Lee Winger

No worries mate, not just because I have one but a mid sized van id what i've always gone for, ive had several

I've got the cleanest low milage 2011 Toyota hiace for sale if interested its immaculate, pm me if interested (i'm emigrating) ive got a set of folding ali ramps to go with it, if you wanted them, will take an rg 20 easy

A couple of branches off the roof is all you'd get from me if it were my tree, and dead wooding, nobody has a right to light, you took the house knowing the tree was there, I like tree owners like your landlord, anti foliage lines love it lol

Sombody put in a TPO application quick, the owner sounds like a tool!

Hi I thought i'd share my recent experiences. Air Spading clays soils especially this time of year for me has always been a ball ache, I use an Air Spade 2000 with 150cfm nozzle and a 220 cfm 4 tool compressor. I undertook some excavation work this week and shifting the compacted clay was next to impossible and extremely frustrating let alone highly embarrassing! Anyway I thought I'd contact ADP group they sell Air Spades, and are quite possibly the countrys leading experts in Air Spade and Hydrovac excavation. They've got millions tied up in Hydrovac excavation machinery they contract themselves as well as sell and hire My thoughts were clarified as soon as I mentioned clay and Air Spades, i didn't even have tell them my problem, the Air Spade doesn't work efficiently on clay soil, especially this time of year when its desiccated. The only way to tackle clay is hydrovacing, but what damage this will have on roots I don't know. ADP GROUP LTD | Surveying | Vacuum Excavation | Drilling | Vector Sales - Air Spade Sales If you look of the spec of the new bigger 3000 Air Spade you'll see exactly what I'm getting at

Hi treeseer, trees on this very wet boggy little island rarely make it past 2 years if planted too deep. My subscribed theory is that trees usually with girdled roots are planted in pits with compacted sides, here in the UK glazed clay being the main culprit, the compaction inhibits lateral root growth, leading to girdled roots, IMO just the same as being pot bound However I'm no expert and can only speak of what I see here in the Uk

Sorry to read about your brother Jose may he rest in peace...

Sorry nearly forgot to answer about adaptive buttressing, I know what you mean , but is it really girdling roots that are stopping the buttressing? From experience trees (depending on species) that don't buttress are usually very sickly specimens regardless of girdling or not. Telegraph poles I term themes Plenty of semi mature trees show no signs of buttress development, which could stem from numerous reasons, I thinks most often down to genetics I remember when planting too deep was the main blame for girdling roots, I never subscribed to that theory

You used the key word David 'appear' to be constricting, pruning cuts are definite entry points for disease, I've seen street cherrys put up with some really severe girdling and still live to tell the tale, some of the girdling roots were huge. Thinking back to my stump grinding days, I think I'm safe to say I rarely saw a beech without some type of girdling root. Like I said mate very interesting topic

Interesting thread Dave, my thoughts regarding large girdling roots especially roots showing signs of grafting are to leave well alone

Thanks Tony

Anyone know what colour these are, I thought they were a lightish colour similer to young salix growth?

Thats the kind of thing.....

No my bbq isn't much good for big joints, check this video someday I'll get a clay oven, third vid down, im on my galaxy tablet YouTube

Nice! I bought a Cypriot bbq last summer 7 small skewers two large, electic motor, mainly for grilling Souvlaki

Really good, a future paralympic champ for sure

My steaks come out perfect on the bbq, but not so well in the frying pan, I love that bbq pit in your avatar, I saw a Texan one on a yank cooking show

Good post except for one major flaw, Libreral , Labour or conservative, they're different bricks but the same mortar! mere puppets of big businesss...

The only way they will let us leave Europe is through war, I mean look at Greece's fiasco and they still refused to let the Eu experiment fail, and how many refferendums did Ireland have until the EU got the result they wanted! Lots of people think UKIP is a red herring

Looks like a fig to me

Council election coming up, Oz isn't without its problems too, to start the place is mega expensive and the £ is mega low.....

I am in December or January I'll still be voting at local council elections until I go

Because they know the gravy train will come to an abrupt halt, i to will vote Ukip, Ukip are far from perfect but a start in the right direction

Now your talking, I buy two a year 30 to 40 days hung, wing rib or fore rib, we usually get a 4 rib joint, I think I'll get one next week....

Because she knows what shes doing, butter burns quick but has great taste, you add the oil to stop the butter burning, its a good restaurant trick I do the same thing