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    We haven't left the EU yet Drikonus so you might not wish to advertise the use of a banned herbicide on a public forum!
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    I think they may have been the OP! I was thinking of getting the heavy duty portek but I have been put off now by the fact the splitter appears to struggle with anything but straight grain. They also do not appear to have any of the larger machines available in the country just now. Hydraulic splitters appear to be painfully slow. So I think I will just have to stick with the maul.
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    Yes of course. Perhaps my post wasn't clear enough. You only need to leave enough room for wedges if you are not using a winch. If you are fairly confident that you can fell it straight and there are no significant targets if it goes wrong then I would just wedge it. But if you are of a more nervous disposition and think that the tree might cause damage then pull it over. Make sure you sever the ivy all the way round and don't attempt it on a windy day.
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    You are thinking along the right tracks. Leave a thicker hinge. Make sure your hinge is formed of sound wood. Maybe go deeper with your gob but make sure you leave enough room for wedging. The action you take will be dependent upon a number of factors. What species is it? If in doubt make sure you rope it up well i.e. one rope for pulling another to keep it on course. You could always climb it and section it down if its not too rotten.
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    Where did it come from? If it is English it is unlikely to be suitable for bow making. English bows were made from billets of yew harvested from the Italian Alps or Spain.
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    Glad I am not the one having to clear up the resulting pile.
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    If you can control the weather conditions in around autumn that would help.
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    Any work that has been underpriced. One that sticks in my memory was clearing rhododendron ponticum from hillsides on the west coast, which was hard work in cold wet conditions and the fact that the job was massively underpriced made it much worse.
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    Your only 22. The world is your oyster. Do you still have the horses to pay for? In my experience horses can be a huge drain on personal finances but if you are passionate about keeping horses then perhaps you should diversify in that direction. I think the key to job satisfaction is having a passion for whatever industry you work in. I am passionate about arboriculture and cannot see me changing to anything else now, although I previously was employed as an engineer. If I had stayed in that field of work I would have been better off financially but would not have had the quality of working life I enjoy today. So my advice is find a subject you are passionate about, retrain and follow it through into business. You may need to make some sacrifices at first but it will be worth it in the long run. Good luck.
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    Why not use larch posts? If you can get them.
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    Aye. Nectria cinnabarina
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    Re: Unofficial Aerial inspection? Be careful. Rod Hull lost his life carrying out one of these.
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    How much do you charge to port a saw Spud?
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    Yes I am aware of Paul's Document. I have been told by several authorities that rhizomorph size is unreliable and the other features you mention would also be difficult to distinguish in the field unless you had an example of each side by side. But I do have a microscope and will have a go at looking at the microscopic features next time. Cheers.
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    Very interesting David. Can you expand on the differences in the macro features of the two species?
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    Surely requires a pole climb, some axe throwing, single bucking with a two man saw, log rolling, etc.
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    Can't stand those custard creams either or the pink wafer things that look and taste like the soles of cheap flip-flops. Who named the "nice" biscuits so, they are anything but. I don't mind fig rolls. I am a big fan of Tunnock's chocolate wafers and Border's Chocolate gingers. But everyone knows that Fox's make the best biscwits (just ask vinnie).
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    Perhaps they just put a pinch of salt and pepper on it:biggrin:
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    For a 4 ' tree. I would just dig it up with a rootball of 0.5m radius and transplant it. Water it in well and be sure to water it during the first two growing seasons. No need to over complicate things.
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    Yes. No.
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    Dunnit
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    Another vote for Pleurotus spp.

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