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Girlies:001_smile:

Nothing special... Breaking a squat to put on an illegal dance party:001_smile:

Here's a pic of one of the worm beds. Zeolite has been added for ph control (light brown stuff) Paper has been added for C/N balance. More feed would then be shoved on top.

I don't want to build it up too much Its just green waste and cow poo, cardboard and a weird thing called zeolite mainly for ph control also molasses as there is an Oz tropical element. This (Oz) affects moisture and temperature too. Its about giving a bacterial dominated compost within fine parameters of moisture, ph, temperature, Carbon /Nitrogen balance etc to get the worms happy and breeding like crazy. The C/N balance being of particular importance both in composting and in presenting to the wee worms as feed. I know you already know lots of this I will try to come up with something that will be good for sticking in a mulch to promote the worms for aeration purposes.

I have been a bit busy today but, found my report...all 36 pages of it on the composting and vermiculture side. I'm reading and revising it to come up with something useful to you, but not had much time today. Difficult to know which bits to post at the moment other than to say that you need a bacterial rather than fungal dominated compost for worm feed. I do have a recipe of sorts and am working on summarising it. (the problem being that the recipe changes according to various parameters) With regard to the grey water filter side. I have some info but I was more on the vermiculture side of things. I have to remember as well that I was paid as an employee to do this stuff and some of it is commercially sensitive to the company concerned. Not a problem on the composting side but it could be on the filter side. The filter was just 4 boxes with various fibrous materials in and the worms. By controlling the residence time of the grey water in the filter, the worms munch the impurities and clean water comes out the other end. I will try to come up with something more useful and I won't forget but have another project on at the moment with a deadline next week:001_smile:

Thats well remembered.....I like saying 'worm farmer' You get some funny looks even in rural Queensland:001_smile: I'm late for doing a quote now:001_smile:

Will do mate... I wrote the process report for the whole thing as well as driving the tractor a lot which was much more fun. I will need to do some revision and looking up what I've got and today is a bit busy working on a load of other paperwork, now I'm awake enough to remember:001_smile:. I will make a start looking it all up this evening.

If you are aiming to attract worms I may have a suggestion for you to experiment with in your mulch. I was once a 'worm farmer' in Oz, where we grew them on a large scale for use in grey water filters. I still have the compost 'recipe' and pics of how we did it on the lap top, so can look it up later once I've done a few other wee jobs.

This is a fair point....What is the argument for not wearing them other than cost 1) A lot of climbers prefer less bulky non chainsaw boots for climbing but agree chainsaw boots for grounding….Do they change boots when they come out of the tree and start grounding? 2) Do chainsaw boots give a false sense of security? I wear type c trousers by the way at all times, a helmet and ear and eye protection. Just don't use saw boots. Saves me about 140 quid every 2 years. I spend way more than that on beer, wine and fags. Pointless thread really:001_smile: I guess I now have everyones opinion and it killed four evenings of boring telly.

IMO it becomes semi automatic, I'm conscious that I'm doing it every time:001_smile:

It takes a long time to pick all the bits of kevlar out of a chainsaw wound

I am going to take my point a step further, to some extent addressing Skyhucks point that the PPE is there for unforeseen circumstances or accidents. I intend to argue that some accidents / incidents / events, should not be allowed to happen because the end result is too serious or painful. An example of an ‘accident’ or in my view… foreseeable and avoidable incident was reported here on arbtalk a few years ago. A climber descended a tree to clear a limb that was being lowered but had hung up on a stub. It was too heavy to lift so he cut bits off it off. Whilst clearing it he cut his rope below his prussic and didn’t notice, he descended to clear some more and came off his line. He suffered terrible injuries falling on concrete and serious head injuries due in part to not having his helmet strap done up. Due to the H&S investigation no further detail was released. H&S will (probably) blame the incident on elements of the lowering procedure, helmet straps, lack of secondary attachment, work pressure etc. They won’t spot the actual cause It is my guess that he broke some cardinal rules which can never be broken if you intend to stay alive or not badly injured. The main one being that he must have become annoyed at having to descend and sort the situation. Otherwise how could he cut his main line and not notice unless he was flustered or hurried in some way. Because of this lapse in procedure he paid a heavy price. The cardinal rule in this case being ‘never allow yourself to become annoyed/flustered/rushed up a tree’. If , for example, your saw is annoying you because it keeps stalling, then fix it…never get increasingly annoyed and carry on… you will get hurt. It is my whole argument that safety is about knowing that there are some areas of personal work discipline that must be stuck to at all times. If you allow yourself to become lax on this discipline there are no health and safety regs or items of PPE that are going to save you. You are going to get hurt badly. I will just throw in as well that kickback, is often talked about and was mentioned by Skyhuck in his list of potential ‘accidents’. There is no mystery to kickback and it is 100% avoidable if you understand how it works and adhere to the kind of discipline I am describing here. Just don’t catch the end of the bar on things. Working on the ground set up logs for cutting so they are clear of other logs. Don’t hold them in place with your foot ever.. the saw can skid into your foot and chainsaw boots won’t save you. If anyone reads this who knows the guy in this incident then I mean him no disrespect. I hope he would understand that I am using this incident to illustrate a point in order to help avoid future serious incidents (not accidents).

There again if you take out the bits about me being a stupid ignorant prat. You are left with the rigid adherence to H&S argument. Which does rather miss the point:001_smile:

Mr L200log can be excused for his angry response. I could have just asked if people use chainsaw boots. Because I said they are a waste of money...he sees this as irresponsible, which it probably was. So he was justifiably fuming mad about it.

Ain't been there mate but I hear that even Kiwis and Ausies are better arbs than them.

I'll drink to that:001_smile: How about some other country that I don't know anything about arb in:001_smile:

Insha Allah:001_smile:

Insha Allah .... (sp) not to insult any religious views... this means God willing:001_smile:

I was a scuba diving instructor when I was in Egypt. Didn't really notice....not even sure if they had any trees:001_smile:

The Spanish think we are insincere. Partly because of the way we look at the floor when we pretend to be interested in meeting someone we don't know. Partly because of the way we say sorry when we burp and fart. I am just getting started. need a while to warm up:001_smile:

You have to go and have a look for yourself. I've been around the world a few times starting back in 1979. If I said what I think here with loads of folk who ain't seen what I've seen. I'd be typing crap for long enough to do what you should do...go see mate.

The longer they been doing it the more they underprice. Then they do a tech cert and become an estate manager. I'm 4 or 5 years into my own truck type affair and my pricing is definitely getting worse. I ain't doin a tech cert though, might start a duck farm or something:001_smile:

OK Tom I get that you genuinely don't get what I'm on about. What I am saying is that you people have suggested ring barking a tree that in the scenario outlined in this thread may be laudable. Although I don't agree that preempting the TO in this manner is a good idea. What if someone wants rid of a tree to improve their view or light or whatever. Here we have a load of pro tree surgeons suggesting how to go about it. That is what sits badly with me Edit: meant to quote your previous post asking me what I'm on about

If it's going to be removed anyway, why ringbark it, and why make such suggestions on a public forum, looked at by homeowners. You lot are the professionals...you tell me.

Thats great. Talk about ring barking trees on a public forum with a homeowners section. Then on some other thread talk about how professional you are because you have insurance and wear PPE. This is wrong on so many levels.