nepia
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Everything posted by nepia
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It's common for plants to flower twice, though the second flowering is weaker than the first. In my own garden Viburnum 'Dawn' and Mahonia do it every year.
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Really? A ban is mandatory unless there are 'exceptional circumstances'. Losing your job as a result of the ban isn't 'exceptional'. But perhaps those blowing 80 weren't actually driving... just sitting in the seat with the keys in the ignition perhaps? Then a ban would be discretionary.
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Like others I won't make excuses for you but that really is a tough lesson for a margin of 5 on the 'under/over' breath test scale.
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I'm thinking that's an orchid Rod, in which case get the sheep on it in earluy spring, let them hit it hard, then get them off in April! Jon
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Got sent this this morning... wow.
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Was there not a similar tale of German POWs planting a load of bulbs in a grassed area whereby the flowering display was in the form of a swastika?!
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Leave them another couple of weeks then mow the lot as short as you like; they'll be fine.
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I bought a bargain 'offcut' of 30m from South Wales Marine for just the type of job described; pulling things over, ripping out small stumps. It frays on the surface quite quickly and you need abut 3 feet of it to tie a knot. But as said it's cheap so perfect for getting dirty, landing trees on and generally abusing without worrying abut the expense. I think the nominal breaking strain is 4 tons so it'll take a bit of a yank. ...the listing says 5.45 tons...
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Not really Steve. We recently had ?3-4 tons of dead straight Western Red available, cut to 9' lengths, 12"-24" diameter, on flat, dry ground. A large mill about 12 miles away wouldn't turn out for it as it wasn't a large enough quantity to interest them. On doing a bit of digging as to why this should be it seems they're awash with timber but it's delivered by artic, not fetched in dribs and drabs. Sadly.
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That's an old trick for ageing new stone/concrete ornaments.
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Is graffiti on your trees a problem David or just an occasional annoyance? If the former it may help to report it as there are tag databases; British Transport Police are especially skilled with them. Jon
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That's an interesting post; I get the thinking behind it but the sheer number of houses we apparently need - so we are told by all those with vested interests of course - makes the principle unworkable I think. But I like the thinking. One aspect of this particular case (that non-locals were not to know, hence I intend no criticism) is that the District Council had allocated planning well in excess of government dictat before this one blew up. So understandably something the very angry locals are saying is 'it's not even the case that this land was needed for development; it could have been left untouched for the residents to enjoy'. The developer is not well liked by anyone I've spoken to! -
Good point. I wonder if one of those execs would have the balls to refuse to donate his bonus to Kew if confronted with the suggestion on live TV? Paxman, are you on here?!
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It won't do much for the centuries old oaks that were the first to suffer!
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Suitable maybe - and only maybe - for the far south-west and Inverewe (!) I would have thought given that it's one of the major commercial trees in the Phillipines. It would certainly look better in my garden than the inevitable gunnii anyway.
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Have looked at the vids before. Very clever and if all I wanted to split was nice rounds of knot-free hardwood in double quick time I'd try one just for novelty value. But I get lumps of all shapes and sizes, some of which contain knots and get thrown aside to be dealt easily by means of a noisy saw thingy. Few of them fit inside a tyre and hence I lose the speed of production shown in the vids. Good luck to the inventor because he's a better man than I for doing it but it's definitely not the tool for me.
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I've looked him up; have you got contact details for him?
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btggaz, if you want to improve your Latin vs plants knowledge may I suggest the RHS book Latin for Gardeners - ISBN 978-1-84533-731-5? It contains also brief biogs of the major plant hunters. The poorly erased price on mine is £14.99.
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You should have seen the oaks that got ringbarked before the TPO was put on; the ones in the pics are saplings in comparison. No wonder the locals aren't fans of said Village Developments.
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I've just bought the larger option of these: 100kg SWL and £262 inc VAT, free delivery. 3 Leg Adjustable Tripod Ladder
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Go for folding ramps and don't worry about channelled ones: I've never even come close to tipping a machine off sideways, run-ups and all. The only time that's happened was when the top of one ramp slid out sideways with the chipper halfway down. As for where they came from... one set from ebay (lightweight ally), one set from the same place as Kev 7937.
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Sandspider, I used to be like you; I'd bust myself spltting the unsplittable. I had a maul, wedges and grenades. But I've got over all that silliness now: if it's an awkward lump just chuck it aside for the saw - life's too short to break yourself by other means!
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Visiting the native forests of Burma
nepia replied to Neil Setterington's topic in International Arborist Forum
My outlaws have recently done a guided, slightly off the beaten track, trip to the country and reported favourably of the forests. I gather that the Chinese are probably the greatest threat, especially in the north, as the country has huge mineral wealth - underground of course. And we all know how much countries care about the environment of other countries when there's wealth to be dug out of them for their own benefit. -
Why can't I think of these things?! Simple and elegant Clive; I like that (the bottle rack).
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All tires on free nitrogen as that's what the fitters use. They're also quite happy to check pressures for you and top up if necessary. When I went in two tires had lost 2psi in two years, the others had lost nothing. Nitrogen's a larger molecule than oxygen so doesn't diffuse through the tire walls as easily.
