sean

it's not dead though.....

What you carried out Graham was Natural Fracture Pruning with Coronets and rip cuts......and a great job you made of it.....nice one mate:thumbup:

very very nice too......not sure if there is such a thing as a bad sunset/rise photo. Winners everytime!

they are very very nice David.....the sky is on fire........:thumbup: Got your message RE the 16th march. Speak nearer time.

now you're just showing off.......this was my thread....my sunsets......and now its all about MonkeyD's .......

ash??

you been going on google images again David?

That is work:sneaky2: photo's are just split seconds of my day.....rest of the day i'm working my arse off:sneaky2:

it's a tough life...... Wonder if i feel the same tomorrow when it's lashing down and i'm soaked and freezing.

sounds like it could well be a white rot caused by Ganoderma.? The lignin gets degraded leaving a white spongy cellulose rich material.

when you come into the park this week David check out the base of the Horse Chestnut just before going over the cattle grid into holly lodge....There's a whopper Rigidiporus! Wee slice missing however.

first one is beech.....second one horse chessie......

There be art in them there trees.

morphmosis

realm of the ash dryad

this is a good un [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1NgFYJCN4]YouTube - TUNNG - Bullets[/ame]

doctored a bit? they are cool but lots of photoshop manipulation.

Glad you like David. I dont often use a Tag line although I have done. Prefer taking a little bouncy bouncy ride when the limb finally goes:001_rolleyes: I'm always looking for new ways of fracturing. Have been playing with the X cut lately. 2 diagonal cuts with a ratio of about 70:30......seems to give a nice end to the rip which can then be manipulated further with the saw although quite often this can suffice.

Here found on persian iron tree persica parrotia

glad about that.....thats the idea:thumbup1:

Cutting out dead boughs Mr Oakman....tut tut....hope it was in a hight target area:001_rolleyes:

happy birthday mate......may your day be full of wood

A job I did last week. The first photograph shows major limb failure from last year. (This is what all you coroneters and natural fracture merchants should be aspireing to!) The tree is riddled with Resinaceum pretty much girdling the tree. The limb above the failed limb has fractured substantially. Although in a small wood it has a desire line running past and is popular with walkers within Richmond Park. Spec was an average of 25% (lighter/heavier in places.) I know this work is a contentious subject which some of you will appreciate whilst others will hate. All comments however are welcome.

Armillaria mellea mycelium, note the fan pattern, classic. [ATTACH]28935[/ATTACH] Now that is a work of art....me like it.

Just received this from mike abbott at Living Wood......sounds like it could be good. Abbotts Living Wood Newsletter, January 2010 BBC 2 Mastercrafts A new decade is starting and I have a strong feeling that it is going to be a very good time for green wood crafts. So far as I know at the moment, starting on February 12th, a new series entitled Mastercrafts (not Masterclass as I have been telling people) will be shown on BBC 2 at 9pm for the next 6 weeks. Each week will feature a traditional craft: thatching, glass, weaving, stone-masonry, metal work and green woodwork. The series will be hosted by Monty Don with the aim of ‘putting traditional crafts firmly back on the map in modern Britain’. This means that an hour of prime time TV will concentrate on the progress of three students at Guy Mallinson’s woodland workshop in Dorset as they spend six weeks grappling with the skills of cleaving, shaving, pole-lathe turning and much more. Their final project was to design and make a greenwood chair and I was asked to join them for their last few days to judge who made the best job of it. It was great fun and I am looking forward to seeing how it comes across on the telly. Do look out for it.