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Everything posted by nepia
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Perhaps he'd be better off with a Carrefour it.
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He Nisa bigger trolley for all that gear.
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Jesus - just get a big 360 in and rip it out!
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I feel a nickname coming on I'm afraid but can't nail one; Dr McCoy was 'Bones'. Dr Humphries... Anyone?
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I love this stuff David: don't take the lack of replies the wrong way! I find the nature friendly side of arb conscience salving
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Today I learnt... thank you. I'd wondered why hedges seemed to hang onto their leaves better than trees (apart from not being blown off!).
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Saw a 2 girl crew working street trees in Austria a few years back using a small 6-wheeled truck and a road tow MEWP.
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And just to prove that I've been walking round my own garden with my eyes shut...
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Fig pruning in spring I think from memory. You say you need to go at them hard: are you ready for the reactive growth and ongoing management of it? https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=279 Scroll down to 'Problems'. I'm not saying don't prune hard - apples are remarkably resilient - but be prepared for ongoing management of what may be almost explosive regrowth.
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You're right Kev; I've not noticed the pods on mine! Never heard it called Lantern Tree thought - Golden Rain Tree is how I know it. Apologies to both Steves. They are common in the south though.
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K. paniculata is a common garden tree - got one meself! - but not what's in the pic. It's common name is the Golden Rain Tree. The flowers are on 1ft long (or more) upright yellow panicles.
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I have Trekkasaw Man's details if you want them! Oak framed buildings are now his thing.
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Erm - Woking at a wild guess
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With some of us our knees are worse than our backs and neither are great.
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Looking for occasional groundy work near Tunbridge Wells
nepia replied to Jamespepperpot's topic in Employment
Good luck James; I will be amazed if you don't get what you're after. To any prospective employers James is a very capable young man with a head on his shoulders older than his years. He can think for himself (!) and has a very even temperament. I'm not a mate of his, I've engaged him professionally on more than one occasion. Jon -
The fact that my Jo Beau's in Surrey and the dealership is halfway up the country has never been a problem; certainly not a reason not to buy a good machine.
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Late winter/early spring, just as the sap starts to move.
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Eek; will have to seriously study the diary then. I'll keep the small Pagoda pieces; most of them I had milled at 1" with the idea of bookshelves in mind. But I don't know how stable it is yet! Will e-mail soon with a date for the big lump.
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It wasn't meant to; it's only about 9" across. Yours is 22" max dia but v short - the base of the main stem.
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I doubt it's going to get us any further with a definitive ID but this was what awaited inside one of the major limbs when milled yesterday by member James Pepperpot. What we couldn't help but notice was that the wood absolutely stinks; not the smell of, say, heavily infected ash, but like a 2-day old cats' litter tray. Really bad!
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Better comment will follow but that looks to me like a bleeding canker with nematode-like critturs feeding on the juice and woodlice on decaying wood. The animals are there because of the tree's ill, they're not causing it. The prognosis re the canker? Not good I would have thought but await more informed comment.
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If it is Lonicera it’s the biggest I’ve seen
nepia replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Never heard of it but I see it's another name for crenata, which has a low-growing habit. But... apparently Buxus have opposite leaves, Ilex alternate; this appears to have them alternate... -
Not specifically trees/shrubs but perhaps of some use... https://schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Info-Sheet/A-Checklist-of-Potentially-Harmful-Plants?returnUrl=%2Fresources%2FFind-a-resource%3F%3Fso%3D0%26pi%3D0%26ps%3D10%26f%3D1%2C6%3A
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Close to meeting the big man in the sky....
nepia replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in General chat
I've met a few of those just up the lane from me and thought that one day I won't be in the mood for it so my peaceful ploy will be to switch off, get out, lock up and walk off in the opposite direction. -
If it is Lonicera it’s the biggest I’ve seen
nepia replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Just as well you don't live nearby Steve - you'd get a Tree Restraining Order slapped on you! The Box isn't coming down; I just took pics with this thread in mind!
