sime42
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Woodland birds at risk of extinction WWW.OPENACCESSGOVERNMENT.ORG Woodland birds in the UK are experiencing a sharp decrease in their numbers, some species could face the threat of extinction
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I'm considering some winter cabbages this year, mainly due to the fact that nothing much will eat them, hopefully. The net completely protected them from birds and butterflies this summer, but they were still ravaged by slugs, (and what looked like the wriggly tiger worms that live in compost heaps, which was very surprising).
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Some people make very odd "lifestyle choices" it seems. Home Secretary Suella Braverman wants to restrict use of tents by homeless WWW.BBC.CO.UK The home secretary is proposing new laws, arguing that rough sleeping in tents is a "lifestyle choice".
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Yes, mine has been dead easy to grow. I just plonked it in the ground and it's just roared off, no special attention at all. It's about 7 years old now and probably 12 foot high and 12 ft spread. I don't know which particular type it is. I had no idea there were so many Szchuan Pepper trees until I looked at that link. All I know is that it has bloody great thorns and it fruits profusely.
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Harvest time!
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The Skewer - Series 10 - Episode 4 - BBC Sounds WWW.BBC.CO.UK Jon Holmes' comedy current affairs concept album remixes the news into satirical shapes.
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
sime42 replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Found in a car park for a woodland walk place. It obviously hadn't grown there, looked like it had been scraped off from somewhere else. No idea why.
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
sime42 replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
A big hulking old chestnut that we found today.
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Honey fungus?
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Some of the bean harvest. I'll use some as seeds for next year.
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Storm Ciarán is breaking records and research suggests more severe weather in future THECONVERSATION.COM Storm Ciarán is the UK’s third named winter storm since September.
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Ouch.
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..... And AI.
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I'd put money on Fungi inheriting the earth after we've fcked it up too much for ourselves. Incredibly successful organisms. BBC Four - The Magic of Mushrooms WWW.BBC.CO.UK Mushroom enthusiast Richard Fortey explores the strange and surprising science of fungi.
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Both I reckon. People used to be far more in tune with the natural world around them, but were sick of it after the hours walk home to a cold, dark hovel at the end of a 12 hour working day out in the elements.
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Some leftover tomatoes, too late to ripen now. So they're set to ferment, hopefully.
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I've seen similar Beech trees, part of out grown laid hedges on top of banks or stone walls, around Exmoor too.
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I agree. Who doesn't enjoy a bit of cork-sniffing? We're getting into the realms of Oliver Rackham now.
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You'll want trousers if you're going to be climbing, doing aerial chainsaw work. Specifically Type C, which gives all round leg protection. Chaps normally only protect the front of the legs. Difference between Type A & Type C Chainsaw PPE Trousers ACTIVE-WORKWEAR.CO.UK No matter what finds you in need of a chainsaw, the single most important thing to keep in mind is your safety. PPE...
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Interesting topic. That first photo doesn't look like an Assart Hedge. More like a wall or earth bank hedge where the trees have been left to grow up. You can see the stones underneath the moss and roots. Pretty special place that; Teign Gorge / Fingle Woods.
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As Dan's comments above, but I'd add a 4th compromise that might have to be made; Money. Probably obvious but might be worth saying. Nobody will pay very much when you're just starting out, with little experience and part-time, so you will face some drop in income whatever happens There is a large element of "right place, right time" I think. I was lucky by indirectly finding a guy who needed some help with some manual forestry cutting work, thinning. (To be blunt about it; he needed me with my recently acquired tickets to be able to get the job. As his had expired!) I worked my socks off for 6 weeks and got paid bugger all at the end of it. Wasn't too p*ssed though as it was invaluable experience of using a saw in anger and I wasn't doing anything else much at the time anyway.
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Here's some good news. It was a p*ss poor proposal in the first place. The rail network is bad enough as it is. Went into our local station the other day to find some train times for the local service, and found that they don't have the big printed timetables posted up on the walls anymore. I must have been lucky as I did find a real person in the ticket office, but she said they don't even have the TTs on printed leaflets anymore either. I feel sorry for a lot of the older generation who don't have smartphones or internet access. Plans to close rail ticket offices in England scrapped WWW.BBC.CO.UK The government tells train firms to ditch the controversial closures, sparking anger from rail bosses.
