Dave.G.
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Can anyone recommend a training provider, Hull/York area for maintenance, cross-cut and felling small trees? Thanks
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I did my gassing ticket a few years ago and we were taught not to wear a resperator as you get a build up of condensation in the filter. But having done it both ways and having the headache and nausia without the mask I always use a mask now.
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Saw this or something very similar at Dalby Forest years ago. It was cutting trees on a really steep slope.
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we use pigs to clear the worst of our brambles. They rip up even the thickest stems to eat the roots and regrowth is minimal. They fertilize the ground as they work and you can eat them when they have finished
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I have got ten 4m tall multistem birch (rootballed) coming next week and I was planning to use the platipus ground anchor to secure them. But at £50+ each I might have to think again. Has anybody used them? are they worth the outlay or is there a cheaper/better way?
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Phoned Corwen "the guy that deals with Farmi is away this week you will have to try Monday" WHAT??? I know the part I want can't someone just get it of the shelf for me? "the guy you need to speak to is away til Monday" So I phoned M Large tree services in Ireland and the part was here in less than 24 hours
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Anyone know who where my nearest farmi chipper dealer is (Hereford) I need a Hydraulic selector end linkage cap plastic thingy for a 160t chipper. Thanks
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We have Tamworths in our woods. Got two breeding sows a couple of years ago and their third litter (10) will be going to planet zanussi next month. We got them in as bramble clearers and the bye product is great pork.
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Yep we are going saturday
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Alan Mitchell used to insist it was called "the dove tree" as they are too beautiful to be named after something you blow your nose on.
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I have one from maplin you are welcome to borrow if you want (two prong type).
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Had the unfortunate "pleasure" of working for someone who had a hater a good few years ago. I hated that machine with a passion. It would get slower as the day went on untill i cleaned off the belt and started the cycle again. Just seen your other post and would go Honda every time. Had a roller drive for 15+ years, full time contracting for the first 5, part time contracting for a few after that and still use for my lawn every weekend. Bomb proof.
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Is it a newish one or an old one? the old ones were belt driven and the belt and pulley gets full of old grass. There is a plate underneath held with two bolts, remove the metel plate and clean off all the rust and dead grass should speed it up.
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Sorry. Thought to be extinct until re-discoverd or pre-historic or fossil tree
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A few years ago I was lucky enough to plant a Wollemi Pine with David Noble. Happend to mention this to my boss today and she now wants to put together a fossil tree collection. So to save me doing hours of homework tonight how many "extinct" trees can you guys come up with? I am thinking Ginko, Cryptomeria, metasequia, sciadopitys
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A nitch is above a bud a notch is below, or is it a notch is above a bud and a nitch is below???? Didn't matter to us as niether worked.
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Nitching and notching on fruit trees was done to to encorage or retard buds when shaping young trees. Cutting the bark just below a bud would "slow" it down at bud burst and cutting bark just above the bud would encourage more growth from the bud. So if you have a young tree that you want to train as a fan against a wall you can nitch one side and notch the other to keep it balanced. Tried it on a few maiden apples in the walled garden it didnt work!
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The gardening industry is awfull for people wanting to work for free. At a garden i used to work at we had groups of volunteers (bored housewives, retired people who want to keep active, business types de-stressing, the whole 57 varieties). all of them helping and full of good intention. The down side is that for every 40 hours a week covered by volunteers the bean counters can save a qualified gardeners wage. In the end you have 1 or 2 gardeners where their used to be 11 or 12 -
Does anyone know where I can find a list of susceptible species for Phytophthora ramorum? Spotted today a Sumach (Rhus typhina), with multiple bleeding lesions on the stem. Obviously no leaves to help identify the problem. Have a feeling I read somewhere that Rhus is highly susceptible?
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But Ystradgynlais was such a nice place, well worth a visit.
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Sorry guys. Had a bit of storm damage to clear up at work first thing. Drove around later on but could't see any foolhardy souls climbing trees. But then in the horizontal rain often couldn't see the end of the bonnet.
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Havn't trained a dog for it (dont think either of my dogs have been mentally strong enough) but looks like a real test for the dog both mentally and phisically. As big fell says the dog has to have a real bond with the owner. What about working trials?
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Good spot Jonty. The more things like this that flagged up the harder it will be to sell kit on.
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can't promise anything but I will try and get a pass out.
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The Big Forestry Sell-Off... Good or bad...Thoughts
Dave.G. replied to Andy Collins's topic in General chat
I am sure whoever buys it will look after it to the best of their ability for their own maximum gain. The fc looks after their woodland for everyone elses gain. I have BBQ'd on their land, my children have paddled in their streams and cycled their tracks. How can we put a price on this? My kids learnt to respect the country side from being out in it, try telling little Johnny to respect the trees behind those locked gates. The more people go into the countryside/woodland the more it will be protected and are we not always saying "get the kids out from the tv or pc and get some fresh air" after all its good for them but the fc costs alot less than my local park and I have never seen a hyperdermic on fc land.
