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hi again hamadryad, as to the rot, forgive me i'm new to this and i'm still learning, i'm quessing that you mean the first picture? again many thanks

hi hamadryad, thanks for the quick reply. yep these pic's were taken all within the last week. i can quite happly get some more pic's (hopefully of a better quality) if you'd like. again thanks. jay

hello all. hopeing someone maybe able to assist me with this one. i'm doing a assignment (i'm a studant afraid) on some poplars we have on site and i have found a few fungi that i can not identifey and so was hopeing that someone mey be able to at least give me some ideas as to what they are. i've gone through a fair few books already and havent really got anywere (i did think th yellow bracket type one was climacodon septentrionale but i'm now i doudt on that) anyway, as i say any help or pointers as to what they could be would be great. if it helps, the poplars are around 50-55 years old and so pretty close to their use by date. 1. 2. 3. 4. many thanks all and safe climbing jay

look at the size of my cones! found these big un's on a pinus wallichiana today, big one measured at 31cm!

hello all. sorry if this may seem abit of a basic question but i've got some elten aquafell expert boots and i think its time to give them some tlc. i've got some nikwax "waterproofing wax for leather" the cream one. will this be ok for use on my boots? also any other handy hints to keep my boots in good condition would be great. many thanks

a can of worms!

hello all. hope you some one may be able to advice me a wee bit, i'm doing a ND in forestry and arb' and for one of the assignments i'm having to talk about poor prunning practices in realtion to the health of the tree. the tree in question is a willow. now i'm very new to this and although i'm trying i'm a wee bit stuck. what sort of features should i be looking for as a sign of bad prunning methods. i know this could be classed as one of those "how long is a piece of string questions" but any general pointers would be good and very helpful. also what sort of pruning methods would be better placed to a willow. i do have some pics of "said" trees and will get the pics up asap. but for now the best i can describe is one of the trees has three main limbs which have been chopped at no noticable joint, from the top their are lots of new sprouts growing which have at least three years growth to some (i've counted girdle scars), is this a bad method, i.e. in the fact should the tree be continusaly pollered and not left to grow or am i barking up the wrong tree this idea. anyway sorry if it sounds a bit vague but as i said i'm kind of lost at the mo'. as i say any advice or general pointers would and will be greatful recived. many thanks and safe climbing james

stihl br600. used one the other day and was a pleasure to use.

hello, sorry for jumping on to the end of a exsiting thread but rather than starting a whole new thread and potentiall opening a can of worms (which i dont want to do), but i'm simply adfter a bit of honest advice like nasher76. forgive me if this may sound a tad boaring or such (as you'll all see from my post count on here i'm very new to arb') but i've just started a college ND on forestry and arb' and as much fun as it is, i'm hearing a lot of horror stories as to how its not really a great carear to get into. partly due to the number of "pikeys" that have saturated the job field undercutting peoples prices and working with out any clue as to what they are really doing or having any respect for their tools and how damgerous they are (surley opening beer bottles is something for people with small penis syndrome trying to be a macho man?). maybe as i say i'm new to this and havent really seen the real working world of this game, but is it really all that bad? a few people (well respected people) i've spoke to have said they wish they hadnt gone down the arb route and done other things, do others feel the same? i'm sticking this college course out as its a passon i have, and beats doing what i did as my last job. anyway sorry if i've afended the chap opening the beer bottles with a chainsaw but thats just my take on that safe climbing all

hi jonny, cheers for that insight. glad them kids dropped out, means there are less twits when i go. as to them promissing things that dont show, only time will tell. would i be correct in thinking you are studying there or have done? starting to think i shouldn't have bothered asking people's advice, not many positive people out there... all the best

hello all, many thanks for the (mainly) positive comments. as to the college, yep am i'm off to askham byran. cant wait. as to yorkshires's mans comment, well granted i may have been a bit vague with my first comment, however i did amended it to were has your quali' taken you, but you already knew that didnt you (no offence) we all have to start somewere and i'm sure once you must have know nothing (as i do at the mo). anyway from what i'm getting back of people in their emails and messages, it can take me pretty much anywere i want to go. i've just got to work my arse of for it. as to those people saying not to get in to the job sector, not much to say to that really...other than all job sectors are cutting back and work all around is hard to get but if your good and willing to work your arse of for it... but thanks for your opnion, end of the day you have a greater insight than me. cheers to all those who have something positive to say. regards

hello, thanks for the comments so far, really are useful and helpful. its good to get experianced people's opinions. i'm due to start the course in sept' coming. during the course, i'll be able to get a 6month work experiance placement, so i'm hoping that will help me. also i'm under no illusions that it will easy. i've left college till i was (am)25 so that i can get all my travelling and such out of the way so i can go to college and study my a*se off. i'm in this for the long term and will be looking for nothing but the highest grade i can achive. also with studying forestry and arb' i'm hoping that wioll broaden my career prospects, than if i was doing one or the other. either way i know its going to be a bumpy ride, but with out being to cheese, you reap what you sew. and the idea that i could take me places such as nz, auz and america is incentive enougth to do the best i can. james

hello all, many thanks for the warm welcomes yep, its going to be a complete career change, in the past (and at presant) i work on bikes as a technician. so not much experiance with tress before, but the outdoors is were i belong, so i figure i may as well try and get a job were i can be paid to be outdoors. i bought a book of tree id' the other day and had a lovely walk around the local park trying to sus out what tree was what.

thats grim news! fingers crossed i'll win the lottery then.

hello, yeah i know its not really very specific, sorry. as you may have gathered i'm pretty new to this and yep, i have had a look on google at the variuos jobs it can lead to. i chose to do a course that included forestry as well as arb', so that it would hopefully give me a better chance of a job and a broader spectrum of the sector. i should have really put has any one done one of these courses and were has it taken you. also, has any one used there skills to emigrate (no doudt someone would have). but thinking about it, i should really concentrate on passing course first and then think about emigrating. i often have a habit of trying to run before i can walk, something i know i'll work on, lol. cheers though frank. regards

not that its related to the sea, but i'm going barbel fishing tomorrow, cant wait! not had a blank since the last time i went to catch a barbel, lol. may get lucky with a chub but i'd settle for a gudgen.

hello all. i've just been accepted on a ND in forestry and arb' and having no experiance in the sector (just a strong love of the outdoors), what kind of work should i be looking for when i leave college, also how easy (or hard) will it be, to use my skills to emigrate in the future? as insaid i'm very new to this so any advice would be very greatful. regards james

hello all. this is my first thread on here and just wanted to say a hallo to all. i'm going back to college (at the tender age of 25) and i have just been accepted on a ND in forestry and arb'. i'm keen to learn and looking for advice. i have a passion for the outdoors and love trees (and smaller plants/shrubs of course). i'm hoping that i due time i will be able to emigrate with the skills i'll learn, but thats in the distant future. anyway, as i said, juts a quick hello to all. regrads james