chestnut
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we sell dry and well seasoned at £60 a small trailer load
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Call it topping if you want but I could tell from the movement of the tree once up there that the big wood was obviously defective….this was confirmed when my saw whizzed through it like a hot knife through butter, a brown-rot but perhaps just due to its age as there was no other obvious cause. could the "rot" be heart rot? sweet chestnut is prone to developing heart rot and it is often caused by excessive movement
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i like trees but ... have never seen that "heavy plant crossing"
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Fungi picture competition sponsored by Timberwolf
chestnut replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Past Competitions
i thought i would join in with the fun guys so here's 3 little pics -
only sweet chestnut - and it's a lovely wood to burn - as long as it's seasoned - we like our logs to stay open to the elements for at least a year - then they get stacked and covered the following summer ready for autumn and winter delivery people don't usually like it on open fires - because it can spit - but i used to burn in my last house with no problems chestnut logs sell well and we get more money (more profit) from logs than we do from that cleaning and pointing posts and splitting rails etc
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if i have time - i go around to a new customers house - to look at their fire - and we will cut to size - as space and quantity are not an issue to dad and i - we can just stockpile firewood for each customer if need be but as we do mostly chestnut - we really only sell to those with woodburners - although we have a stash of other timbers for open fires
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i was living in the new forest at that time - and we got hit bad - many people died that night - and we lost a lot of firemen who risked their lives to save others i hope i never have to see anything like that again
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i struggle to remember latin names - but if i know the common name - i can always look up the latin name later i think it's essential to be able to id trees that have no life in them or foliage - so take pics of the bark and take notes of the growing habit / shape - even defects or fungi - and research them later - i always seem to remember the ones that pose an id challenge
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oh my god - tragic news - i've got a lump in my throat
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the old man has a concealed shed within a shed - and it's got hidden metal bars going through the doors - they are 5 or 6 feet long and pass through the side wall and through the doors - easy enough to do if you have a thick door - the bars (which are hidden behind a locked panel) need pulling out first before the doors can be unlocked and opened in the tradition manner the shed in shed is also reinforced - so can't be bashed in my father built this purposely - but it was made from oddments / scrap - and is incredibly secure
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my old man has a small copse of chestnut (7.5 acres) he's nearly 70 and battling cancer - and i will take it over when it gets too much for him i'm off up there after lunch - to help pull a couple of heavy leaners in off the roadside. we have about 120 chickens up there - a veggie patch, plenty of sheds. we have water and electric - and good access the old man is a traditionalist - so does most things in the old fashioned way - and does most things by hand he sells logs - and makes posts, piles, split rails, etc for fencing i make wattle hurdles - he makes gate hurdles he also cuts shingles - and makes up small garden features - done a bit of chainsaw furniture too it's a lovely place - and there is always plenty to do - and i can't wait to take it on full time (although i think i'll need a bit more help than the old man gets) it's not run for profit - it's the old man's hobby
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we catch them in cage traps then shoot them or drown them
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i can't make it - but thanks for the offer of a lift stoxs
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before the wasps get em
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i was rather hoping he was single and good looking - and wanted to play in the trees
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so chestnut where do you do your thing ?? i'm near andover mate - and my old mans woods are down tanners lane - just off shootash crossroads he's not well - so wants me to have once he's gone just love it there
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good luck with whatever you decide if you do come down south though - give me a shout - and i'll try and give you as many practice hours as you need
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imho - dead wood in old plums is the start of the downward curve they crop less - become bedraggled - and inevitably start to split the propping up of limbs is useful - but they will / could split and then die if not looked after dieback in plums is common - so thinning out and clearing away the chit - is as far as i am concerned good practise
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if it helps - i make a number of sprays for myself - and they are really easy black, green and white fly hate garlic - so i make a garlic spray up (just by boiling up a pan of water and dropping a bulb (chopped) of garlic in it to simmer - takes about 10 mins - let it cool and then put in sprayers you can make it stronger, by adding more garlic - thn dilute if necc to kill lots of bugs though - i make up a potent spray - thats garlic and rhubarb leaves it's fantastic at killing up the unwanteds you can do it hot or old (cook up the leaves or just steep them) as the rhubarb is leaves are seriously toxic - you should not use on crops that you intend to eat within the next few days or so - and a further warning - it stinks to high heaven ( i normally leave mine to festure for at least 2 month - boy does that hum)
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plums are thin on the ground around my parts this year - combination of frost but mostly wind and rain , knocking off the blossom i've taken advantage of this really - as it's a good year for restoration pruning (as no fruit are there - no fruit are lost) most fruits respond well to pruning - but not many like more than a third taken off at any one time - so unless a major restoration is required - i would not recommend a heavy pruning session (at least i get to go back to do it again next year, and the year after)
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Quote: Originally Posted by chestnut View Post and it's too far for me - so i'll wait to see if there's a meet nearer to home (could always use our patch f wood) Too far from Hampshire ?? Neigh, Chestnut, it's on your doorstep, where do you want it in your back garden ?? well hampshire / wilts border maybe - so yeah - doorstep would be great - thanks
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wound-seal paint (arbrex) just to stop infection
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i don't do big jobs like most of you guys - and i rarely offer to take stuff away - i just tell them to have a bonfire
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cherries, plums and other stone fruits are best pruned in late summer (deemed to be the best time to avoid silverleaf infection) as we haven't had much of a summer - and as i specialise in fruit tree pruning - i finished cherries about 3 weeks ago - started plums last week - and i'll do them for a few weeks still i just make sure that every cut is clean and painted - hope that helps
