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No ifs or buts Cliff put his name and address up.

Scum. https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/130317-arb-assocs-view-on-freelancers-and-small-businesses

How it started v how it’s going

okay thanks everyone, I'll cut a branch off and peel off some bark in other spots if no green then she's dead. & I think it was a Royal Red Maple tree. previous home owners planted it. they also have a apple tree that so far is good health but the apples are for baking only. picture is what it looked like when it was healthy. reverse image search came up as Royal Red Maple Tree.

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I feel like this is what being self employed should really look like, Just a few questions on sub contracting in for climbing work for multiple companies. 1. what's the best way to get started 2. what to charge, as a climber 5 years+ experience happy to do most jobs and lead a team if necessary (not including providing truck and chipper) but providing own saws, climbing and rigging kit. 3. Does anyone on here have success at maintaining a full time diary doing this and how do they find the experience?

LOL. This has made my day. Cheers guys. As you can probably tell, I am new to this forum thing.👍

Sure go ahead, you can't do the tree any harm at this stage by the looks of it. What was it? Sycamore possibly? Snip it at ground level, wait and see if it'll coppice.

Looks dead to me. The twiggy ends will probably be brittle and snap off easily if so. Scrape some of the smaller twigs. The green will be easier to see on the thinner bark. Do the same to something else in your garden thats alive just so you know what you should be looking at.

should I scrape and test out a few more areas before calling the "time of death" ?

Thank you both. So it's by no means a simple matter to resolve. Shame, but to be expected. I'll start off by thinning this years fruit. Slightly confused about doing the blossom vs the fruitlets though. What's the harm in doing it now, at the blossom stage, other than the risk of ending up with too few fruit due to the June drop and some flowers not being set? @Peasgood - there is actually plenty of vegetative growth always, too much probably. I've pruned if off already, I think I did it late last winter. The form of the tree is still very much WIP! It is on a M106 rootstock if I remember rightly.

The Howe Trust is a small charity that manages 26 acres of land. It includes 11 acres of allotments, and the rest is pasture and wildlife habitat. The tip site area is on hard standing and wood chip is gratefully received. https://w3w.co/arranger.teeth.smuggled

It's fairly common in the Highlands for people to buy an artic load of softwood for domestic use (24-27t or whatever). Sometimes for 1 house or sometimes it's neighbours/close family chip in together. If you can, it's worth thinking of a system to cut down on handling as much as possible. So vented bags or cages and forks to move them, or a tipper, or the conveyor straight into the shed

Hi All I currently have 2 of the McConnel Robocut machiens in for re-sale if anyone has an interest. 2018 Robocut with 2018 Mulcher Head 894 Operating Hours 150M Range on Remote Control Hydrostatic Transmission Rubber Tracks £26,000 + VAT 01604 385350 / 07904 747488 Thanks Craig

Me thinks the may sell, becomes a definite will sell once you realise how much space you'll require. Just as an example 30 cages double stacked takes up 18 x 18ft

In desperate need of woodchip for allotment paths. Access via locked gates on Perne Road, but given a bit of notice I'll be there to receive delivery. Space to reverse in.

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 on 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