nepia
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Sheds bigger than 25m tall?!
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Some idea of the scale of the construction involved. First pic is, I believe a cable laying boat. In the second cop the orange and yellow people on the roof; the building's 25m tall and sunk 4m into the ground. Having scraped off as much as possible with machinery more depth was still needed hence the video VID-20210323-WA0005.mp4
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Cable has been/is being laid between the Shetlands and the receiving switching station in Caithness; that's built, switches etc are in place. the building's ****ing mahoosive
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GA Groundcare I am very happy with. They do a good job, turn the blades round quickly (no pun intended) and are sensibly priced
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I'd stop right there (!) and enjoy life a bit. Tbh I don't think any of that would be great in 15 years time. Insects, dry rot, degradation of the lignin will leave you with a lot of fragile balsa wood and dust I'd say. I'd say especially that the ash and beech won't last but actually believe that the others will suffer similarly. It would be great if someone more knowledgeable can say I'm talking rubbish but I've had logs of my own at just 5 or 6 years old and have had to give them to the beetles. Sorry to be so downbeat but re-read line 1 and comply!
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Yeah it's 15mm. I'm going to add a short length of plastic/rubber so the water can be directed downwards as it coms out horizontally with some force; that tank (we have two) is 1200L!
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This discharges pdq! Simple plumbing
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Some turners like it, some pass on it because it's 'plain'. It's an awkward timber to work with because firstly it discolours rapidly and secondly it splits for fun. But if treated carefully it spalts well and then it's more appealing. Overall though I've learned to go with @Mike Dempsey who, btw, breaks the mould; but then he's a professional, not a hobbyist.
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
nepia replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
The planning officer/department that allowed that lump of Lego to be built so close to that beautiful ?late medieval building should have been kicked into next week and back -
Likewise; the tree surgeon's handbag
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The Circus Bowline is a midline alternative to the Alpine, yes, but the Trucker's Hitch is for mechanical advantage
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I've forgotten how to tie an Alpine Butterfly as I use the Farmer's Loop or Circus Bowline which is very reluctant to jam because every rope crossing point is 90°. It's as easy to set as an Alpine unless you're an expert who does it all the time
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I didn't think this thread was so old Just seen my first one of the year; a bedraggled specimen on a phone wire There must have been sightings around the country earlier surely...? I also heard a cuckoo just once last week; presumably it was passing through
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Interesting to note that the arrests were for Aggravated Burglary, not plain Burglary Theft Act 1968 WWW.LEGISLATION.GOV.UK An Act to revise the law of England and Wales as to theft and similar or associated offences, and in connection therewith to make provision as to criminal proceedings by one party to a...
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Ask Paul 😆😆
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As long as my 'Arbtalk recommendation' discount still applies 🤭
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GA Groundcare will do you a good job at a very reasonable price
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Large section of oak to mill (any one interested)
nepia replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Panther Mill UK
Dead since 2010 with all that fine stuff still attached to the crown? Don't think so -
Nah. In the words of Rodney Rude 'you've got to watch them or they'll creep in with the humans'
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Worrying of the dressing aside there's no reason that dressing shouldn't work. A few years back I opened up my forearm with a hedgetrimmer. Went to see the wife who happened to be on duty running her Health Centre at a large private school half a mile away: 'that needs stitches'. 'NO IT DOESN'T; STERISTRIP IT PLEASE'! Two other nurses looked at it; 'that needs stitches'. 'Nope; please just strip and bandage it'. 11 steristrips and a bandage later and the result is a pathetic little scar that I show people and tell them the wound was soooo much bigger Pooch should be fine I'd say. Good work
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Wisteria, some advice needed.
nepia replied to Mick Dempsey's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
The pink sheet/towel sets it off very nicely Mick! Beautiful flowers as always. No criticism but I feel that the colour of the stone isn't the best as a backdrop to that flower colour; do you have space to plant a strong blue Wisteria? That would be stunning against the pale stone Jon -
A small number of our Wood Anemones are pink. No white bluebells though
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I agree. I also think the tree has been planted a little deeper than it was in its pot; at least the mulch has been piled up a bit. Remove the mulch from the stem of the tree. If I'm right the deep planting will encourage the graft union to send up rootstock shoots. Cut or pull them off as close to the graft as you can; I'm told that pulling them off when they're small actually reduces the chance of their re-growing. Whatever you don't want them; they're much more vigorous than the tree's growth and, if left, would eventually take the whole thing over
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@Conor Wright What are the trees in pic 5? Eucalypt? Stewartia?
