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  1. slack ma girdle
    Most of my plums are suffering from brown rot this year, a month of very wet humid weather hasn't helped. Those leaves are classic silver leaf . I heavily pruned a cherry with Silver leaf, which so far is still looking healthy 2 years later.
  2. slack ma girdle
    Friut leather uses up loads. Cook the plums with a little water until soft . Push them through a sieve, and tip onto a lined baking tray. Put in the oven on really low setting until its dry and slightly tacky to the touch. Cut it into strips and roll it up and scoff when you need a sweet snack It will keep for months in the fridge.
  3. slack ma girdle
    No idea, i just use it to keep the forest floor clear, to aid replanting, and most owners like to see a tidy forest
  4. slack ma girdle
    It depends on what I'm putting through the branch logger, dead and dying ash is particularly splintery. I mainly use it for reducing forestry residues, and supplying myself with firewood, so I'm not that fussed. If i screen out the bits it takes about an hour to go through the 10x5 trailer by hand, and produces about 10 barrow bags.
  5. slack ma girdle
    Ideally i would like the logs to go straight into barrow bags, which takes about 2 minutes. That doesn't leave enough time to change over the bag whilst the full one is loaded. The other issue is you get quite a lot of bits which need to be screened .
  6. slack ma girdle
    Good to see you back, still working on small trees then?
  7. slack ma girdle
    What is your optimum fire wood size, and how many years does it take to grow. That will dictate how many coppice coups you have. The reason for thinning is to reduce competition for the retained trees, and allow better growth . Branch loggers are good, but they produce logs too quickly. This is mine in action on manky dead Ash. Fills my 10x5 trailer In about 15-20 minutes
  8. slack ma girdle
    Felling licences in Wales take about 12 weeks, i would imagine that it is the same in England. Don't let a tree surgeon loose in your woods. You have got reasonable tree form, and will make ideal processor grade firewood. Have a look on the Forestry Contracting Association web site, there are a number of contractors in your area. Before you go down the felling route, make sure that you go have some form of goals/ management plans, so that any felling regime can fit into your forest aims/ goals.
  9. slack ma girdle
    Boletus turning blue, not sure which one though. Growing around a beech. 20230731_144745.mp4
  10. slack ma girdle
    Some good felling there Jake, in some nice locations .
  11. slack ma girdle
    It was growing on dead black thorn, so i had sort of ruled out the Bitter bracket. I tried to cut a cross section but it was tough and slippery, it pinged into the hedge!
  12. slack ma girdle
    I think that this is a greasy bracket, any thoughts. The bracket is very rubbery, and greasy.
  13. slack ma girdle
    Juniper growing out of reach of the grazing zone near the Witches Step on Arran
  14. slack ma girdle
    Yes
  15. slack ma girdle
    I have found a load more in a different place. I have cut open a number of the fruit, and they are definitely Malus of some form.
  16. slack ma girdle
    Its definitely not a cherry. I was thinking Arran whitebeam, but i don't think it is.
  17. slack ma girdle
    Half way up a mountain on Arran, group of 20. I forgot to bring an ID book
  18. slack ma girdle
    Where are you based Shaun?
  19. slack ma girdle
    Hare's foot inkcap. New one for me.
  20. slack ma girdle
    Stan Archer & sons are near by
  21. slack ma girdle
    I would start with Alder leaf beatle, which you won't be able to do anything about . Phytophthora is possible, but you won't be able to do anything about. Wait and see what happens next year.
  22. slack ma girdle
    At least you have a plan B.
  23. slack ma girdle
    Would it not be quicker just to drive the Log bullet up and collect the timber? I hate winching
  24. slack ma girdle
    Have a vague plan, but don't doggedly stick to it. When it is not flowing as it should, change it early before it becomes a problem . Make sure that other peoples views are heard, even if you don't think what they are saying is right. Sometimes people suprise you with good suggestions that will save you time and money. Individually thank everyone working at the end of the day, there is nothing worse than flogging your guts out all day, and feeling Unvalued.
  25. slack ma girdle
    That looks like blossom wilt. Cut out all the infected material, and burn it. I've treated a couple of cherrys like this, and sprayed the adjacent branches with a diluted mix of Jays fluid. You have to be very methodical for a number of years, but both trees i have been treating are not showing any signs ofvthe disease.

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