Paul Barton

Er, nobody has said that you can't offend each other. Sorry if a few of you think the mods (me in particular this time) are over-stepping the mark. Let me explain: a vast majority of threads and discussions are not moderated in any way, and the mods on AT rarely ban anyone. However, some threads (which tend to be those about politics and/or religion) do lead to a bit of conflict - which is fine until people just resort to insulting each other instead of having a discussion. When that happens, we moderators have a few options: Let it run and see what happens Send a PM to the individual posters to ask that they cool down Issue an infraction/warning Close the thread Ban someone ....or just post a reminder that we should be civil to each other On this occasion as the thread is only on page 2 but people are already insulting each other, I thought that a reminder that insults are not acceptable was the way to go. If anyone is not sure of the forum guidelines, check them out here: Arbtalk.co.uk - Forum Rules So, contrary to what a few of you think - it's not bollocks that mods try and keep some peace on here. If you're looking for somewhere on the internet to wave your handbags around, go somewhere else

Thanks Joe.

Blimey, who rattled your cage?! I'm a moderator trying to keep AT a good forum. If you don't like it you can sling yours thanks very much!

Why's that? Are the insults tongue in cheek or did I miss something?

Less of the insults please or the thread dies.

I've got an inclination app on my phone which is handy.

I'd say so. I can count about 10 Ganoderma sp. brackets on the butt and lower stem poking through the ivy.

You've turned in to a right potty mouth recently!

I've heard Evans himself admit he was a bit of a knob twenty years ago! I think he's great on radio 2 - but went off top gear years ago so haven't watched any of that. As for allegations in the daily mail...well, if they got everything right we'd all be dead from mad cows disease, the world would have ended at the millennium and Diana would have been killed by migrants stealing our jobs!

Hi Cecilia, Please can you post all these items in the Arbtrader section of the site? There's a button link top right hand side of the screen. I'm afraid I need to close this thread as the forum isn't to be used for advertising! Paul

Heard that on my drive this morning - fascinating!

Maybe you're confusing a s.211 notice for a conservation area and a planning application for works on a tree with a TPO Hamdogg? 6 weeks is the time limit for decisions on a s.211 notice, but 8 weeks is the standard length of time for a planning application.

Are you thinking of something like this? Permavoid Sandwich Construction (SC) applications

That's just what I was thinking! If the client wants to keep block paving, I think that all that can be done is to lift the pavers in the affected areas, prune back the roots nearest the surface and re-lay the blocks. Wait a few years and repeat. Wait a few more years and repeat.

This seems to be one of the best ID apps out there - recently released by the Woodland Trust Identify trees with our Tree ID app - Woodland Trust

This poor Pine is being girdled by an adjacent Sycamore root!

Gutted for you, that must have been hard even if you knew it was the right thing to do. I've heard that this can be a fairly common thing with working cockers?

As this is a council tree and it is the council that are insisting on the dropped kerb that would give me confidence to write an AMS that perhaps makes the best of a difficult situation and therefore the application should get through due to the background circumstances. Some root loss is almost inevitable. If you found a decent sized root then it would need pruning. Will that lead to the demise of the tree, or to its instability? Probably not. I think all you can do is write an AMS that includes arb supervision of the hard surface removal, and any root pruning. Perhaps if a large root is pruned, recommend a subsequent crown reduction.

Mossy on our walk this morning. She's 11 months old now and coming on great.

Hello Shane, As this is your first post I've removed your web link for now. I'll watch this space to see what discussion it generates.

I sometimes use GISKit: GIS Pro & GIS KitGarafa | Garafa It allows you to build your own forms and use aerial images as background mapping, including cached maps for offline use. It's not cheap but alot cheaper than buying a full GIS program - the Kit version is £69 and I think the Pro version is about £200. The main difference is that the Pro version exports to CSV (spreadsheet) and SHP files, but the Kit version only exports to KML (Google Earth). In terms of accuracy it depends what device you are using. Iphones aren't bad, but you can add an external antenna (such as Bad Elf) to get better fixes.

If it's on a development site then this should be covered in the Arb method statement. If there's no planning condition that specifies a watching brief for all work in the RPA etc then you can probably carry on as before.

They're delicious!

What a shame! Good on you for trying to educate them though. It's funny how many people worry about kids eating Yew berries - understandable on the face of it, but I've never actually heard about a child being rushed to hospital. Perhaps it happens but is rarely heard of?

There are no specific requirements for the frequency of inspections for tree hazards - but it should be appropriate to the level of site usage and condition of the trees. The NTSG book is a useful read as Arborist says. Here's a linky: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj7o5W9mYfMAhWBPBQKHfunBiEQFggfMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forestry.gov.uk%2Fpdf%2FFCMS024.pdf%2F%24FILE%2FFCMS024.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHEPhjW8qdOWvCpddir_IhRtY1sfQ&bvm=bv.119028448,d.ZWU