RobArb

i worked with a lad a couple of years ago who came from jaguar landrover building cars on a production line to do tree work again (second stint). We both left the company around the same time, i left to work nearer to home doing tree work and he left to go back to jag when they started buliding the Range rover evoque. He is on a far better wage than me but puts the long hour shifts in, the shifts are set, holidays are set, you aren't allowed to be off sick, blah blah strict blah (they have even had a death at the factory) but he must be averaging £20+ after overtime, sometimes more... I get a text off him occasionally, usually when the weather is nice saying how fat he has become, how he misses tree work and how he misses working outside, but the money is too good to turn down! I suppose you need to also make that decision, do you forfeit your potential happiness for a more wealthy position, or, like the rest of us here, do you do a job you love! whatever your decision, make sure its the right one for you:thumbup:

moi, little ole me, awkward questions....? Never:biggrin: yep, a good weekend will be had by all! have you been to the site yet?

i spoke to tiff who said i will have a place, details to arrive in june:biggrin:

like that birch:thumbup: trees under certain stresses do the most wonderful things to compensate:thumbup1:

whereabouts in salford are you mike?

My place is booked:biggrin: Sent from my Galaxy S2

Let the others do it for 650 and don't let it get to you, sounds like a 'fun' job anyway! There will be other jobs where you are cheaper than other competition, Tis all swings and roundabouts, but just concentrate on the jobs you do get Sent from my Galaxy S2

Any ideas on what fung caused this to happen on this wee Prunus? And can anyone flip the pics? And... Ignore my gormless mug, best one I got:lol: Sent from my Galaxy S2

Ignore me!I meant what's in bold:blush: Never multitask, us men can't do it:lol: Sent from my Galaxy S2

First one for me this year:thumbup: Sent from my Galaxy S2

A young P. squamosus on an Acer saccarhinum stump. Sent from my Galaxy S2

Not that I'm aware of. 'Aspleniifolia' is the cultivar fern-leaved beech where as the cut-leaved beech comes under that 'Heterophylla GROUP', I know the red/copper cut-leaved beech is 'Rohanii' but it gets rather complicated and a bit muddled in interpretation after that with both the red and green varieties, as the trees being very similar and only determined really by chromosomes. Chimera trees eh? don't ya just love em! Sent from my Galaxy S2

The cut-leaved and the fern-leaved beech both come under the Fagus sylvatica 'Heterophylla group', with the fern leaf being the extreme version of the cut leaf and known as Fagus sylvatica 'Aspleniifolia' as Tony stated:thumbup: Sent from my Galaxy S2

doesn't say where to apply to (or have i not read/misread something)

Don't think it'll compare much to my 4 day camping trip to York next week:001_rolleyes: Have a great time anyway:lol: Sent from my Galaxy S2

let us know when you know:thumbup:

Love that first one:thumbup:, the water makes it even better:thumbup1:

ta muchly's.. loving this weather at the mo, don't want it to stop:biggrin:

saving up for the suunto core as we speak:thumbup:

willow from this morning:biggrin: Loving this weather:thumbup1:

the more and more i look at it, i shoulda stayed with my gut:biggrin: would be nice to get a confirmation:thumbup1: Have you also looked at the Fulham oak (Quercus x hispanica 'Fulhamensis')

But Adam would be far better:biggrin: Sent from my Galaxy S2

Try tom2020, I'm sure he's in that area Sent from my Galaxy S2

I did think zelkova but the fruits don't quite look right, there are a few species though.. Have a look on google for the aforementioned celtis and phillyrea species.. I've not had time to sit and look through my books and records over the weekend but I will at some point this week:biggrin: I do like David gall's though Sent from my Galaxy S2

I get the same sloth when sending messages from my phone, the amount of times I've sent multiple messages thinking they haven't gone through....:rolleyes_001: Sent from my Galaxy S2