John Barleycorn
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As for moving self seeded trees. Sever the tap root by undercutting with a spade this winter when they are a year old. Then leave for a year to develop side roots before moving. The BTCV guide to tree planting is the best book & free online on their website if you dont want to buy it.
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Glad you found it early, as there is a very high total recovery rate. All the best
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Just seen a 50cc saw with 18in bar in Aldi for £79.99 Oregon bar & chain. Guarantee Dont know how they do it.
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45 X 60 cms
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Firefox, cos my son who is a computer nerd says its the best.
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I once saw a powder extinguisher used on a fire in the kitchen of a rig. Powder covered everything and came through gaps in doors, inside closed cupboards, you would not believe it.
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Got 3 CO2, Powder & Water
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Dont kid yourself that a spark or a glowing ember cant cause an inferno. Watched a fire safety time lapse video some years back, cigarette left burning on a sofa. Smouldered for hours, suddenly flared up. Half filled the room with smoke from the ceiling down. This smoke was full of half burnt gasses. Suddenly the flames flashed over & the gasses ignited. Then the temperature of every surface in the room reached ignition point & it was just a fireball. NOTHING LIKE IN THE MOVIES, nothing would have got out alive.
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As above. Any chassis that age must be suspect unless Waxoiled, or similar on the inside. I bought an 85 three years ago. Great engine, chassis seemed rock solid, but had to scrap it this year as it rusted from the inside out & pealed apart. Traded it in to a local LR mechanic and for an extra five grand got a 95 rebuilt onto a galvanised chassis. Should last 50 years (well beyond my life expectancy !)
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I have gone for the last 7 years and the weather has been good every time
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Stamets, oil inoculation is here!
John Barleycorn replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Fungi Pictures
My thoughts exactly, no doubt there is some natural genetic diversity within Pearl Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). Has this been replicated within this product ? or is the woodland environment going to be swamped with these clones ? -
I looked into this a few years back, but there are a few minor problems. First I read that the heap needs to be at least 3 metres high for optimal composting/heat. As mentioned extracting heat slows the process. The heaps stink. You need two heaps because as one is in decline the other is heating up. On a domestic scale it would need to be located fairly near to your house (& would need a front end loader to shift it). Probably ok for industrial scale/ area heating.
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To be honest no. As it was in Spain & obviously not European, I correctly guessed that it was probably from Latin America. Found it in "Trees of the Americas" The flowers, leaves & fruit all look right & is characteristicaly multistemmed. South Brazil, Uraguay, Paraguay & N Argentina. Fast Growing. Said to store large ammounts of water in its stems, so might bleed a lot if cut.
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Phytolacca Dioica (Bella Sombre)
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Lost an exhaust bolt a few months back, the replacement was ridiculouslly expensive for just a long bolt.
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24Km march across the beacons, any advice?
John Barleycorn replied to TArrryan's topic in The Lounge
I'm just back from hiking in the Alps, but even on the multi-day hikes my pack was probably not much over 35 pounds, 60 sounds monsterous. I dont know if you are allowed trekking poles, but I have found that they make me a lot faster over uneven ground. In particular have doubled my downhill speed as they can both absorb the shock on your knees by taking it on your shoulders and stabilise you. Diet as mentioned, high carbohydrate for several days before to boost your glycogen. Wholemeal carbohydrate at the start of the day to give slow release, plus energy/mineral drinks throughout. Have you tried those strap on weights on your ankles. Any buildings with multi-flights of stairs to run up? Hope it goes well, but it will not involve luck, just practice -
Cutting Sweet Chestnut coppice is a bit specialised, I know people who have lost money attempting it. East Sussex Forestry do a coppice efficiency course. Welcome to Esus Forestry & Woodlands
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Beavers with climbing kit ?
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Well I am referring back TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION "does anyone know how to work out the calorific value of firewood. being fedup of all this rubbish about what burns best at what moisure content and whatever species, i would like to try and work out the calorific value of species of wood for firewood" AND NOT TO SUBSEQUENT RAMBLINGS
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A few suggestions Rustic Furniture - Daniel Mack (US) Green Woodworking Pattern Book - Ray Tabor Green Woodwork - Mike Abbott These are mainly about "stick furniture", not slab I like Jack Hill's "Country Chairmaking", uses lots of rounders
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No way, what about those ancient (stone age) trackways across the marshes in the Somerset levels clearly built from coppice material.
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I thought that you were talking about a sample ? In any case if you weighed it beforehand & after then you would also know how much water it had gained.
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Well, Archimedes managed to figure it a couple of thousand years ago when he stepped into a bath and noticed that the water level rose — he suddenly understood that the volume of water displaced must be equal to the volume of the part of his body he had submerged. This meant that the volume of irregular objects could be calculated with precision, a previously intractable problem. He is said to have been so eager to share his realisation that he leapt out of his bathtub and ran through the streets of Syracuse naked.
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Bet he drilled out the bore himself with a Hack & Wrecker.
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I would reccomend David Rossney of East Sussex Forestry Welcome to Esus Forestry & Woodlands
