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I was working in a garden in the last couple of weeks where I came across a Beech with buckiling creases at the base. I have read through the book Manual of Wood Decays in Trees by K. Weber and C. Mattheck. I understand that it is ony white rot that causes the bucklilng creases and the tree lays down wide annual rings. Can someone expand on this and explain it a bit more like what white rot is it? Would a tree need to come down because of the stresses on the cambuim or simply should you just watch it and look for secondary effects? Someone who I was working with at the time mentioned that he had to fell a lot of beechs with these buldges and they were hollow inside. Thanks.
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That has the 'wow' factor and no wonder all people want to buy from you is coffee tables! How long does it 'normally' take you to do create a table like that?
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Had ours lit for a couple of weeks now, I am blaming the new baby and also have the in-laws over from Slovakia. Their own house sits at a cool 28c all winter cause they have a huge stove that does the whole house. So mine has to be hot as well! Mind you saying that we don't have the central heating on yet, so we are saving on the gas bill.
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Fountains Abbey has a very high number of Yew on its grounds. There is some dispute that the Monks lived under 7 yew trees when the Abbey was being established back in 1100AD and some of them are still there to this day. However one member of staff was adament that the monks lived under an Elm tree near to the river in the valley where the Abbey was to be built, to begin with.
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I took these when I was wandering around Fountains Abbey a couple of weeks ago.
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Thanks guys. Angus is my 3rd so I am a old hat at this marlarky. I seem to have the job of looking after the two, but I don't care.
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This has been brewing for the last nine months and out popped Angus on Monday night weighing a healthy 7lb 14oz (around 3.5kg), after a 2 and half hour labour at home. A proud dad.
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I have picked up a piece of oak to use as legs for my coffee table and I am sure will all see the difference between the Cedar and the Oak.
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I am amazed that a plank of Cedar has got some many replies.
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The two men who put the limb onto the back of the truck have at least 40yrs experience as arborists between them and they certainly know the difference between a Cedar and an Oak. It came from a Cedar that was damaged in a storm at The Priory in Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire. I hope this will convince you lot who don't believe me.
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I have just spoken to the guy who removed the storm damaged limb from the Lebonese cedar which my plank comes from. It came from a tree in the Little Ouseburn area of Yorkshire. My boss helped him put it onto the back of the truck.
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It is Lebenese Cedar, honestly and yes it did come from a limb. A coffee table sounds good as it is just under 6ft long. Cheers everybody.
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Hi All, I have a plank of Lebonese cedar that a work mate milled from a branch. I have had it planed and it is about 30cm wide and also I have been rubbing down with wire wool when I get the chance. After being inspired at looking at some of your work I was wondering if there is something I could do with it other than making it into a shelf.
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The pholiotta squarosus was all the way round the bas of the tree.
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Thanks yet again Hamadryad. Not good then, especially if it is in such a prominent garden such as Harlow Carr. Would you have any idea if the fungus could be controlled to give the tree a chance of surviving? It is an amazing speciemen.
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The photos below come from Harlow Carr RHS garden in Harrogate and the tree is an Indian Bean Tree (Catalpa bignonioides). Over this summer they had some one in to airspade the roots to break up decompaction. I think the fungus could be Pholioto squarrosa. Am I right? Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures as I took them with my Blackberry.
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The was someone on here who was good at forecasting the weather. He predicted the cold snap last year. Would he be able to predict if there is going to be snow this month which has been rumoured?
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My neighbour has a Bay tree in the garden and the leaves are beggining to turn yellow and curl up. See the photos below. If anybody has any ideas what it could be I would be grateful yet again for your imput.
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I am using a new Husky 357xp (and this is my second one) and after using it and putting it away, I notice that when I pick it up to use it again there is a puddle of chain oil. This didn't happen with my old saw and I think that one was an 04. Any suggestions to why its doing it now?
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Bandit sidewinder stump grinder or equilivent
Scottie replied to treefrog's topic in Large equipment
Jonathon, can you slow the side to side movement of the head and how many rows of teeth does it have? Did you have trouble getting over the arisings in front of the wheels? I used a Carlton 4012 and it couldn't get over the arisings so easily, so thats why I am asking. You can never stand too close! You have to see what you are doing! -
I think if I wasn't using the Bandit I would have done the last 30 or so stumps a lot quicker. The Bandit is a big numb piece of crap to be using all day.
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Today, I ground out 31 stumps in a garden using the Bandit sidewinder and last week I had ground out approx another 50 in the same garden using a little Carlton. In total approx 81 stumps. Ok they were mostly Leylandii, willow and poplar but still a lot to do. Can this be considered a record? Also has anyone thought about a franchise from Stump Busters? If you had the money and the will you could have a huge company covering the whole of Scotland if you wanted to! Any views on franchises?
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Also to find out if it is Cypress aphid, take a sheet of white paper with you and rub the hedge where it looks 'dead' and catch anything with the sheet of paper. Usually you will find mites and thrips. The wife is getting a bit fed up with me going around running my hand through dead patches of hedging to check for mites.
