nepia
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Ah - Mrs Furnival at her peak... you're bringing back memories now 😂
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Compost for rhodos and azaleas, not manure; the latter is too high in nitrogen. And don't mulch it deep; it inhibits flowering of plants that have shallow roots.
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Agree with the first bit entirely. Re the second part; the Police don't decide whether to present evidence to a court, the CPS do or with you the Procurator Fiscal. I'm with you on 'letting the court decide' but giving them the opportunity isn't the Police's decision, that's all
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Maybe it's a Polish thing: I was on a team working on veteran oaks and the young Polish lady ranger for the Common (married to one of our gang - no piss was taken, honest) used to express what can only be described as an almost sexual pleasure when a good fracture or tear was achieved when veteranising a tree. 'Ooooh - what a reep; that's byootiful'
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The Arb Show what year???!!!
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Sunflower hearts are everything's favourite. The Goldies also go for the mixed seed and actually leave the Niger seed uneaten!
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Can't believe you left the infeed chute folding cover on: I have bits of cartilege floating around both elbows because of the one from my M300. Did you remove the three sided rectangle of tubular steel that acted as a guard against contact with the engine? It's a useful handle for pulling the machine backwards up slopes too steep to push or over soft ground
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Outstanding
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And yet only a few years ago there were three acres of commercially grown blueberries just outside Redhill on sloping south facing ground on chalk down. Presumably the topsoil received much attention. All gone now as the growers decided that 4x4 trails and a rural pursuits park was more profitable than what had been a very good and popular pick-your-own farm. The owner told me that the next nearest commercial blueberries were in Dorset
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I agree. Beware supply contracts with the supermarkets
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But a lighthouse light is directed horizontally seaward surely so not affecting the sky away from it. I guess
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I do Ecoplugs occasionally and Bosch green is fine. It would be some stump that took more than a battery charge to drill for!
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Only just noticed that. I'd be killing my JB every 30 seconds if I had one of those! I was chipping hawthorn hedge top yesterday morning and hornbeam brush in the afternoon; I don't think the engine would have warmed up fully with that bar it would have been pushed so much!
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We have loads of birds but don't clean out the water bowls often; perhaps three or four times a year. One holds a good gallon (remember them?) though
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I'm not a fan of 'not a clue' speculation but given your expertise @waterbuoy I'll take that one seriously: Nicola not there at the time of search but carried back there later. It's a fascinating if tragic possibility
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That's the one; I recognise the name now. Cheers
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Yes, that's my impression; either a natural contaminant such as a poisonous fungus (think ergot in cereals) or a poor choice of chemical treatment post harvest for insects or fungus
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Any chance of the peanuts being 'wrong'? I seem to remember a few years ago there were toxic ones being sold for bird food
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Hmm - I probably bought the cracked one in ~2016. I wonder...
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Must have hit something hard on the wee Lumag chipper. One of the blades cracked. Overtightened nuts? I've had it happen once on the Jo Beau; no sign of damage to the blade edge so put it down to overtightening. I stop just a bit short now on the tightening
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......Man Drives Through Windscreen-High Floods on North Yorkshire Roads
nepia replied to chopperpete's topic in Arb-Trucks
Love the comment at 9.07!!! -
Wow. I'd have been impressed if they'd been geese but cranes...
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Not desperate Doug, just trying to cover all bases. I was surprised at Lancs Police coming out with 'we think she fell in the river': it's the kind of thing they should say only with evidence to back it up. There will be serious egg on face if events prove them wrong. Even in this touchy feely age Police should be dealing with the facts and evidence; upsetting people with the truth is just part of the job. At least it should be
