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What about Fomes fomentarius, Tinder fungus, hoof fungus?

We use them at work as well and they brilliant. We have found them to be easily damaged though just because they are light alloy. On the other hand, fantastic.

There are lots of pics Jon, but they are all of the kids. Went to a Forestry Museum near Cierny Balog which is cool and I got loads of fungi pics when I was there last year.

In Slovakia at the moment and it has been 36C in the shade and at 16.30 local time, it was 48C in the direct sun. Thankfully I am not working!

I shared this on my FB page and when I get back from my holidays in Slovakia I will ask my boss.

Its a shame you are in Bishop Auckland cause Bartletts at York are looking for someone.

Could be in early stages of canker with signs of the bark cracking up. A good mulch and an injection of phosphites might help it.

Get rid of all of the rubbish that is leaning against the trunk and give the tree a chance to breath.

What about a good old mulching after removing the turf and also adding fertiliser to give it a boost.

Tony, would you mind expanding on your last statement please?

Let me ask this? I am also learning. It seems to me that there is over a third of the trunk is in decay, regardless of the compartmentlisation. If the tree had an resistograpgh done, would you have had it dismantled? Also could have the tree continued to live if the walls closed over?

On a side note, did you grind the stump out and ever think of taking pictures of the rot in the stump?

The problem I have is that I am splitting logs all year round for the winter. Which means I am essentially burning unseasoned logs. I thought if I bought a 'dry load' I could break that cycle and allow the logs I have to season I bit more.

Thanks Penfold for the directions.

I was thinking about going down Bramham but I don't know where the mill is Penfold. It would be handy to know where it is because I have a piece of yew I would like to get milled.

I do work with trees Johny and I have logs that I could burn which are about 25%mc. I thought that if I bought in a load of 'seasoned' logs I could afford to allow the ones I have to dry out some more and they would be dry for next winter. So why should I pay for logs which had a higher mc than the ones I already have. Call me fussy if you like.

I refused a pick up load that looked to me that they had just been split as they were going in to the back of the truck.

I have also put a thread up about condensation in my chimney so you might understand why I am looking for dry firewood.

I have just refused a load of split ash logs at 40%+mc that was meant to be delivered to me. Now I need to find a load of dry logs so if there is someone who can supply logs could you get in contact. I have already emailed you, John Walker.

Thanks

Thanks for all of the replies. I knew I could relay on Arbtalk for all of the answers. It's a flexible pipe fitted and it hasn't been back filled. We are getting a load of logs delivered in the morning. If I test them with my moisture meter and they are above 20% mc, can I refuse them?

Been burning wood in my stove that hasn't really been seasoned properly by myself. I try and burn ash, hawthorn, sycamore, cherry and a bit of birch. Normally I get the wood during the year and split it as soon as I can and let it begin to dry out. It doesn't really get a year to dry before I begin to burn it. I have created the problem of condensation in the stack and I have recently had the chimney lined. I haven't lit the stove yet since it was lined last week.

We have creasote coming through the walls because of the condensation. My question is to the chimney folk out there, how can we stop the seepage through the walls, and will we just have to grin and bear it and allow it run its course to dry out?

Thanks

You might want to get in contact with agg221 (Alec) I might be wrong but might live close enough.

Have you thought of mites?

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I worked a country park in Scotland for a few years before I moved to Yorkshire. We had a problem with fly tippers, but you one morning I got lucky. I had a rummage through the rubbish and found a phone number and an address. Gave the number a call and spoke to the owner of the rubbish. He had a office clearance and the agency driver who was responsible for getting rid of the rubbish just tipped it in the parks gateway. Needless to say by the afternoon the rubbish had been removed. Result.

Ginger, the tree is in woodland between the A64 and Thorner. I got a dbh tape from my consultant so I am hoping to get out this weekend to have a look and get it measured. I will take photos and have a look at access, then I need to find out who it belongs to.

I really haven't seen the tree, I am just going by what my nieghbour is saying.

Thanks for my cherry Alec.

Just putting it out there. I was asked by a nieghbour of mine who has come across a standing dead Elm in the local woodland. He would like to take it down and get it milled. I haven't seen the tree myself so I can't really give you too many details about it. I understand we would need to ask the permission of the owner of the standing wood to remove the dead elm.

So is there anybody in Yorkshire willing to help us out to do the milling? I know it sounds easier said than done, but I can't really tell you much more about it, access, how tall it is or how much you can get out of it. My nieghbour reckons it stands about 30ft and he was looking to cut it up into 6-8ft lenghts. He is a French polisher to trade so he does now something about wood.

Thanks again for your help.

I got this link from Jon Banks at Bartletts, Reading.

Its a video produced by the FC detailing the winter symptoms of this disease. Hope this helps.