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  1. If just disposal is your priority then a decent sized stock farm wouldn't notice 10 tons mixed into the muck heap.
  2. I wonder if what you've got was the base of a stool and the trunk was the only regrown stem allowed to persist... possible?
  3. nepia

    """spud""

    'Saw from Hell'?! Ask him about the Frankensaw... You're dead right though; top banana. Jon
  4. See if there are any ideas here. Pavingexpert - AJ McCormack and Son - Hard Landscape Features - Terracing Something I saw yesterday... concrete hexagons ~12"x12" stood up[right, the tops cut square, the bottoms with three feet. Each foot stands in the top of a cylinder below. The end result is a honeycomb formed of rows of cylinders atop each other but offset so they interlink. What I saw yesterday hadn't got the pots filled but you could easily do so with spoil. Sorry for the vague description; I'm sure someone will know what I mean and what they're called. The principle is very similar to Difflock's tightwad suggestion! (I'm only jealous you thought of it first).
  5. What's that in the glass? You been squeezing the cat?!
  6. Get yourself a very large glass of red and read through http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/large-equipment/13123-wee-chipper-club.html?highlight=chipper
  7. nepia

    Red oak .

    I mix it in with all the other arb arising hardwoods and it seems fine. Dries faster than robur but you still need to get it split green; don't let rings dry pre-splitting.
  8. You may have noticed but Honeys have them reduced at the mo.
  9. I posted some pics of a beech failure on page 2 of this thread. Three years on almost to the day and the fungs are busy busy busy. As expected the tree's been left alone and that is likely to continue; I hope so.
  10. My sentiments entirely: I just wondered why 'sparrow holds his sentiment towards softwood.
  11. Sssh! I try to age my logs so they grey, then I can prove how old they are.
  12. Looks like that chicken wire made quite a difference to what would go in originally Beau or was part of the test to prevent anything sticking out of the sides? If so the wire worked but only by creating spaces within the cage. But it's all academic; I just show them the pickup and say 'that's a load'! Jon
  13. Thanks for the reply David but when it comes to dealing with moi I'm afraid you need a wall to bang your head against: my phone ain't smart either! But you make the best fung directory of all.
  14. Out of interest why is that? I have a small burner, burn 99% softwood and have no problems with the flue.
  15. nepia

    Id help.

    Good shout. Osmanthus x burkwoodii - what I've got 10 yards from my back door, also in flower. woody paul, the crunch will be variety of leaf shape: most of them will be smooth edged but some, especially new ones, will be holly like, with deep serrations leading to points between them.
  16. nepia

    Id help.

    ...but it's very common for spring-flowering plants to have a second flush in autumn; viburnum is particularly good at it, mahonia too. Sorry, don't know this one but I reckon not pieris.
  17. Without wishing to undermine Yaffle I've got some thickly boarded 9/10" stem I can take pics of on Saturday if it helps. Jon
  18. Re the hollow elm - or anything else hollow for that matter - try Colin Ford of Reigate. Colin Ford,sculpturer of wood and bespoke master joiner.
  19. At least you were able to find the trees looking that way in the middle of October and not in August as has happened.
  20. ...or who correctly see it as a luxury item and are prepared to pay for it. And there are plenty of people like that. Hooray!
  21. If the above doesn't work out try Greenwaste
  22. Yes, I know the rhizomorphs have legs. I am now told that there are Pyracantha and Ceanothus nearby too. Fortunately the other side of the fence is a park, specifically a playground, so no worries there. Also the stump is midway across the garden so no fears re next door neighbours. Thanks again David. No excuses now: this was awaiting me next door until half an hour ago!
  23. Ah rats! The Directory says 'ring sometimes on stem' re the Hypholoma and I couldn't see any! The stump's at the back of a flower bed against a panel fence: I think the only woody plant nearby is the Cotinus at the left of the pic. Suggestions? The bed's raised 3' above the patio (vertical retaining wall), the tree was multi-stemmed. If things are left as they are will the HF just bootlace its way through the flower bed looking for a new host? Removal of the stump would be a major job for a small suburban garden. Perhaps just not growing woody plants within so many feet of the stump is the best thing...? Thanks APC and David. Jon
  24. I'll PM you in a little while. Jon

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