nepia
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Makes you feel privileged to be there doesn't it. I'm going to be a bit of a Johnny Two Shits here I'm afraid... Two weeks ago today we had friends for lunch. As Graham and I sat outside in the glorious sunshine putting the world right we heard prolonged slow cracking of wood. I thought 'SLD of one of those oaks yonder'. As we looked towards to source we saw one of the biggest limbs (6"dia, 15' long) on a 40' pop slowly sag and tear off, hanging in the adjacent hornbeam and horse chestnut (it's made it to the ground now). What are the odds?
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I suspect the fact that there are mealworms there speeded up the learning process 100%!
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Poor pic of the leaf but Goat Willow - again?! They're well munched and willows are very popular food in the insect world
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Was your dog a working one? If it was a pet could you not rescue/re-home an older one that your dad could manage?
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The ones to feel for are his family. Apparently (maybe) his wife had no inkling and three kids - one of them just 8 - have lost Daddy with no warning. That's rough.
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The Gammas weren't they? It's a long time since I read it...
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@Powerfab will stand a better chance of getting his/her attention (mustn't make assumptions must we!)
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Let us know how things progress - in a few weeks perhaps
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...due to excessive wet but full replies have been supplied by two others 👍
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What's the drainage like in that raised bed? The surface of the compost looks as if it's sitting wet - moss and fungi shouldn't be apparent that way. Or maybe the pic is giving me the wrong impression. Could the compost have compacted after lots of wet weather? Horticultural grit or perlite mixed in is always a good shout as it helps maintain an open texture
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
nepia replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
@rarefish383 This plain Tulip is in the Botanic Gardens in St Helier, Jersey. Not yet 100 years old they reckon
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Those leaves are very unusual; I wonder if the tree is virused or if some other external agent is affecting the leaf shape. Zelkova? Elm? (does any elm have a smooth grey bark?)
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To be fair Mick - speaking as an Englishman I'd be happy just not being beaten by the French. Or Germans. Or Belgians... 😄
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Yes but also it seems the locals feel ignored by the Tories - who assumed their votes! The SDP got out there and knocked on doors; Ed Davey visited the constituency 15 times during canvassing!
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Victims of classic Tory arrogance; once again (and I'm looking back decades - think late Thatcher era) they assumed votes. Serves 'em right but don't hold your breath for a sea change in British politics because of it
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My bad. Text emended 😊
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Ron Pickering at the Montreal Olympics - 'And there goes Juantorena down the back straight opening his legs and really showing his class'
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Flowers 😊
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Haven't noticed willow dieback here in East Sussex - I'm targetting the gorse 😂 (Hope you understand the in joke)
