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David oakman

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  1. Count me in chris. If you can do one in Suffolk depending on numbers i might be able to supply the venue, tea, coffee ect ect.
  2. Brill pictures. as i said yesterday i have a red oak with inonoteus dryadeus and ganoderma on the same tree did the mallet check and it is soft all round the butt and buttresses. also several trees with inonoteus hispidus unfortuantely a historic tree which must not be felled plus the barn owl would not like it.soon be time for the grifola and the fistulina.
  3. Risk assessing park trees today, found a red oak with Ganoderma and Inonoteus dryadeus at the but did my hammer test and it was so soft i nearly lost my hammer. oh dear i might fell this one.
  4. I have got some like this and have to keep them historic value. found a new one today lightning strike split the tree in half decay in the middle with tyre bulges in the area of the decay.
  5. I did not know ARGOS sold cars.
  6. First time i have had the woodburner a light on the 9 of july before the house is cold and there is damp in the walls. roll on the summer or will autumn be here first. the poor horse chestnut trees look very autumn like.
  7. David oakman

    Ax Men

    If its as good as ice road truckers it will be good viewing,i like the helmets.
  8. I nearly ran over a baby red curled up in the grass i wish i had a didgi camara it was a lovely sight.
  9. When i went on my manual handling course the tutor asked us to be honest and how many had at some time had a bad back,out of 24 24people put there hands up.We had to learn to lift a box but the box was empty HSE no lifting weights.
  10. yes love to see your pics. and welcome:001_cool:
  11. they like a nice sandy loam and dislike your london clay i think we have one and we are on boulder clay i will try and find it and see what it looks like.
  12. FRIENDS WITH HELEN READ WELL WELL YOU DO KEEP GOOD COMPANY:001_cool:
  13. There is a row of 16 male and 22 female black poplar on the south bank of the thames between Hammersmith and putney bridges,i hope this is helping david:001_smile:
  14. I have a black poplar here but no help to you. I have got a book by fiona cooper on black poplar,here are two to be going on with grafton lock north of the river thames 3 female bkack poplar grid ref 42681998.chingford epping forest 1 male black poplar 53981943 i have a list but not sure which ones are in london.
  15. Church warden with a bow saw:ohmy:
  16. Ginkgo trees in britain are nearly all male but very rarely produse catkins, the females never produse fruit and very rarely flower.
  17. I have got bleeding cankers on some of my horse chestnuts is it the same strain as the hornbeam gets or is it different?
  18. Also i find this very interesting safety in outher countries i do find this country alittle over the top at times, and when you go to spain and watch the builders oh my goodness. personal safety in this country seems to be more paper work. I would like to hear more from our arb cousins across the water:001_cool:
  19. No but i will tell you this he did not stop there he put a ladder up to an oak bough to reduce it and cut the wrong side of the ladder and broke his leg when he fell:001_smile:
  20. The churches near me get the local arb students in oh dear.
  21. What is the rule in the usa for ppe and the one handed chainsaw user with jeans on or should i say livis a little nick on the leg is the last thing you want.Where i work we had a farm worker chainsawing on the ground with no safety boots on and cut his toes off.
  22. That is very sad poor tree, trees need respect and man to look after them for the better not to do this sort of thing. If you get a chance read some books on victorian tree care they new there stuff.
  23. Ebay here i come as del boy sez i could be a millionaire:001_smile:
  24. No i was not here then but i know all about the three sisters oaks. It would be nice to talk to you about the missing tree and how much work it took. The stump has Armillaria and it runs along all exposed roots around the pond, one is doing well with lovely running buttresses and the outher is standing on a stilt effect on decayed buttresses.Oh the joy of looking after historic veteran trees.
  25. I am sorry you will have to wait, i have not got a didgi camara yet we are very slow here in the countryside only just learnt to use the computer. out of interest my employers bought me the Taxodium as a present when i told them what a lovely tree they were.

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