nepia
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Everything posted by nepia
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Daleks work well in the sun. Got five of them and try to rotate but find I fill them all so occasionally tip one out, mix it up and re-load it. Obvs this is in a garden, nothing commercial scale. Yes, yes, yes to a moderate amount of grass clippings - they're what make your heat
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Biggest ivy stem I've ever seen
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I do Wordle, Quordle, Octordle (often including Sequence and Rescue), Worldle (with sub-games within), Travle and Connections. The last is a real headscratcher: 16 apparently random words that can be grouped into four x four sets. Boy are some of the connections tenuous
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I'll try one later in the year when I'm feeling a bit down ☺️
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Amusing but worryingly possible. If any water company executive dares cry 'water shortage' this side of July 2025...
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This has been discussed repeatedly here. The perceived risk is overegged. Personally I love the smell and happily take in lungfuls of it for fun; some indication there of the actual levels of prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide dissolved in water) that are present. My Jo Beau chipperette has chipped probably 5x as much laurel as any other species; it's a pleasure. Don't eat it; it's chewy and - er - poisonous. Burn the seasoned timber; it's bloody good firewood. Does that help?
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I thought today was going to be spring - all of it - but no, spring didn't even last one sodding day
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Boards tied loosely edge to edge with the string over the apex of the greenhouse. Perhaps some scrunched up dumpy bags under them to provide a degree of cushioning
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I've never seen a cat look so utterly desolate!
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@PeteB Does your mog have his bald bits permanently or seasonally? The smaller of ours licks herself bald underneath and on the ankles in winter, presumably through boredom and OCD cleaning! Zylkene helps a bit - cat chill pills
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And the forecast for today is... it's crap again
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A pic might help... 😊
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Eucalyptus Tree dying off after pollarding??
nepia replied to Julie123's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I've never heard of fire applied to a tree as being part of Euc lifecycle (doesn't mean it doesn't happen) but certainly some species need fire to open their seed capsules - gum nuts - to release the seed within -
How very heartwarming to see one of those contraptions on a human being
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I wonder how long before we crack controlled nuclear fusion... the holy grail of energy sources
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Who's going to tell Thanet and Drax that due to a massive increase in demand for firewood their supply will be logged and not chipped?! Will serve them right 🤭
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Shame eh?!
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Better than expected tbh! Not too much of that tree work malarky these days but keeping my hand in. Hi to the boss! Jon
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Do you mean proper Cedar Mark or Red Cedar (WRC)? If the latter your friend and mine Paul will have some!
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Beech Wood Chips required before the leaf season
nepia replied to Pufuleti's topic in Firewood forum
@Pufuleti Give Andy Rowlands a call. He's very local Stump Removal Services | Croydon, London | A N Rowland WWW.ANROWLANDTREESURGERY.CO.UK Efficient stump removal services in Croydon, London by A N Rowland. Trust our expertise for thorough and hassle-free solutions. Get rid of stumps today! -
Yep! The cat will recover first but the plant should too - after drying out and growing new foliage following well-meaning housesitter's winter watering!
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Does this count as 'resting'?! One of my daughter's. After months cooped up living at 1000m near Chamonix the great outdoors beckoned today. Five hours later...
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Turntable telehandler with Grapple Saw / operator needed.
nepia replied to Stu Farrell's topic in General chat
Al Wallace from Liphook in Hants may travel that far Wallace Timber Services | Liphook | Hampshire | Surrey WWW.WALLACETIMBER.CO.UK Based in Liphook on the Surrey & Hampshire border in the south-east of England, Wallace Timber provides your complete timber solutions. Our clients include Local Authorities... -
Difficult to judge without a pic from further away to give context but I wouldn't tickle the branch as you suggest; take a lot more off as re-growth will largely happen from immediately below the cut as well as along the length of the branch (water growth). In the bottom pic how about just behind that bird feeder, leaving the tuft already there? Those are long branches that will be happy to have some end weight removed.
