nepia
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Everything posted by nepia
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Yes it is. Autotune of course but that's never caused any problems for me; the saw's ?six years old now.
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Cotoneaster, Eleagnus, even bloody Lonicera nitidans, Privet, Holly, Euonymus... Give the wildlife a chance so not Laurel!
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On the subject of hibernating wasps; I thought it was queens that hibernated so they could create colonies in the spring but many of the winter log dwellers are wingless. What's going on there?
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It is native. Just not to the same country as Steve. ? -
Gimlet, I bow to superior knowledge. I thought Prunus pruning was done mid or late summer because that's when the sap was flowing fastest and could hence flush away spores before they germinated. I haven't heard the explanation before that the dry time of year means fewer spores about though that does make sense.
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Two winters ago I took to wearing gloves all the time due to the numbers of hibernating wasps. I carefully move hibernating butterflies to a cage of logs not due to be disturbed any time soon but I didn't find a single specimen last winter; very sad. My IBCs contain numerous Field Mouse nests which is great. Found last spring's robin's nest (I'd guess) only this afternoon.
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...so winter laying would probably be ill advised because of the risk of Silverleaf. Do you lay hedges at all in late summer?
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It is cyanide - prussic acid - but not in concentrations to worry about in everyday life. I love the smell of chipped laurel and it's never given me a headache or made me feel dizzy thankfully. Great firewood too.
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Love the Tulip bases Steve. Loads of different skittle shapes there: is that due to different regions having their own traditional design or is it purely down to the whim of whoever's ordering them?
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I'm not trying to fall out with you, honest guv, but again I disagree. Staff could have demanded verification of name and address; if refused call Old Bill - that refusal would be prima facie evidence of dishonesty.
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Perhaps send the second part of your post to the miserable woman?!
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Not while I am able to go and watch some paint dry ?
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I don't think so. My understanding is that by taking fuel before payment you are entering into a contract your side of which is to pay immediately after taking the fuel. It explains why when dealt with criminally the offence is Fraud, not Theft: the offender practised a deception by taking fuel that he would pay immediately afterwards. It's a technical point but such cases are dealt with as Fraud or making Off Without Payment, not Theft.
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At the risk of annoying someone who's ignoring you try PM'ing James Pepperpot on here. He's an hour away.
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...and a lot more than £2.5k new but worth it. Buy cheap, buy twice. A cheapo won't still be giving good service in five years time. You may resist the higher initial cost but you'll regret it when you have a huge pile of conifer brush to start chipping at 2pm miles from home and your cheap chipper decides to choose that day to let bits go.
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Let 'em be! It's September; the leaves will have very little nutrition left so will drop soon anyway. The critters will hence be chrysalising any day and hatching into those handsome little guys n gals in the spring.
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Likewise; Gimlet knows his stuff and puts his experience across well. Great effort Pidgeonpost.
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The realities of hand cutting
nepia replied to webby1289's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Nice to see appreciation of that occupation Mick. My cousin's just stopped dairy farming at the age of 73 having started in 1968 on the same farm. Physically he's about broken; he was ambulanced to A&E straight from the parlour twice in the later years, once unconscious. -
I don't know about SBK application to dormant stumps but Ecoplugs would work and perhaps be more acceptable to the NT. And yes, you'd create some microplastics stumpgrinding them!
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...ah; a bastard on a fastard. Good one.
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Earth mounds in paddock mystery... (help me look smart!)
nepia replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Picture Forum
Another vote for ants. Got loads just down the road on Farthing Downs, Coulsdon. -
I thought that at first; I thought pic 1 was Euonymus fortunei and pic 2 a willow. But pic 3 seems to show both in the crown. I'm leaning towards a garden cultivar of willow too; the top growth looks strong enough for it.
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A pedagogue on a log (yes struggling now)
