Tony Croft aka hamadryad

sparrowhawks:thumbup1:

they have predators:thumbup:

welcome fellow treeworker! there arent many folk around who would attempt the macrocarpa reduction, top draw

I was shy of the ground with my 45 metre tachyon by around 20ft, and there was 30ft of tree above us so 50ft plus 22.5 metres:001_cool:

this was destructive, not eating

i observed this for the first time today, and it was dropping the young foliage?

we found ramaria sp by this bridge.

Had Charlie over for the day for a bit of recreational climb and some fung hunting! Cheked up on a willow in cassiobury park with Gano and an Oak with rigidiporus ive been monitoring for several years now (David/Gerrit look at this Oak!) few other bits and bobs from around the park and Whippendell woods area. First up the Oak, now ive been watching this one over the years but I must have not looked this autumn for one reason or another and am a bit guttted for I missed the fruting of the third white rotter at the base. I had seen on approach to the tree two limbs with obvious white rot and failure which is a rare occurrence high on Oaks in the U.k, this lead me to ponder what was occurring. I have come to view multiple colonisations of ertain fungi as being of high significance due to the competition for resource within the host, and here we have not 1 not 2 but three white rotting Lower basal colonisers. They are Inonotus dryadeus, Ganoderma sp and Perenniporia fraxinea, a truly multiple attack! and all in nieghbouring buttress regions. The question here is which one is being forced into the higher regions? I suspect its the I.dryadeus. or gano as the basal area has clear perenniporia adaptation and was the original presence (most established) Ganoderma australe (southern bracket) on willow pollard Ganoderma pfeifferi on Fagus sylvatica Hama having a snooze while Charlie practices his limb swings! A first for me, a perennial canker of sweet chestnut, a very large one on an ancient chestnut Inonotus radiatus on Alder:001_cool: Rigidiporus on Horse chestnut Polyporus squamosus failure

remember the big plane by the bridge over the canal?

Took Charlie out for a bit of training today up cassiobury park and we found these beautiful grafts, I said ooohh gotta shoot those for our Mr Humphries! Was a cracking Oak, retrenching, really healthy tree would, have loved it in me garden.

ha ha, your all just sweating cos I ran rings round you on a prussik, spiderhamajackery is going to be sub sonic!

my thoughts too:thumbup:

Yes, cos I want to develop a number of presentations for it. I think the I pad or a tablet is a great way to talk clients through certain aspects of arboriculture. and other arbs of course:thumbup:

im keen to do the training, fancy doing it same days? Ive not got any timeframe

what is it with the Cowan clan and tech toys! lol

correct!

I love this life, the Life of a treeworker. I remember a long time ago when my kit looked this basic, less infact, a multistand rop, a harness without leg loops, no helmet just earmuffs, not even a saw strop! them was simple times.

in all that work there is only one maybe two cuts I would have avoided making. good job fella

I like it, nice plain lines, which is part of its beauty.

it isnt really an arb type thing is it, more the area of the surveyor/consutant

itstrue, and i never said all younguns are rotten, our tom (aprentice) is a fine fine lad, and were proud to have him on the team. but were not talking about the gooduns, were talking about the rotten, and they are far more rotten than the generations prior. in fact I would say that if these kids where around in the post war era, they would have been kicked out of their homes and wider communities if not sent out to sweep minefields!

I am rediscovering the joys of climbing Rich, I can fling about with my eyes shut, but now ive got new dimensions to play with, ive mastered the VT HC combo, old hat to me now!

you will, and it will be ace!

I have one ordered, ive done me research and I reckon I will fly through the canopy after a bit of practice, when Im up to speed I will get tome up with me to video! this is going to be cool, never ever thought I would do it, but after the HC VT combo upgrade i am very very curious as to how much gain we can make! got the work positioner on order too after using a mates, ART is epic