nepia
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In your private opinion what are the chances of the species establishing here?
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It's rude to you and bad business for them. No-one wins. I take it you're searching privately too? Good luck. Can't be long before they plant palms along the sea front down there, what with the warming climate 'n' all. You want to get in there!
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I'm 20mins drive from Gatwick and the peace is fantastic!
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Sneaky little blighters... The large bee fly, Bombylius major, is a bee mimic. The eggs are flicked by the adult female toward the entrance of the underground nests of solitary bees and wasps. After hatching, the larvae find their way into the nests to feed on the grubs. From Wiki.
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They're colonisers, the first trees into an open space. Once the space closes in they get squeezed out by second generation trees - the longer lived ones like...oak. Ash is something of a coloniser too; one minute there's nothing, the next there's a 30' high forest of them.
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Take a look at the birch genus (betula); there are some real beauties - very graceful as well as having nice bark.
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Turners don't have a good reputation in the eyes of arbs I'm afradi: they're seen as fussy, unreliable and people who will turn your heap over, take two bits and leave a mess! My own experience confirms the 'fussy' mantra. So anything you can do to allay fears will help you; offer a phone no. for immediate contact, offer to turn out and not expect delivery, offer beer. They may all help set a potential supplier's mind at rest because, as pointed out above, there's no money in it this end. Best of luck to you and can I interest you in a dozen 28" rings of Monkey Puzzle currently lying on soil in West Sussex?!
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As I was reading your last post the question struck me could there be mileage in offering some replanting in larger gaps left by removed laurels? If the man with the say listens to that one you may be able to push for more laurel removal than if you offered removal only. When you want something it's helps to offer something back. I know of no benefit from untended laurels except to the odd bee when they're in flower! Let us know the result...
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By 'one of the planning guys' I take it you mean someone who knows nothing about trees and especially laurel. Laurel with a TPO?! Then again I live in an Area TPO location and it was set by date, not species! You need to speak to a tree person I'd say. Go to the top and settle for nothing less. Cutting out the middle man is something I've done with effect several times though it pees off some along the way. Hey ho.
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Ha ha. I pay the price for making assumptions. Good luck. Jon
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You're in the 'Wet West', presumably Somerset/Devon/Cornwall? Cold call some woodturning clubs via e-mail. I've recently sold some wood to them (Exeter & Plymouth) from Surrey that I couldn't find anyone to take here; they seem very keen down there.
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Crow? What crow?! I see no ships...
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Comes to us all eventually I think. No more cricket for me after damaging the articular cartilege playing four years ago. Can't run any more either; I did a couple of half marathons within the last ten years. Physio helped but didn't sort it properly so in peeped the surgeon and said 'sorry, can't help you; the meniscus (thick juicy plate of cartilege) is fine, the thin layers on the bone are worn. See you in twenty years for a new knee'! Can't say what your problem is exactly of course but building the muscles to protect the joints has made things more comfortable for me so all is not lost. Get to a physio (privately - you want to be there this year) in the first instance. Good luck; don't get too despondent as there may well be help at hand.
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Those Vermeers are bombproof; simple and over-engineered (for the American market). The only issue I'm aware of is that they topple on corners and if you lift the drawbar to thigh height the tail sits on the deck with your legs in the air. So make sure the light cluster protectors are in good order.
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Flippin' brilliant. Why don't you hyperlink your website at the bottom of your posts (like Mr Blair above this)?
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It's 2010-speak for 'yeuch'. If he's the guy I'm thinking of he underwent a load of surgery and was improved a lot by the end of the hour-long documentary.
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If the clay's only a foot thick punch some holes through it and fill them with hardcore, road planings etc. Hopefully the drain below hasn't silted up through lack of throughput!
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...only if there's decomposing organic matter for them to feed on. You're probably going to need to apply every few years, if not more often, as soil always reverts to type. Have you considered physical drainage methods such as a gravel-filled trench below the tree or even putting in a land drain if you're looking to the long term? I don't know the topography so these may not be feasible but if they are they'd be permanent.
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Have you thought of trying Retrieval Software? Some low level versions are free (even on Windows) but it's not expensive if you need to buy it.
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Yes, recently. Very helpful. I can't advise on comparative prices as I don't buy enough for it to be a major issue but bought a bar and drive sprocket from them. Arrived v.fast along with an e-mail offering any help and advice required. Jon
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Clog free rake for the coarser stuff, then a bog standard wooden handled plastic garden rake. A blower on gravel (gently!)
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..depends on the weight to velocity ratios of the African/European swallow..!
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Fantastic for the wildlife; corridors like that are vital for sustaining a variety of species. Such humble species as the thrush and blackbird are birds of the forest margin and need openings like that. That work will be of huge benefit but I guess you know that so it must bring on a warm glow - nearly as warm as the one from the Highland Park!
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Heck of a nice guy. Drove down to West Sussex last weekend to collect half a dozen pieces. He says he'll work them soon before they dry so I can't wait to see what he makes of it. The website doesn't contain that many examples or have I missed some?
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Like I guessed before I reckon the drying pale wood would shrink away from the knotwood and the plank would essentially fall apart. Ian, your MP specialist - not Frans is it?
