If you want to deal with the yew on your own, you might get a few bucks for the apple. I see someone in Frederick asking $100 for the wood from 3 apple trees they cut down, and someone in Warrenton VA wants $50 for the wood from a single tree.
Wants isn’t Gets
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as others have suggested, i also suggest either list free firewood on craigslist or bury in mounds and plant on it - aka hugelculture.
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Yes. the point of my post above was that HK works also without the mounds. I first buried logs in 2012, by now I can say that the benefits extend beyond the 6 years quoted on wikipedia. You end up with a permanent pocket of loam in clay (in my case), which is beneficial at least when it comes to water retention, but surely also to support more life in the soil.
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I have a couple of barbecue fellas that use various types of wood to smoke their meats. They are especially fond of apple. I have one friend who is lusting after my pecan trees and took the wood from a couple of peach trees this past year. That might help.
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Nature’s solution is mushrooms, which hugulkultur can help with. Putting it into the soil gives you more fungal soil, which is what our fruit trees need.
John S
PDX OR
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