nepia
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Well I'm glad it's not just me: I've always thought it takes a few minutes for my wee chipper to get up to max performance as the drum and blades get lubricated with sap, dew etc; you're right - they work better when not bone dry
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There was almost a crush on the train as everyone got their phones out to take pics out of the same side of the carriage! I came within a whisper of getting a very pretty photo bomb but she ducked out 🤭
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The sky was on fire wasn't it; I posted a pic of it on another sunset thread taken over the Tyne coming out of Grand Central Station
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Can't find how to insert type into a post with pics in it... The first one's north Newcastle yesterday (Forest Hall and not my photo), the second one's looking over the Tyne from the 3.56 to Kings Cross!
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Ah - he's surfaced at last! Have a good read through the thread Mark and mullet over
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That's a bit limp. It 😄 really isn't up to parr
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True. I don't see the porpoise of it myself
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https://www.kps.uk.com/contact-us/
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I tope not; Mark's probably floundering on his workshop floor trying to stop laughing
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Think the gills were done with a trouter
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Leave out the nonsense - it's just a red herring from the original topic
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There's a ray of hope @gobbypunk will show us more of his lady's artwork; let's not torpedo it with cheap puns
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Don't hound him Steve; he's the sole respondent to gobby's post so far
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Bats - 5 species active near the house in a recent survey Moths - see above and guess! Butterflies - poor to average this year; highlight was a Silver-Washed Fritillary in the garden a few times Bees - good numbers of Bumbles, average Honey types, a few solitaries (well there wouldn't be hordes of them would there!) Midges - still here in the afternoons. With the current still warm weather I wear a beanie after lunch if I'm home Salmon - not locally as far as I know 😊
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I'm good thanks. Doing way less work now thank goodness though if I can be of service as in the past give me a shout! Living right down the A22 now, between Uckfield and Hailsham
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I've found a few more since last posting. Probably a dozen or so in total in my IBC cages. I re-locate them to a cage of fresher logs that I know aren't gong to be disturbed until well after they're due to be away again. I hope the disturbance isn't too traumatic
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Beautiful but I'm guessing the tree wasn't from a city given the lack of shrapnel!
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How about GA Groundcare's CS100 above? I don't think I've ever heard anyone describe them as a bit rubbish!
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You do keep your eyes peeled don't you; good spot. Grey bees - who'd have thought
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The milling aspect depends on any colouration within which can be spectacular; one US name for it is Rainbow Poplar. If there isn't good colouration boards are bland to put it mildly; I have a dozen or so of them and will probably use them one day as shelves in my shed. Unless someone wants them that is... 🤭
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That's what I thought until I had to gave a go recently; treated it like any other saw and hey presto - got it spot on!
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A lot more bark is ready to peel off too. Sorry, that tree is indeed goosed; it needs to go considering the risk that failure presents
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Blackbirds aren't interested in the peanuts, sunflower hearts or mixed seed we feed. I wouldn't expect them to hop up onto the feeders but they even stay away from the spill; there are plenty of other willing avian ground feeders for that though
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You've caught that in the nick of time Mark; development from spalting to outright rotten is quick I've noticed. But that may apply to all species, not just holly - I don't know
