Labyrinth

[David Humphries]

I do the same with customers Felix, I'm always persuading them to let us leave a little log pile somewhere as habitat in an obscure part of the garden.

There's many jobs I've been on where the previous less scrupulous tree services people have "habitat piles of brash" without asking the customer

 

Dean,

 

have you got any habitat areas in your yard (& i don't mean the piles of knotty stuf you can't be arsed to process )

 

I remember listening to a guy at one of the ATF seminars a couple of years back who was into researching Stag beetle movements.

 

He said that he had found that tree surgeons yards were ideal hotspots due to the potential habitat in them.

 

part buried poles being the most suitable replica of specific habitat

 

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[Dean Lofthouse]

I've just thinned the woodland part of my yard And cleaned it all up David, next step is to create habit and plant some more unusual trees

Stuck some Juglans Nigra in last year could do with some suggestions for some specimen trees that will do well in the northern climate and in clay soil.

I have an ancient oak stem from the old woodland that I have placed in there as habitat, it was a lot bigger but Pete McTree cut it in half that time you came up when he got his truck stick against it

[Dean Lofthouse]

I like that buried log idea

[David Humphries]

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I have an ancient oak stem from the old woodland that I have placed in there as habitat, it was a lot bigger but Pete McTree cut it in half that time you came up when he got his truck stick against it

 

Phillistine

 

 

 

Will be great for things like wood boring wasps & cardinal beetles etc.....

 

 

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[Dean Lofthouse]

Dean,

 

have you got any habitat areas in your yard (& i don't mean the piles of knotty stuf you can't be arsed to process

 

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The Oak stem I mentioned that McTree butchered, there looks to be signs of activity.

 

My Yew hedge progressing in the background

 

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[David Humphries]

Good effort Mr Lofthouse

 

Now get on with half burying some logs and stop the hounds (& Mctree) cockin their leg up on them

 

 

 

 

These the yews you took as cuttings?

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Fine shots Geoff

 

 

 

 

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thats what i was thinking, great macro:001_cool:

[Dean Lofthouse]

 

These the yews you took as cuttings?

 

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Some of them, but I cheated and bought some in as I needed around 200

[Dean Lofthouse]

Today's aquisition, you like this Mr H (-:

 

Oak too

 

[David Humphries]

Today's aquisition, you like this Mr H (-:

 

Oak too

 

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Yeah, its good one, now get it buried

 

 

 

These are better though

 

Going into a new 'stumpery' at work.

 

 

 

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