth white pines and hardwoods that will make it to maturity. I try to show her how the problem trees rob the healthy trees of nutrients, sunlight and water but she just thinks I'm some kind of jersey. Sigh, she'll change her tone when the Lady Slippers and wild flowers begin to grow.

[@Spartan-ry1hh]

Nicely done.

[@geraldswain3259]

First rate forestry stewardship!!!.

[@jamesoncross7494]

Awesome!

[@thomasfarkas5458]

Hi Simeon, wonderful video. Tim is awesome with a chainsaw. His explanations about forest management makes a lot of sense. Your forest will continue to provide wood for many generations to come. Bad management of our forests is evident throughout the state. We have seen millions of trees lost to invasive insects. Gypsy moths, Ash borders, just to name a few. Keep up the good work.

[@indianasquatchunters]

Thomas Farkas Not trying to grammar nazi you, but I believe you meant ash borer:)

[@thomasfarkas5458]

Thanks Frank. What did you think of Simeon's video?

[@jieg01]

Thanks for posting this video it was very informative

[@michaeldougfir9807]

Good work. I was glad to see you both.

[@RelentlessHomesteading]

Nicely done, appreciate the content. Thx.

[@tristanj9245]

Your videos are always great! Thanks, for sharing these with us.

[@killerhz]

Very cool. You can get a sense of how dense the forest is around 14:40 seconds because you can hear the echo :)

[@nadovidaich2364]

You guys are awesome! All the best.......from Upstate New York

[@michaelcarron4070]

Just love the Forest, here in the North East USA, the Birch trees grow in clumps.

[@patrick0connell772]

Great video just started to thin my own forestry getting loads of fire wood love your channle

[@mickesjolund]

Härligt å se hur en skog ska skötas👍 inga sönderkörda stickvägar 😊

[@pamwhiteeagle9818]

brother is very talented efficient and safety . and I might add very pleasing to the eye. I hope not to offend.

[@mihacurk]

Man your video quality went up in the last weeks, I'm really enjoying the editing and all the different angles! Keep it up guys, you are doing a great job!

[@mihacurk]

Not to forget the music too:)

[@simeonandalex]

Thanks. Trying my best.

[@VIheavyequipment]

great video thank you

[@nikosmanos8556]

Greetings from greece! great job guys! i do the same thing on beech forests.

[@onewhitestone]

here in America we use birch to make veneer or plywood. Also with so many birch trees do you ever find chaga mushroom on them? It is sold for medicinal purpose. Thanks for the video. I am from NY and the winter is the same here.

[@timkirkpatrick9155]

I hear you about the crummy winter. I am in the mountains of New Mexico, USA at 2100m elev.. We should have had 1.5m of snow so far. We have gotten less than 25cm. did get 3cm of rain. Now have frozen red clay muck. Finally got cold. Going to be a very high fire risk spring if we don't get some deep snow soon. My wood is pinon pine and junipers(dry land cypress), You are very lucky to have birch, my wood is never straight and is a task to spit.

[@simeonandalex]

Thanks for sharing. I like hearing about other climates.

[@rodneymacdonald778]

Fantastic video... I am in a different situation where I have 4 hectares of mostly oak and maple in Ontario, with some planted Norwegian pine(which are too close together and not very healthy) and some natural hemlocks. Want to encourage the hardwood, not the softwood. Just bought the land so it will take me a few years to get it into shape.

[@oldtimeengineer26]

very good work on the forest

[@LostCaper]

Regarding insects and biodiversity. We have a bark beetle that killed many of our evergreens. Spray doesn't get rid of them because the insect is inside the tree. One treatment is to cut down the effected tree and burn. Some turn it into firewood.

[@Bill_pierre]

Just stumbled onto your channel with this vid. I loved the concept and video quality! Sweden looks amazingly similar to my home area around Seattle, WA.. make's me homesick a bit lol. Subbed!

[@MrVailtown]

Are we going to see a up coming video of chipping the tops & how you transport the chips back to the farm ?

[@simeonandalex]

Hopefully yes.

[@paszkors]

Thanks Tim! Nice video.

[@daves7503]

Love your videos. Here in the North East USA... I always bypass the birch and feel its crap for firewood. Here, we have little birch and mostly hardwood, and when your dealing with hardwood........ everything is a bitch to split. Nothing is straight forward, trees have knots, are growing crooked, and will fall any which way at any time. I would love to see a forester make a channel dealing with the type of woods we have here in New England.

[@simeonandalex]

I grew up in Germany making firewood with oak and beech trees. Ash is an awesome hardwood to split though. Goes like a hot knife through butter.

[@stepevepen]

A good draught horse would be perfectly in place to do the logging. Nice video!

[@TopiAS06]

This is the proper way to manage forrestry, americans should take advice

[@oregonbear541]

well done...

[@bubba16430]

Tim walking in like a boss! lol

[@tammoilliet8683]

Love your videos Simeon, the quality is great and the content genuine and useful. One preference I would have for your channel (and it's just my personal opinion) is at the end of your into, the rooster has a set of pipes on it! I usually watch videos in the early morning and I've, or should I say your rooster, woke up my wife on more than one occasion. It's a silly funny thing but a slight annoyance. And to be honest I really don't care for intros in KZbin videos, time consuming and repetitive, but that's just me, probably not an issue for most. Keep up the good work on your farm and keep having fun! There is nothing I rather do than work (play) on my farm/woodlot. God bless you and your endeavors!

[@joenadeau4419]

Good info, thanks guys..!!

[@craigmooring2091]

Wonderful video. It is so good to see thoughtful. caring forest husbandry. Do you practice limbing the trees you want to keep to limit damage from brush fires?

[@stevenbates7790]

Thanks for sharing. Most of North America is currently getting and keeping more snow at prolonged low temperatures than any time since 1985. It's funny, we're on the same globe. You're doing a good job educating here, and I don't want to criticize, since you get so much undeservedly. -But a friendly consideration to keep in mind, which seems congruent with your goals...Yes, Spruce brings more income from paper factories than birch, but if you over do the promotion of single 'preferred species' over more diverse forest as so much of the world has done, with disaster after disaster resulting, we build in less genetic diversity, and more sensitive, fragile, vulnerable ecosystems when it comes to disaster, disease, and promotion of pathogens. That's-it, I'm sure you get it.

[@acanadianineurope814]

Nice video Simeon, show us the splitter and chipper again please. :)

[@ryanssawmill8224]

I like to use my jitter bug an when the tree is limb I drive over the limbs to push them in the ground to reseed it or else it don't grow back fast an I leave trees under 15 inch . Figured I would share alittle logger knowledge.

[@user-ey2ns7ee3c]

Have you ever considered managing the birch to cut on the sawmill? Makes beautiful flooring and can sell for a very good price. It also grows twice as fast as the spruce. Cheers

[@simeonandalex]

We done that. Some of our houses have birch flooring from our forest in them.

[@arlingtonguy54]

Great video. I would like to know even more about creating a healthy forest. My forest is pretty overcrowded so when I try to thin it for firewood, the trees often get hung up and wont fall to the ground. Then I have a dangerous situation trying to get it down.

[@simeonandalex]

Yeah. That's when you have a bit bigger trees. There are techniques that can help that too. There will be more videos coming.

[@tarogue1]

Have you considered using oxen or mules to haul the wood out? It's a much lighter impact on the forest floor, and they can work in areas that the quad can not.

[@simeonandalex]

We used to have a workhorse and tried it but it wasn't our thing.

[@cbwmama8461]

I know in the UK studies are being done about how efficient they are in the smaller wood lots (under 250 acres). From what I have read, so far they are proving to be well worth their maintenance cost especially when they are used on a farm wood lot combination. Found a fact sheet for their use in the US -- www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/AppalFor/draftl.html

[@geraldswain3259]

tarogue1 Yes I would think they have,would you like to volunteer to come and attend to their daily husbandry foc in your spare time!. as I think they have better things to do with their time.

[@markmcgarvey6446]

Hi guys , I really love your videos and find them really helpful! I am just wondering how does someone become a professional lumberjack? I prune our own land and then sell the logs as firewood to neighbours and family but want to become a logger. Thanks

[@Flexaret]

I can understand the need for commercial forestry and clear felling on large Spruce plantations but it's great to be able to work apply forest management when circumstances allow it. What type of conifers do you generally plant, I'm guessing Norway or Sitka spruce? also what growth rate do you generally get in your area? When you thin out an area do you plant new Birch and then once they've grown a bit do you underplant with spruce? Apologies for all the questions but it's an interesting (to me) subject :-)

[@MrRasmusolsen]

Nice. LA beast music choice :-)

[@melovescoffee]

I love those mixed forests. Had my eyes more on his toolbelt though. Getting ready for a park maintanance job again and i'm quickly collecting tools. Decided on a Freund rollgrip pruner instead of Felco. I didn't like the small handed one. The beak was much too small. Useless. Saw coming up next month. Ordering a Silky but still looking around. Small axe might be a good idea too. I don't prefer working with employer provided hand tools. They're either gunked up or mutilated but more often both.

[@melovescoffee]

Plus..and..also, consider a hardhat while filming. You can't look around you. Don't want to see the next video of you laying on the couch with a concussion. :D

[@simeonandalex]

I know. Gotta wear that helmet next time.

[@melovescoffee]

;D

[@melovescoffee]

I have heard that one recommended so many times now, it's going to be mine. :D Thanks for confirming it once again!

[@davidsmart8594]

Very informative! Thanks guys. I know English is your second language and you both speak it very well, but I'd avoid the expression "bought the farm" if at all possible. ;)

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

Lol! So true!

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

Artouzel, "bought the farm" is an American colloquialism for dying. I think that's what Mr. Smart was referring to.

[@brettchristinaadams8112]

Small scale forestry is far better for the forest. I would actually say it’s really the only forestry. The industrial scale forestry isn’t actually forestry, its harvesting. I like how you leave the dead standing as well crucial for healthy biodiversity, actually standing or laying on the ground should be left, for this reason. I run into hippie dippies every now and then, and when I tell them I only cut living trees and leave the dead, they act like I’m destroying the world or something. When they go out harvesting, they only cut the dead. Boxes of rocks, but that should be expected from the people that gave us plastic. I remember the big push away from paper to plastic, and now we are drowning in it. Stupid hippies. Great work, keep it up and pass it on. Educating the ignorant is very important.

[@Mikkel584]

agreed

[@tedgramlich691]

It's the best wood I have also.

[@steffens99]

Hi Simeon, erstmal ein großes Lob an Dich und Deinen Kanal! Ich finde die Art, wie Du Dich und Deinen Alltag auf der Farm präsentierst absolut authentisch und sympathisch. Im Gegensatz zu so manch anderem Kanal, (Wranglerstar) hat man nicht das Gefühl, einen kommerziellen Werbesender eingeschaltet zu haben. (auch wenn Dir die Unterstützung großer Firmen bestimmt nicht unrecht wäre?!) Also, weiter so und viel Spaß weiterhin, Steffen

[@simeonandalex]

Danke. Schön dass dir die Videos gut gefallen.

[@Footrotflats251]

what happens if you are caught using a stihl chainsaw? i would assume you would be husquvarna all the way being that it is made in sweden we use a husky chainsaw - and it hasent let us down once! - although it is probably due for a carburetor rebuild and an engine rebuild

[@charcar78]

Great video, very interesting :)

[@simeonandalex]

Thanks.

[@rkardo]

Another great video. your channel is great keep the good work going.2 things i'm curious about how you guys do it?does your brother aim at a specific number of trees on a given area or is more of a feel for what the area he is working on can support? And do you guys replant the thinned out areas to keep quick growth lumber available?Thanks a million.

[@simeonandalex]

We usually have the trees self seed. It goes fairly quick. He doesn't go for a specific number but looks what trees and what species he can work with. Different species can grow in different densities so it really depends on. Since we have the 2 generation forest system with pioneering birch and aspen and the spruce coming underneath we have a lot of trees on the land.

[@MrMcGillicuddy]

I love your channel and how articulate you are with each topic. I have to say tho I'm very surprised with you choice with birch. I have hard, soft maple, spruce yellow and white birch. I strictly avoid white birch because the creosote is unreal. Not good at all. It's good for starting a fire but not good for prolonged heating. I live in zone 5 and use mostly hard and soft maple. Birch is used mainly for kindling. I'm sincerely confused at what system you use that makes this wood choice work for you? What kind of stove do you have?

[@MrMcGillicuddy]

Also interesting is that no one will extract spruce from my property because there is a glut of spruce. No one wants spruce or can sell it on the market at all. SO all my balsam, spruce and pine is useless for foresters. I'm currently getting an old apple orchard thinned out on my property and I will have to deal with the conifers myself which is not helpful. I'm going to turn the debris into hugel kulturs tho so hopefully that works out for me

[@julier1080]

Where I am is similar to Sweden- spruce, aspen and birch are the only trees that grow naturally. As he mentioned, spruce/pine is not a great firewood option (except for kindling). Aspen has very little heat value. Properly dried white birch does not create a lot of creosote. I clean my stove pipe in the fall and again midwinter. But also, once every day I open up the draft and burn very hot for 5 minutes to clean out the pipe. I have done this many years and never a chimney fire. You must not have any mills nearby if you can't sell the spruce logs, or are they small trees? If you have campsites it can be sold for firewood to campers.

[@kimshelby6]

Another great video Simeon, thanks for sharing! Just wondering if you replant spruce where you are taking out the birch, or if there is enough density in the spruce already there, to achievable a sustainable spruce forest?

[@simeonandalex]

There are generally enough spruce trees or other species coming up already. The forest is constantly reseeding itself as well.

[@GordonjSmith1]

I am rather wondering why you leave so much spruce when the beech, and others are more beneficial for the natural balance. I hear you brother's argument about why you are looking for bigger return from the spruce but it is hardly a rarity in Sweden is it? I mean for a better long term return from the forest you should be aiming for a balanced return, and spruce is not that. Or did I misunderstand?

[@keithbrennan7429]

Wondering if you wind up thinning more birch than spruce, and does that change the balance of your woodland longterm. Is it that birch is a pioneer and would be outgrown and shaded by spruce anyway? Ash Dieback where I am may mean we turn to birch as part of the mix to replace our ash...any tips?

[@simeonandalex]

Both birch and spruce is very common here so it wouldn't really effect the eco system either way. No sure what the best solution is for you. We have some ash trees that are surviving the dieback.

[@RBMawby]

Please include your chipping when you are able. Information about the chiper itself would be welcome.

[@LostCaper]

Nice video. I have a small scale production as part of my initiatives which you can see on my channel. I agree, processing large rounds into firewood is a lot of work.

[@greenfield1944]

Funny, we always go for the big wood here in Canada, maple over two feet in diameter sometimes.

[@joesmo6962]

Show us how to cut down a dead tree. thanks, Gary from the States.

[@nigelmchugh5541]

Hi Simeon, are the birch we see here all self seeding? I imagine that the spruce was all planted by foresters? Or do you just rely on "volunteer" spruce to grow? Regards, Nigel in Ireland.

[@simeonandalex]

Yes. Birch was all self seeded. Not sure about the spruce. Could be either.

[@AdamBombChannel]

I have a huge forest that hasnt been managed in between 30 years in some places and in others never has. How do I decide what to keep? Do I mark some trees as keep for number, good lumber, some because they are old and tall, and others simply for the species they are? I generally know ill leave the huge trees for now but I have no idea what to do with the small and medium age ones. How far apart should they be? I have Birch, Aspen, Cottonwood, Poplar, Larch, Spruce, Pine, and Douglas Fir w a few minor others

[@simeonandalex]

I think it really depends on every individual tree. My recommendation is to start by cutting away all the obvious like my brother has done. All the skinny, injured and dead trees and a bunch of the underbrush. That often clears up the picture. We personally like a variety of species in our woods but that is not a necessity. Larch for example is awesome for outside lumber like a wooden deck or something. If your forest has not been managed for that long many trees will probably be obvious. If they are just long and skinny they are not going to make it most likely. The trees immune system is the crown. A tree should have 2/3 branches. If you clear out the forest and have a skinny tree with a small crown left it will probably break of in snow or wind or die off. I hope to make a video soon to get into more detail...

[@AdamBombChannel]

Swedish Homestead Thanks! You and your brother have given me a lot of ideas for things to do practically and for my own outdoors channel

[@DavidBaumgarner]

could anyone recommend a channel where they do this quality of work but in a hardwood forest? ( i am in Ontario Canada, looking for similar species)

[@nautilus1872]

Hi are you familiar with Branch logger's have a look at bobr 75 on youtube i bought one last year and people are buying my waste and i am feeding my boiler with it .stay safe good channel.

[@TheOnlyTrueYeti]

I see that the axe is carried in a different way than in the aluminium case - is there a specific reason for this or is it just a different toolbelt?

[@simeonandalex]

I think it is just a different tool belt.

[@matthewvanrossum406]

Do you do any pruning of trees in the forest, or just thinning by take the whole tree?

[@simeonandalex]

Pruning happens passively by letting trees grow close to each other or in the shade. It would be very much uneconomic to prune individual trees and branches in this particular forest. There forests where you do that though.

[@falfas55bgas]

In all your videos I haven't seen any large diameter trees. They all seem pretty thin. Is your forest just young or do they just get harvested before they can get big enough?

[@simeonandalex]

The previous owner took down pretty much most of the big forest and sold the lumber. We have some parts that are a little older but most forest is quite young in age.