nepia
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Get yourself some IBC cages Andrew. Oh you can't; we're in the South!!!
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Dry wood burns but some woods are more worth the effort of preparation than others. Leyland splits well, dries well and burns brilliantly. Others are harder work; I encounter more Lawson's Cypress than Leyland and splitting that is like splitting lignified cotton wool; horrible stuff. But everyone's taste is different; see how you get on.
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I'd say Leyland and if you have a logburner definitely worth the effort; it's great firewood.
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Lubricant treatment for hedge-trimmers... worth it?
nepia replied to MisterBoy's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I don't carry it with me; I treat the blades back at home. I think WD40's a bit lightweight but it seems to work so that's probably a misguided perception by myself. The long and short of it is don't let the resin harden; keep it soft and the next use of the machine will shift it. -
Lubricant treatment for hedge-trimmers... worth it?
nepia replied to MisterBoy's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I switch the machines off with the cutter surfaces as exposed as possible then paint chain oil on the whole of the cutter bars at the end of the day, nothing else. -
Not looking for a fight on this one... increments have always been there, in the private sector too. But they're not automatic (though usually implemented) and not annual. They vary but automatic increment every year is not the norm.
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Thread lock?! Never heard that one. I use a dab of copper grease on my Jo Beau's blade bolts, then just make sure they're tight enough not to work undone. I find a rattle gun helps a lot; it saves knuckles and retaining bolt head corners for removal, stop the gun just as the rattle comes on for tightening.
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Yeah I guessed they'd gone under. I turned up the other day for the second time in a month to find no-one there but the site much tidier with some bulldozing having gone on behind the buildings. I'm in Caterham.
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Thanks. The missus had a look at Marketplace on my behalf; don't think they were there. Hardly surprising if they were going free! Cheers. And I've just looked up where Malton is!
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I'm heading north via Manchester to drop off timber to a forum member, then Newcastle for the night. I'd moaned at the wife earlier how the country's IBC cages seemed to be in Greater Manchester and West Yorks except for a few in Brizzle and Wales; she looked at me with a stern face and said 'you're not taking your trailer (8x5 tipper) to Manchester are you? Mick and Helen (in Newcastle) haven't got room to keep it for you while you're in Scotland'!!!
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That would be true if IBCs were their main business but the IBCs were a by-product from the activities of a plastics company.
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Do they exist?! Nearly all internet/ebay searches take you north west for cages to be had in a more sensible way than '3 available for £60ea'! My excellent cheap source near Dartford - £12.50 per cage or £10 for a dented one - has gone under it seems; a shame. I only need 4 to 6 for now but not urgently; I'm off to Scotland on Thursday! Helpful suggestions welcomed. Cheers, Jon
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Those Blues are pretty. There seems to have been a hatch of meadow Browns about a fortnight ago; there are dozens about. Saw my first Small Copper of the year yesterday on a lawn daisy.
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Oak coppicing's nothing new; hang around for 30 years and harvest yourself some staves! Sorry Billhook - I'm being about as much help as an ashtray in a hang glider.
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Can you identify all the tree's/shrubs in this picture?
nepia replied to SD92's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Agreed though I think the Euonymus is one variegated plant that's reverting. -
Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
nepia replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
Good move putting the information flyer on it. Little cost or effort to do it but a load of grief avoided and public informed. -
You're right again! ?
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That is absolutely superb. I love the way you even carved the Ganoderma brackets on the stem ?
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Difficult to be sure but after flicking through two volumes of The Moths Of The British Isles ? I'd guess it's an Umber, of which there are a few.
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Yeah it's a bit of an issue. Experience so far on that score includes the one Tesla charging point at Clackets Lane being busy when it was needed, the one in the National Trust car park at the top of Reigate Hill being blocked by a white van (what else?!) but monthly trips to Newcastle being easy because there are 16 Tesla charging points at Grantham!
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Sat in friends' garden last night with necessary nutrition. This is his new company car - £80k Tesla. 0-60 in 3.6s. Among the many features is a gaming one that allows you to play a kind of Super Mario using the car's steering wheel and pedals! Please don't ask how the financing works - I have no idea - but he pays £200 this year and £800 next year; I know no more. And doesn't my phone take the crappest pics, esp at night!
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Maybe the UK should plant more....
nepia replied to Squaredy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I wonder what happened to its top half! Cheers. -
You got half a day?!
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I'm no fung or tree surveyor but even I can see the benefit of that. It's like seeing straight into the tree. That's excellent; clients can be shown exactly what their problem is and not have to - perhaps hesitatingly - rely on the arb's word for it.?
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Will my apple tree die if i lay artificial turf on top?
nepia replied to asif's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Was on the telly yesterday (I think) that borage refills its nectar supply in just 2 minutes after a bee visit whereas other plants take hours.
