nepia
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I'm with the long gone Mr Ed: crap firewood. It spits, it cracks (though some people like the sound), burns in moments and I find gives out very little heat in that time. Any wood's good kindling if dry and small enough. I thought I was going to have to burn my way through a couple of dumpy bags of offcuts, along with longer pieces, left over from having the house re-clad but Men In Sheds are getting it 👍
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I live in the area Mick is referring to - the Sussex Weald; nearly all the naturally grown trees - and many of the planted ones - are oak and hornbeam. I haven't noticed any fussiness on the part of hornbeam as to what aspect it wants its clay; anything goes it seems though perhaps waterlogged is taking things a bit far. But planting on a slightly raised bed has to be a serious option -
Very pretty but needs better protection for the food from the rain. Sorry to be negative but I speak from experience of trying various pieces of log etc; rain ingress is always an issue. The food even spoils in mesh feeders sometimes where the birdies have 360deg access
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Posssibly @Mike Dempsey
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VID-20240122-WA0000.mp4
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That'll do eh Stubby?!
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And both major political parties are promising to accelerate the process 🤦♂️
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Do have a good one old bean 👍
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Mick, Faygate's as good as gone, disappeared under the new Milton Keynes. It's simply hideous. You'd weep. Horsham will soon be a large pile of bricks, not a small market town
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Almost agree but - the flowers are hugely attractive to pollinating insects and the timber makes fine firewood! As for making a good hedge - only if you keep cutting them as they grow to thicken the branch structure. But overall you get my vote
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Thank you! That's the sort of confirmation I was after Cheers 👍
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No need for that here: a week's Amazon deliveries would provide cover for a quarter of an acre 😂
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That's interesting. I excluded the X5 from conversation as they're fat, like most chipper muffs. Surely they don't slip under the helmet into the raised position? I would appreciate a pic if it's not too much trouble Thanks, Jon
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Is it advisable for all fruit trees to keep the turf away, young or old? In my opinion yes; all trees in fact. Turf soaks up fantastic amounts of water before letting any through I have more well-rotted compost than I know what to do with. Is this suitable to use over the cardboard? Perfect. Will aid soil structure and aeration and feed the worms And out of interest, why cardboard? Does it have some magical properties? Apparently it is magic: many say that worms love the glue! Mainly though the cardboard kills the grass
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@ClueLess60 If you do decide to keep the old trees don't forget to mulch them with woodchip over cardboard. Trees struggle with turf growing around them. It's a message I bore people with constantly but one that is seldom taken on board! Turf just soaks up soooo much rain before letting any through to roots below
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Thanks. I have the brackets - those wishbone shaped pieces I assume you mean. A friend swears that he changed his Protos muffs for a pair of Peltor 'chipper muff' rated defenders, i.e.SNR 32ish, that do just fit; he admits they're a squeeze but they can be made to fit. Unfortunately someone who borrowed the hat forgot to return it so he can't check for me 🙄 Any ideas what model they would be? The long and short of it is the Protos muffs need changing; they're poor and I have a loud saw (Echo 7310)
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I'm looking to improve my Protos earmuffs; the ones supplied aren't great. Does anyone know if Peltor X4s tuck away? I have the wishbone brackets, no problem there Cheers, Jon
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Do you know which Forces? The Met does. I have a friend who was a handler for them and he had a Mali for its working life that did everything a Police dog should do, especially eating bad guys. A major flaw was that it couldn't keep its eyes off wildlife; it could be on a track, see a squirrel and it was a case of 'bugger this Police work - I'm having that rat'. He once went off for a couple of hours from an off duty walk after chasing a deer. He was eventually traced by his 'I've got this one cornered' bark: he did indeed have a stag cornered in a back garden. The stag stood stock still. For a long time. Never moved a muscle. Not surprising really as he was made of bronze! At home the dog was the soppiest idiot going; used to go berserk with joy when I turned up, always finishing up on his back on the floor in front of me
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Next suggestion (from the UK you have to remember): yellow wood, sticky sap - a very large Cotinus? I've never seen one that big so couldn't say what the bark would be like. Did you get any leaves - even one - with the timber?
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All the 6 pics together on page 2!
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Never encountered Wingnut but to me that last series of pics is Robinia all day long with that colour, bark and ubiquitous brown splits!
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Didn't know petrol engines got the Euro designation tbh so yes, Euro 5 diesel
