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Photo of the 26 tonne log pile would be interesting

I don't see the point as its gonna be a hassle to fill them all as 26t gonna be alot of bags? Why not use the 1m3 size bags? Or is idea you have a sack trolly and bring each bag into the house to use ? Also if you pack/stck the barrow bags to hold more logs rather the loose fill will season alot slower- (maybe this is obivous)? As for seasoning the bags up pallets with space between each would be best to maximize airflow if you can get enough pallets etc and maybe some cover to keep the the rain over the tops Basicaly the ideal is as little water on the logs as possible but the greatest wind and sun exposure. I don't think selling any is worth it unless you have acess to free wood or are doing is on a larger scale with all the equipment.

26 ton is say 30 IBC cages. Granted I use them for ease of moving things around as I've the equipment. As an IBC is about 5 and a bit barrow bags depending on how tightly you pack the IBC or barrow bag.

NIAB says this. Overcoming biennial bearing With varieties that have developed a biennial pattern of cropping growers should: Prune away excessive spurs in the winter prior to an ‘on’ year. Thin blossoms on biennial varieties in the ‘on’ year. Thin, preferably at flowering time, using ATS. No chemical treatments, other than thinning treatments are approved for use against biennial bearing

I don't have anywhere near space for 26t, but unless you need to bag them for storage / management that does sound like adding an extra process to drying them out. However if you are maybe going to get rid of them then it makes sense to bag them sometime - I would still wait till after they are dried a bit though

interesting getting the right lubricant is important too for me, i've found the best is TFR, and mixed right too personally, i've found pine sol and screen wash crap, but different things work for different people 👍

It is a balance of pruning, fertilising and thinning of the fruit. Important to pick the fruit when ripe too, don't let them just fall off. If it is over set this year then pick off the extra fruitlets later this month and leave them spaced out enough for them to grow to the best size, so 1 fruit every 4" for example. You can do this when they are about the size of a grape. (you can do it whenever you like but the earlier the better but big enough to be sure they have set and not going to fall off with June drop. It also looks to have very little growth, a bit more pruned off in winter would encourage growth although it does look to be a dwarfing rootstock so not easy. I have been doing this professionally all my life and still not there 100%.

Many thanks. The best I've ever had were these FENES S.A grom 35x1.1 t-22 92/16 But cannot get in UK it seems. EPS must have sent them by accident. Cheers

So this tree seems to have set itself firmly in a Biennial Cropping routine. There were hardly any flowers/fruit last year, and too many the year before. Now it's inundated again. They're big apples as well, no way the tree will take it if even half of them set. Any advice on how get it out of this pattern, reset the tree to a more balanced annual cropping? Thanks. Is it even possible?

Ours have been back two weeks. Numbers growing and all pairing up and claiming/rebuilding last years nests.

morning lay in. Long day milling ash yesterday. Quiet day today then 5 earlies on the bounce. Joy. Have a great weekend you lucky dogs.

Morning all, Yesterday was first day of year in short sleeves for me, not looking like it today. Off to do a small job with the mewp where the biggest challenge will be the unloading/loading on a narrow lane then getting it into customer's drive + trailer + vehicle - hoping all the commuters from the dormitory hamlet have gone to work, hence late start to avoid peak traffic. Then another 3 -4 weeks off, having second carpal tunnel decompression op on Tuesday. Hopefully be able to sleep better once it has been done.

Morning All.

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Sold to a tree bloke I've known for 20 years! He can remember this from his days in the custom car scene back in the 1980's!

Contact all the bigger looking firms in the areas you are wanting to be in. You can type up a general email with questions and a bit of basic CV on it, just paste it into email and send it to the firms. The answers better from the horses mouth, not other peoples opinions, you might even get an offer.

Poor start, badly recovered.

Bring the hot rod?

Always would take him out but it would be cold before we got to the motorway!

Will do Pete. If you want to bring Jase up with you he's welcome too, I hear he doesn't get out so much!

Killed the other shed! It has boost control issues so got parked! I'm off for a week's break so don't really care!

I'll be there in moment! Get mine in please, no tattie scone though but 2 sausage squares! Confined to barracks today having had truck issues again! Never mind, I'm away to South Side of Crete tomorrow so DILLIGAF. Not looked at Telegraph yet.

I'll never forget the Escort Christmas special. It was a hawthorn hedge adjacent to a field entrance from a C road. "Santa Comes But Once A Year!". I knew he'd be ok that year as soon as I saw his new elf recruits on page 4.

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Rise and shine chaps 😎 lovely sunny day