sime42
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I need to watch that, missed it the other week.
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Covids are indeed very smart. I learnt the other day that they can recognise human faces as well. There was a story about people who'd caught crows to ID tag them, they were mobbed and squawked at forever after by those particular crows.
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I'm impressed that people have been able to sharpen Silkys at all. Must need a very small, fine file and manual dexterity, for those three faced teeth. I thought the idea was that the blades couldn't be sharpened because if their manufacturing process, Silky would say that though wouldn't they?!
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My thoughts entirely. Cronyism of the highest order. I caught the tail end of the program. "" As the government refuses to reveal the full details of all its so-called VIP deals....."" - and we don't even know the full extent of the fleecing yet because they not being open and honest with us again.
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Ah, thank you. I didn't watch the whole thing I must admit.
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Pretty much what it said on that RHS page. It's all my fault, I started this scaremongering by mistakenly overstating the nitrogen robbery thing!
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Brilliant. What's powering the hydraulics?
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Mulching is to stop.weeds but you don't want to do it to the detriment of the garden plants as well. The weed suppressing mechanism is largely by depriving them of light I think. But ......... I've subsequently looked this up and it seems that I overstated the nitrogen deficiency issue. I take most of it back! See halfway down the page for this link:- Woody waste: using as a mulch WWW.RHS.ORG.UK Wood and bark from chipped or shredded tree, shrub and hedge prunings makes a useful mulching material in the garden. Anyway, we digress. We're running the risk of seriously derailing Steve's well intentioned Thread!
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Of course, I was talking short-term.
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Maybe not quite what you meant but might be useful nonetheless. If the wood chip is destined for use as a garden mulch it needs to be at least 1 year old. If it's fresh it sucks nitrogen out of the soil apparently.
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That tragedy about the ancestral trail being cleared has a certain Orange glow to it if you ask me. Reminds me of the Keystone pipeline controversy. Keystone XL pipeline: Why is it so disputed? WWW.BBC.CO.UK As President Biden cancels the Keystone XL pipeline, we look at its history of controversy.
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Case in point;- """"There’s no trolls as you put it on here in reality.…………………………… don’t ask me to explain any further as I’m busy.""""
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That's the thing, you might seem to say some random things, at random points in discussions, but from what I've seen you're always good natured, polite and respectful to others at least. Unlike the real one or two Trolls on here who are aggressive, angry, belligerent, bullying, disrespectful etc etc.
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""Taxes to be at ‘highest sustained level in history’, warn experts. "" Maybe this is one of the reasons that we'll all be crippled by taxes for life;- Covid-19: NHS Test and Trace 'no clear impact' despite £37bn budget WWW.BBC.CO.UK It was set up to help prevent lockdowns but there have been two more since its launch, MPs say.
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Thanks for the insights. Sounds like you've got an effective strategy going on there. You obviously operate on a much larger scale than I do. I don't climb on SRT, yet, but I could probably use the Big Shot to make the DRT easier on ivy clad trees. As mentioned by@htb. Whichever way you achieve it, it's certainly very satisfying to get the bloody stuff off the tree in big sheets, rather than annoying little bits. I had a customer once who kept some of those sheets and cleaned them up, finished them and kept them as a once living sculpture kind of thing. Looked really nice, the way all the strands intertwined.
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Bloody hell chaps, you're early with your sowings. I've not even thought about things like courgettes yet. I'll try to get the toms in today at least. My chilly seedlings are looking good from last month and most of the garlic I planted at the end of last year is starting to appear. I love the positivity of spring. Most trees are now showing signs of life with nice fat buds appearing, including all our fruit trees in the garden. Hoping to get a couple of new apples this year from grafts I did a couple years ago.
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It's the model I use as well. If you're honest, hardworking and pleasant you'll always have a repeat customer base.
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That sounds a promising approach to the job. I normally go bottom up if I have to strip the crap off there and then. The only thing that puts me off is the often treacherous climb up past the ivy. If it's really thick it's difficult to find secure hand and foot holds. Is there a technique for making that easier?
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Brings a new meaning to screwing. [emoji12]
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I've got a touch of FOMO now so I'll have my beer and the introduction to the technicalities of tuning please!
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I trust you and your excellent work Spud. So I'm happy to just smile and get on with another beer! I'm late today actually so itll be my first of the evening.
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Makes me fancy a bit of a walk along Offa's Dike.
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Horrible stuff, it really is the devil's own plant. Nothing to add about getting rid of it. If I'm not in a rush I normally cut off a clear band of about 12 all around the trunk of the afflicted tree and then just wait for it to die off above. It's easier to pull off when dead. As a note, be careful of the dust. When I used to do a lot of it I found it really affected my lungs. Made me cough a lot and even felt chest pain sometimes. I resorted to wearing a dust mask in the end, that helped. Not sure if it is dust, or small fibres or maybe pollen from the ivy flowers.
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Admire your honesty here. Just wanted to add a word of caution about retirement. I hope you're right about it in your case but it could go the other way. I'm not there yet myself but I think retirement can be detrimental to some people. The shock of a big lifestyle change and the sudden lack of routine etc. I guess if you've got lots of plans of stuff to do you should be ok.
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Are you still talking about Scotland and the SNP? Most if not all that you say there could equally be applied to England and Boris's Conservatives.
