nepia
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This is obviously not the 5 minute argument, it's the full half hour 😏
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And the second test is on the same pitch 🤪
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@kram They're a squeeze if you want to tuck the defenders back so don't; just get used to clicking them in and out
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December 16, 2008 for me. What an old fart
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
nepia replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Same s this one last week presumably
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You live in a beautiful spot 👍
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
nepia replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
I agree with the plum id Mick; thanks for both comments -
Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
nepia replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Asking for a friend... what's this please on a cherry?
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You've lost me; sorry
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Not sure that's how the insects see it Not having a pop; we ask farmers to grow food for us so they do. Some laxity is therefore needed when there is collateral damage but benefit of experience now suggests that we need to rein in our use of biocides
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Best solution depends on level of infestation. We have a moderate amount in the garden which received little attention for the couple of years before we bought the place. If you have the patience digging out the roots can work: yes, you often leave small pieces that grow so go back and do it again. It's working for us; we're definitely getting on top of the stuff. In places it's simply impossible to access the roots so we remove as much as we can, let some top growth reoccur and repeat. It doesn't take forever to defeat bindweed; if you stick at it you can exhaust the roots. We haven't used any chemicals other than against the house where we needed to kill the stuff asap so membrane and shingle could be laid on top
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Used to dread the 'French trips' from school on the old ferries - four and a half hours each way 🤢 when I suffered travel sickness a lot as a kid. Then they got the Supercats - way hay; two and a bit hours of smooth flying. Now it's 2024 and... oh dear. 🤞 for a smooth crossing Mick. The six hour drive will be a doddle
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
nepia replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
@peds Bionnay, just up from Les Hoches. No idea what the aspect was; it was a grey morning with light drizzle. We were under conifer canopy on a mossy mound -
Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
nepia replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
I shall ask where we were as I haven't a clue. Foraging is huge amongst the locals as I'm sure you know; neighbour rivalries, closely guarded secret spots etc. Stand by for reply... -
Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
nepia replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
A few found recently in the High Alps near Chamonix in conifer forest Feel free to disagree with my Google Lens id's
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And almost every Scabious flower was occupied by 6-spot Burnet moths - hundreds of them
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Caterpillar of the endangered Spurge Hawk Moth
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Recently spent a long weekend with my daughter in the French Alps. Grizzled Skipper Forgotten moth caterpillar Scotch Argus Impressive locust-sized grasshopper
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Mick; father-in-law has a former street dog of indeterminate age but also believed to be around 11. She has slowed up due to arthritis so he bought some food-fed extract of green-lipped mussel. F-i-l says if he hadn't seen the almost overnight improvement with his own eyes he wouldn't have believed it; reckons it took 2-3 years off her
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Did mercifully few Carnivals in my former life. The only memorable one was '86; stood for 8 hours in stair rods of rain 10 yards from one of the big sound systems. I'm sure it had a permanent effect on me. Pardon?
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Is there a generous circle of clear ground around the bases? There needs to be as turf absorbs almost infinite amounts of rain
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Yes, could do that Mick; a perfectly viable option on reflection. I was probably thinking too much Tulip and not enough apple; you wouldn't get away with such a thing for long with a Tulip
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I'd say that the spreading rot would remain confined to the dead heartwood if allowed to continue and I've encountered apples entirely hollow from the ground up for 3m yet still thriving. Presumably at some point the pocket would fill with water and remain full in which case the rot would slow due to reduced oxygen present at the wood/water interface. But in your circumstances I'd drill a drainage hole at an upwards angle into the base of the rot pocket. I did it some years ago with a Tulip tree at home and the union survived for another fifteen years or so until a storm did for it by using the twenty foot long regrowth as levers on it. You will be aware of the difference in durability of apple and Tulip; steel vs butter! The hole I drilled was 20mm in a 300mm stem (approx).
