nepia
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According to one farmer on the TV last night yes, they do prefer the East Europeans because they leave their life baggage behind and just crack on with the work. As one who had to try and manage 11 staff I empathise.
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You're too modest; we've seen your 'quick shots' and they're professional standard. Keep 'em coming.
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Agree with above suggestion; it's a cracking (!) tree. Sorry about that.... very nice tree; cherish it.
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That's certainly no eyesore Mark.
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Ask a grass farmer for some old silage sheet? They're not allowed to burn or bury it I believe so would probs be glad to give you some.
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The biggest I've seen was on a finca in Andalucia. We were there for full fruit dropping; the dogs lapped up the berries - couldn't get enough of them. It was a handsome maiden tree with a dense, shade-giving crown as per Ty's comment.
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Always the same when backs are turned for whatever reason. Conscience and decency exist in very varying levels.
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But not around a certain garage block in Gadebridge it would seem. I hope the feared incident doesn't happen; if someone's keeping that much gear in a lockup they'll likely as not be a small operator standing to be put out of business by losing it. ?
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In the world of cats that's one yummy mummy ?
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Without being adversarial here why on Earth would you bother using such beautiful timber for your floorboards if you were going to hide them with carpet? Surely that's what 8x4 chipboard from B&Q is for!
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So much so I thought it was a spoof cos I can't tell the hedge was even laid; looks like a well trimmed ordinary one! Top work and the hedge obviously thinks so too.
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You must have shoulders like Mark Spitz!
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A bummer re the theft - sorry. Would you consider a battery polesaw? I have a Husky and it's brilliant; one of those tools that makes you wonder how I ever got by without although it is my first polesaw - not your situation. The battery gives 50 minutes of cutting time. Bearing in mind that any one cut probably takes only seconds you can get many cuts done on one charge; I've never used more than two thirds of a charge and that was reducing a pair of maiden TPOd yews - 'no cut to exceed 25mm'.
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V.tinus is a very resilient shrub. If the soil conditions are good it'll live with the beetle fine; I doubt you'll keep them away for long, if at all, however much effort you expend. Look to your soil, not the foliage!
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Not moved as such but yes, the wood (yew) has shrunk a very small amount in ?3 years or so. The table is in the same room as the logburner but unless you catch the light right you can't see that the resin is proud - the shrinkage has been that small.
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Cotoneaster is a distinct possibility. They are vulnerable to Honey Fungus; pull back a piece of the bark from the stem (which looks to be in very poor condition) and see if there are black bootlace-like mycelia. Whether I'm right or not I wouldn't be optimistic about the tree's future I'm afraid. Scrap it, replace with something better looking but do some online research about planting in ground known to be heavily infected with Honey Fungus if I'm right (it happens occasionally ?).
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That is a thing of beauty. What craftsmanship.
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
nepia replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
Those long thin limbs have held up remarkably well for an Arbutus; that tree must be in a sheltered spot. -
Far more likely! ?
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Elder. Don't cut or burn it - a witch will swoop down and beat you with her broomstick.
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It's been a while since I stuck my head above the parapet on IDs and got it knocked off so... 1) looks like a pear tree, maybe hawthorn. 2) = ash.
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Had the pleasure of watching a goldcrest for about 20 seconds last Saturday. No pics as I was in the cab waiting for electric gates to open. In Oxted, Surrey.
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I spent too many hours at the end of a potato grader 1980-82 using one of Stubby's bag wire winder tools and stacking ton pallets. Cold, boring work that was murder on the hands due to the contact with soil and dry brown paper in a cold wind. Oh wasn't the laugh on you when one of your pallets collapsed when being moved across the yard.
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The level of humour's going down the pan.
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Close - Coulsdon ?
