nepia
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Ta daaaah! Found a guy 40 miles away with two different entries on the Bay; asked him how many he actually had and picked up six today. I don't want the bottles but finding cages alone.... well it's difficult enough to make me start a thread on the subject. In the highly unlikely event that anyone has a use for six bottles with working caps and taps then fill your boots; they're in west Kent on top of the North Downs.
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I'm just embarrassed
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I think the term must be broad ranging in interpretation. I have in my mind images of widely planted trees in France with grazing beneath. I would think also that the old tradition of grazing sheep in orchards followed similar lines; the trees then were bigger than production trees now and the rows far apart so plenty of light reached the ground - along with dung which was largely what made the system work so well
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@Rac man it would have been nice if you'd asked before putting that up 🤭
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That sounds like a place I will wander around one day that's near here - Stanmer Organics in Stanmer Park, Brighton. It's Brighton so the Park is very hippy and organic but that doesn't make the people bad. I buy tree saplings there for very little that have been grown from locally (=Sussex) sourced seed
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This one's in the garden doing its fantastic thing
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I must have watched Top Secret 100 times as an adult
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I have one at home here and it's nothing like a cube; I couldn't move one that held that much. Thx anyway
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Am awaiting a reply from a guy in Tilbury that has some! Thx
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Big bump. BUMP! Does anyone know of anywhere in the south of the country (e.g. Dorset is only 4 hours away) that I could get 6-8 IBC cages? Please...?! Thanks in advance, Jon
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I'd ignore the commentary; I made this for a mate. When we moved here four years ago much of what you see was under laurel canopy; I removed it in the winter of 2023 so the ground has had light now for the second spring. The recovery of the wood anemones and bluebells is most heartening and a tribute to Gaia! VID-20250329-WA0005.mp4
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That's not hawthorn; the wood hasn't turned that beautiful golden brown colour. The bark pattern in the pics is too coarse; hawthorn's pattern is more linear and less in small square plates than that of pear.
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Got pulled into a Police/VOSA/East Sussex County Council operation a couple of months ago in a layby on the A22. Included was a lady from ESCC in hi viz vest with clipboard; uh-oh! 'Did you know that by bringing hedge clippings and rakings from Surrey (where most of my work is) to Sussex you're importing waste?' 'Nothing I produce is waste; it's all a resource. Those clippings and rakings I put in piles in my small woodland to create habitat'. 'Well I'll have to report it to the EA'. 'Of course you will'. I went on my way, she ticked her box. Everybody happy 😁
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Across the whole of southern France Mick? This is today just outside Chamonix (not a fair comparison I know!)
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Weapons tubes; write sizes on the top Weapons Tube WWW.NITON999.CO.UK Code: EB007
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The world needs more Toms 👍
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Large walnut tree with fork holding water
nepia replied to mike2736's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Walnuts don't take kindly to hard pruning - they bleed then die back - so if you do decide to prune go for many small cuts rather than a few large ones I agree with Mick on leaving the cavity. If you're determined not to have it water filled drill a drainage hole: I did this years ago with a Tulip in my own garden and the union didn't fail for another 15 years! (But that was because I didn't manage the regrowth from a low level pollard just above the union) -
Cutting a Japanese pagoda tree in my garden
nepia replied to Ab2da's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Well I'm not an expert on such things but I wouldn't even consider heave/shrinkage in that location. Personally I'd say you're over thinking things but as said I'm not an expert in such matters If you do take it down try to preserve good lengths of the stem intact; it's a stunning timber that a professional woodturner would appreciate -
Yes, the plum genus is full of thorns
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I find SC gives very little heat. My missus actually asked me once 'are you burning some of that SC you have? There's no heat coming from the burner'. Standard fare for us to burn is 100% softwood; hardwood (mostly) = money as firewood.
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Was 2024 the worst year you’ve had for seasoning your cordwood stack?
nepia replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
The last three years have been very poor. It's not just the rain, it's mainly the lack of wind. We just don't seem to have breezy days any more; most days are as good as still with the rare windy one. I'm speaking for processed firewood, not specifically cord -
Odd. Had my Navara + trailer recovered a few months ago. Recovery arranged through insurance (Hastings Direct)
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Be thankful for small mercies
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Is that a front door in the pic or a back door? 😱
