Graham
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The man who hacks the wild cherry:001_smile:
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The white rot is possibly Inonotus hispidus. The King Alfred's cakes will be on dead wood.
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If you're buying all their food it's going to take up to 400 kilos. Waste veg is ok I think but anything from a kitchen is a no.
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I'd be very tempted. Used to have one of the little Echos until I dropped a gate post on it:001_smile: As for trawling a 200 about all day then friday was a killer for me. Spent all day on big sycamore reductions and the weight of the saw outstretched put me in pain each time I picked it up. That's down to ruptured ligaments in both arms. Maybe if I hadn't spent the last 35 years abusing my body up trees with overweight saws then I'd feel far fitter now. The moral is: if you can use a lighter saw then use one:001_smile:
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I wouldn't bother. If you're trimming once a year trying to get clippings through a chipper is more hassle than it's worth. Burn it.
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Lovely shed but why put off swallows. They make a shed.
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Any arbtalking veg growers in da house?
Graham replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in The Lounge
I used to be really keen. Took over my dad's garden after he died but couldn't keep on top of it...half an acre and greenhouse. He managed it along with two others and working full time! Got back into it last year but veg was a washout literally. Have put half of the lawn to wildflowers and single-flowered cultivated spp. I think the rest of the lawn may follow. -
If it's on the side facing the weather then the wind could be forcing the rain into the joints and along with capillary action it's getting through. Were the boards slightly damp when it was built? I built a stable once using shiplap cladding and the boards shrank slightly as they dried allowing rain to be forced in with the wind.
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Well I was in the right area:biggrin:
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The one my dad always quoted; A man who never makes a mistake never does anything.
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Numerius Flavius Longus = well hung:001_smile:
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Back in the day when everyone smoked our crew used to take it in turns to 'crash the ash'. I bought some fag bangers from the joke shop and made sure the foreman got the doctored one. He was knocking in steel stakes and the banger went off just as he hit the stake:001_smile: On another occasion we were on a planting contract and I'd got my dog with me. We sat in the van at lunchtime and the dog was on his hind legs in the back leaning against the front seats waiting for titbits. In the front were two lads, one of whom was noted for his squeamish stomach. The other lad was 'playing' with the dog's underparts until he left a present that shot over the seats and onto sandwiches and dashboard.
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He should have kept cutting as it started to move. Nasty though.
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Pleaches; the cut at the base. They send loads of shoots up but heavy frost on fresh cuts knocks them about.
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Yes...you have to catch it in time:thumbup:
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It will lay well. Done a few over the years but it does not like frost on the pleaches.
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Have always rated holly but today I cut some standing dead stems. Bone dry. Burnt them tonight...about eight logs and I can't get near the stove. There is no comparison between these and the two year seasoned I'm normally burning:001_smile:
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Pretty sure it's not juniper.
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Try this carb repair for the ms 200T
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Chaemycyparis pisifera 'Plumosa'
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Looks like yew but it's big. Beautiful.
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How many Arborists does it take to change a light bulb?
Graham replied to coleman's topic in The Lounge
I wouldn't have told the joke that way:001_smile: -
Been a springer man for 30 years so biased. Go for a dog as bitches can be....well bitches. Had some really 'hard' bitches in the past and dogs just seem more biddable to me.
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Take them back. I've had three pairs of Haix mountain trekker and none have leaked.
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I've never had a problem. My dad who started hedge laying in the 1920s came to within one week of having his hand amputated in the late 60s. A thorn completely disabled him for six months and doctors were close to making the decision when the infection suddenly cleared up! Fifty years of cutting and it takes just one thorn.
