janey

yep the beam woodwork cost 45k !!!!

Shame they didn't spend a tad more on fire retardants first time around:sad:

Any one else see Grand Designs last nite?

For thoes unfortunate enough not to have seen it, they were doing a rebuild of a fire gutted old thatched cottage. They had to completely redo the roof, which meant new oak beams throughout. Exposed new beams in the walls as well.

It was wonderful to see the craftsmanship involved and the end result was beautiful. It was good to see British products and labour used to combine practicality and aesthetics so well.

tree of heaven looks mad when leaves first out & it seems to be the last one to burst

Only time an Ailanthus looks good is when it's turned into a huge pile of chip!!!

Copper beeches, on t'other hand, look fantastic when they first come into leaf, especially if they have a green backdrop. Good choice.

What form does it take? If it involves cleaning, please feel free to get busy in my garage. No point letting a mental disorder go to waste.

(Think I have joined the ranks of the naughty kids for mis posting in this forum )

I'll be the one wearing leathers and a blonde wig....

Again??? How many times do you have to be told you look so much better as a red head ?

Again, it depends what you want to do with your new found knowledge. The good thing about the Tec Cert is that you can work full while doing this quite easily, and industry experience is invaluable for getting through both parts of the exam.

I know the Foundation is a qualification in it's own right, but it is geared towards getting the full BSc. Down side: huge chunk of your life taken over, even doing it part time. Plus side: knowledge and qualification is much more transferable.

I don't really think the two qualifications are comparable. If you think that you'll want to carry on studying after doing the Tec Cert, then in my wordly opinion I reckon you should by pass it. If you're not too sure about you're future career path, then do the Tech Cert as it's still a very good ticket to have.

I think we can all cajole you when you start to slack. Welcome to Arbtalk:001_smile:

Thank ya.

It's been far too many years since I've been in any sort of formal education and I don't think that larking around at Capel for a few days a week in the distant past has prepared me very well for real, hardcore learning.

Think I'm gonna need all the support I can get

After much time and effort spent procrastinating, I've finally applied to Myerscough to do their online foundation degree - arb' .

The important word here being "applied", as I haven't been offered or accepted a place for this September... Though it's hard to see how they could possibly refuse me

Ayway, testing the waters to see if anyone else in the London area is doing the same course and wants to arrange some sort of joint study? I know having someone else there to occasionally nag / persuade / guilttrip me does wonders for keeping me focussed when my enthuism starts to wain. And I'm not too bad at reciprocating.

Currently doing an assignment at college in which I have to write about 25 trees or shrubs that have Spring or Summer interest. The interest can be the flowers/fruit or anything else as long as it appears during these seasons. So far I've included a few cherries(flowers), horse chesnut (flowers), Blackthorn (flowers) but am starting to run thin on ideas. Anything Prunus would be the obvious choice however I want to vary my selection if possible. Any suggestions would be greatly received.

 

Many thanks.

Hmm, how about two fairly unusual contenders for the attractive bark catagory: Stuartia pseudocamelia and Pinus bungeana?

Davidia involucrata is a fave for summer flowers, though it's more late summer.

Little shrubby thing with good early spring flowers is Corylopsis (various cv's) which also smells great and has good autumn colour as a bonus.

And there's always the back section of Hillier's (my fave!)

Good luck with the assignment.

My Toy:

I was under the impression that there are no short courses (1-2 days) that cover the basics of chapter 8 (temporary works), only 2-3 week courses that covers the whole thing for duel carrideways etc, but reading a recent thread it seems that some of you guys have done a course along these lines.

 

Any info would be much appreciated...

Not exactly local to you, but you could try Training Courses from Civil Engineering to Health and Safety - Skills Training Centre

Tis where I done mine. I think if you can spell your name without too much trouble you should get through no problem

As a newbie to the site, it'd be good to meet some new faces there. I only ever seem to bump into my old class mates and Bruce Blackman every time i go

So, if you see motorbike leather wearing blonde woman wandering around looking lost on the Sat' - introduce yourself. Might even be me