RobArb

i'll track it down, i tend to have success when doing so!

what are naughty sites:blushing:

woah big tree!

Don't think the missus would be too pleased if that happened but i'll defo check out those joints

i'd defo venture to one of those seminars:thumbup:

no amp needed.. haha nice one

Hotel la Brunerie Hotel La Brunerie | Les Deux Alpes France | Crystal Ski

just trying to soak up the info first, i truly am at novice level and the more i listen and learn the better for me in the long run. I could try to muster an opinion on this matter but its either already been covered or to basic to warrant even a reply:lol: I do enjoy reading your posts hama, please carry on i shall try to intervene and correspond more in the future!

is deux alpes any good? not been before going this time (snowboarding)

I have to refresh the page a couple of times before it loads and it takes a while to load up new posts i've clicked on?

is TO @ Wigan still Gill Harris?

already going (les deux alps) otherwise i'd snatch ya hand off sorry

I'll get there eventually but, there is soo much reading and exploring to do..! bring it on! exam time first anyway

I hadn't till today, anyone else? No Parking Tree, National Trust ¦ Watersmeet ¦ This is North Devon

Yes the bark is majorily pinkyish, like you say with variations. i do like the form of of the B .albo var septentrionalis (i think thats the right saying) were the bark looks like its in the process of being peeled off. The birch as a species in my eyes are a truly remarkable tree and sometimes overlooked at the other more grandiose species like oak, beech etc etc

i had sweaty palms just watching that other video..!!

i can flush cut the stump and sell the round for firewood in less than 5 mins:thumbup:

oops sorry no words....

photoshop/elements/paint? what did you use, they are good:thumbup: might try some arty photo manipulation myself

there is a large park near me with a B. albosinensis. Lovely tree i shall try go get a picture:thumbup:

surely this is a case then of right plant, right place? I don't have any problem pollarding especially when it prolongs the life of a tree that otherwise would have been cut down.

try this http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/fcfc001.pdf/$FILE/fcfc001.pdf

have you read the UK forestry standard document, specifically the part on creating new woodland? i do envy you in this project, wish i had the time/money to do something like this myself...

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/fcfc001.pdf/$FILE/fcfc001.pdf this is the 2004 edition, which i believe is in the process of being revised? (see below) http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/ukfsconsultation.pdf/$FILE/ukfsconsultation.pdf edit ,,,,mmm don't know why the links not working?

Thanks Harmony, some valid and constructive points there from yourself. The sustainability of the planet charge, was what i interpreted from the UK Forestry Standard, having not read ALL of it:blushing: i may have interpreted it incorrectly. On reasonability and affordability, in my opinion i don't think the two are against sustainability and responsibility. I have seen good, affordable and reasonable practices within other industries that do work and co-exist along side each other, i don't think its too hard (or unreasonable:lol:) to have a myriad of things wotking together efficiantly. As far as today's tree went, being a wannabe ecologist and part time tree hugger:, i think i was just gutted for the tree over the clients needs, when i felt the clients needs were unreasonable:sneaky2:. It didn't actually stop me doing the job though as i can't afford not to work haha! doh! what actually got to me was that it wasn't there tree and the tree existed first, again a case of legal nuisance i think! So all in all i think you did make valid counter-arguements but we don't live in a perfect world and you can't please everybody, but it would be nice to try:001_cool: or am i just being an optimist/idealist?