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p.s. wood ash is an easy, cheap and often readily available source of alkali, plus other nutrients. The soil around me is a bit acidic so I add some to the soil whenever I plant anything and thereafter occasionally dump a scoop at the base of smaller trees I'm growing.

Thanks Squaredy. The cut wood has a red tinge to it as claimed by the owner and it's softwood; Douglas makes perfect sense. There was a slight smell to the timber when cut despite its age so again an indicator of Douglas surely. Thanks all; can't wait to break the news re the valuable tropical hardwood! @Squaredy any thoughts on value? The piece of string is 'that' long! Sale will be down to matey; I'm not getting involved!

Skid a big cock and balls into that gravel or hand over your once good name.

We are looking for a new team member to join our team as of mid February due to an outgoing member of staff who is leaving for Ireland. We require a SE arborist who has good experience with being a leader of a ground crew and who also can be support for our lead climber(s) when required. We are offering a good rate of pay, up to £195 per day for an 8/9 hour day and duties will include the usual day to day tasks of all domestic and council contract arb work. A driving licence with no more than 6 points is required so you are able to drive the work trucks and tow the chipper etc. At this stage we are offering 3 days per week from mid-February but hoping we can up that to 4 days per week during summer and 5 upon the busy times from September - No weekend work. Other duties include typical yard work and care for machinery, cleaning trucks and chippers and log processing when required. We are based just outside Chelmsford in Rettendon. A H&S form will be required to be completed before trial days commence. If this is of interest to you, then you can contact Luke on 07768 116517 or send an email to [email protected]

We should start a History thread maybe...

You could try digging a hole bigger than you need and planting the tree inside a carboard box of your desired soil. Trim the cardboard to soil level and soon you wont notice its there and eventually it rots. Once the root ball gets through the cardboard it will be big enough to cope with poor soil.

A topic I find interesting. By the way, with regard to helping other nations, the British gave a lot of aid to russia. Some of which came from Britain via America. 5000 tanks and 7000 aircraft including nearly 3000 Hurricanes and 1300 spitfires, together with radar sets, depth charges, bren gun carriers and millions of rounds of ammunition etc. Some British hurricane squadrons were even based in Murmansk, Russia for a while. Those on Artic convoys must have gone through hell, what with the extreme weather and not knowing if you will get torpedoed at any moment Obviously America had a huge impact on winning WW2. However, without The British Isles, they would have had nowhere in Europe in which to establish a foothold in Europe. Nowhere to station their troops, aircraft, ships etc. How could the allies have undertaken the invasion of Normandy or anywhere else in Europe?

Back on the wind blown sycamore job with more stokboards for access. Going well. First load took 30 minutes. Stockpiling on the drive now, should have the track off the grass today.

Tip onto grass opposite the house. Anytime any day.

Maise gill ? Quite common on Oak stumps /.

Hi All, Can anyone help ID the old remains of this fungus bracket. Several old brackets in the buttress of a mature oak tree. Suspect Pseudoinonotus dryadeus?

helpful comments as always 😅 does that look underpowered?

Thank you very interesting. I am aware of the difference in living standards post war in the USA and the UK and much of Europe. But I wasn't aware about the trade so I will be reading about this. I often say to people I know that WW2 was in effect won by the USA and lost by Europe. Which is not to deny the incredible efforts of the UK, France, and a host of other nations - it is just that even the so-called winners in Europe were losers in reality.

Sorry, another bad night's sleep. So was late up and shuffled plans and now in Shettleston in Glasgow promoting my wares! Bad, Air, Daze.

Well someone has to feed the TDS sufferers 42. Question Question Question Question 🤔🤔no thanks lad, been there done that too many times, I might try SP/TA’s tactics and just act as though you never asked any, you seem ok with that.

Douglas or larch I would say.

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I'm sure those friendly tit whisperer greens and half the labour party will be paying Donald and Nigel's cigar and bar tab.

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Donald and Nigel are off to the WEF soon..how does that sit with you, Gareth?

And you think Starmer and his useless clan of European despot's are doing any better than virtue signalling and doing diddly squat?. If Donald is playing chess, Starmer and the EU are barely able to play tag in the playground.

As the most prolific poster in this thread, do you Davey, think this episode is to be applauded: Trump's attempted takeover of Greenland? If not, then how should Europe counter it, is Mr Starmer on the right track, or should he display more balls? Fair point about Maggie, but she had a far easier job with Reagan. She wasn't dealing with a narcissistic tangerine toddler. If indeed he is playing 6D chess against a grand master, then maybe Starmer should deploy the King again. I.e. threaten to cancel his USA visit. In seriousness, the promise of, or threat to withhold special treats seems to be the only way to deal with Trump. Much like any other toddler. Alternatively, Norway could just give him another big gold medal for not invading Greenland. What a ridiculous situation we find ourselves in. Regardless of the democratic process of the USA being followed, it's naive to think that the damage that the current Potus is inflicting left, right and centre is confined only to the USA.