nepia
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Depends on the type of Mag; evergreens in spring as soon as the risk of hard frost is over, deciduous in late summer.
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I'm not sure abut that type of Magnolia being resilient but the best time of year is late summer and the best way is 'as little as possible': Magnolia often die back from the cut so that you have lateral regrowth well below the cut and a long dead stub.
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Parking a trailer on double yellow lines
nepia replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Business Management
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I find this stuff really good Roll of 2m x 45m Scaffold Sheeting Waterproof Monarflex type Sheet | eBay At just 2m wide you can simply unroll it along the top of a stack of billets. It doesn't last forever, that's true, and is as susceptible to punctures as anything else but it's cheap and so quick and easy to manoeuvre; roll it back to get at billets, roll it forward to re-cover them.
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Horse Chestnut!!! here today, rotted away tomorrow...
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At the end of Day 1 wearing mine both fourth toes were bleeding and my feet felt like they'd been in clamps but after a month I have to work to get the boots tight enough; the leather really moves in the boots' early days.
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If you're using Stihl chain this might help http://www.stihl.co.uk/p/media/download/uk-en/0457-181-0121_02.pdf
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My guess would be Strawberry Tree, Arbutus unedo.
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Not the best photos ever by my phone, but nonetheless here is some new leaves on a windblown OAK I was clearing today. Something I have never seen, an Oak going in February!! Anyone else seeing early trees? Yes: of the dozens of veteran woodland oaks we've worked on recently near Epsom two were halfway to being in full leaf, all bright green and fresh. Just the two, not near each other and each surrounded by numerous leafless oaks.
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Nepia Taxis will probably be close to there sometime in the near future if it helps; I'll add it to the list Steve.
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Thank you gents. David, I look forward to your timely update.
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Is there any useful info to add to this thread? Today I was working in a country park that contains the remains of a Victorian pear orchard. The trees thus far have been pruned and new growth has been stimulated but they're surrounded by long grass and 3' brambles; now they're little more than dotted specimens in a slightly maintained surround. I've suggested the mulching thing and am about to point a supervisor in the direction of this thread. Jon
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This is probably the most common variety; actually very common as a garden shrub but 2' across...? I've not seen one that size. I think you'd need to go to NZ for one of those. https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=979&q=pittosporum+silver+sheen&oq=pittosporum&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.1513.4323.0.8681.11.6.0.5.5.0.63.334.6.6.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.11.355.Pmlb0Ms8dFY
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I can pick it up Thurs Mar 31st and deliver the next day Steve; I'll be doing my trip home from Caithness. Jon
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Bottle opener obviously! Darrin, ironically I was looking online at Petzl grabs recently and came across some quotes from a US arb forum whereby the consensus was 'Petzl, stop trying to pointlessly save a few grams weight and think about climbers' lives instead'. One guy had taken a micrometer to new and older versions of a ropegrab and showed that there was less metal in the newer kit. They're not impressed either so it's not just you!
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You'll get different advice from every reply; go with what the docs tell you. You'll get physio on the NHS but it may take weeks. Bite the bullet and pay ~£60 for a first appointment to go private. They'll see you as often as you want or need and asap after the procedure which is vital. Muscle building is indeed the key but pre-op exercises...? Maybe not. Who knows what recovery time will be? All I can say is that with a basic arthroscopy where no actual treatment is carried out you're up and walking in a couple of days and regular gentle exercise (without limping; that's bad) will heal it fast. Best of luck but don't expect to be Marathon training within the week.
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No problem with chopping that; the traditional time is March once the risk of hard frost has passed. As said beware the regrowth; you can easily end up with lollipops.
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Kev, it is a monster. It would take a strong, healthy individual to shift any one piece of it. (I think that gets me out of the 'big strong bloke' trap).
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I know of them but wouldn't buy a pair to swipe down some 3' saplings with a saw! I was just making some space for small brush about to come off a large tree. I never once picked up a piece of blackthorn!
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...a small (3mm) blackthorn in the back of an end finger joint. It was there about four hours, is now out but I can't bend the joint more than a quarter of its usual movement. What demonic chemical do these things bear?!
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Everything you need should be here https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader/overview Best of luck.
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I've seen that in the flesh and the pics barely do it justice; it really does stand out. Lovely work Mark.
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I took a close look at a pair last week and boy, are they narrow. I didn't even try them on as I knew I'd struggle. So if you have narrow feet, or perhaps average width ones, fine but they're not for wide feet; I'm struggling a bit with my Waldlaufers but I think I'll get there once my feet have stretched them way out to the sides: Meindl are on the narrow side too.
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Same with our Auckland; I've tried this top-down thing a few times now and it's not working at all. Paraffin, kindling now at the bottom, surrounded by wood.
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According to THAT log book lighting a fire low heats but doesn't properly burn wood above the flames in the early stages of the fire. That produces partially combusted compounds that form smoke and are expelled. Burning from the top means there is no wood above the flame and combustion is therefore meant to be more complete as the fire burns slowly downwards. Science innit.
