Tony Croft aka hamadryad

Thanks you both, the view gave me that hair on the back of my neck standing up feeling, just wish I had a good camera and some time when I saw it,.

 

Going to keep an eye on the weather and try for a go with some decent kit, trouble is,as you know, sometimes it only works ' in the moment'.

yep thats why we must enjoy and be thankful for every one of these such moments, they are fleeting and brief, but isnt that one of the things that make them special, each one a blessing, a gift for the feeding of souls.

I got me a new patch! Soil and climate to die for! watch this space!

Took this last year on my phone, worth a look.

best darn photo ive seen in yonks, bravo.

Guttation on F.fommentarius

What I do on my days off really is rather sad, eh!

 

Can anyone ID the two species below, please.

 

First one is taken, in two places (first one a moderately-sized log and the second on an old coppice stump), from dead sweet chestnut wood. Could it be L. sulphureus? Unsure as most brackets I have seen have been far larger and more numerous / tufty.

 

 

Second one is taken on a mature oak. I'm thinking either early G. resinaceum or I. dryadeus (leaning more towards the former), though I am unsure.

 

 

Ta.

not sad at all, in fact i found the journey rather rewarding and challenging

And if you look a little youll find your in rather good company:biggrin:

what a load of Bls

like that a lot.

cant beat a bit of creative playing with wood, therapy

Im looking forward to playing with modifications to the winching side of it all when i have time and settled in the farm.

Winching the 88 along with 60 inch rails and a 64 inch gb bar sure saves a lot of grunting!

Like that a lot tony , where are the legs from??

The legs are by a very good fabricator/wrought iron guy i found, will dig out his details when i have a minute. Were packing at the moment and its manic!

had to come back to this thread to stare at that table for a while tony, love it!

ditto

thanks, the client was ecstatic, the photo doesnt do it any justice at all but will add some much better ones as soon as were settled in the farm.

...is the garden environment sterile and sparse of any other food source for HF?

honey is ubiquitous, wether there is a food source or not (within range)

was there an old orchard in the garden in the past - HF loves them

No orchards required whatsoever

any mycelium under the bark at the base of the trees?

i would look for exudates before disrupting bark

if there is any burrs as is often the case on H chestnut i would take it all:001_cool:

not the best image of it but sent this one pout today, was sorry to see it go to be honest, but then me and the mrs get attached to everything i make!

yep i agree, thats a fair price.

I took a gamble and roughed out some 18-19 inch Macrocarpa bowls today, pleasant surprise, wont overlook it again!

lets get bidding! get some more photos up

argh rhodo's! kill em all

i would have bought bowl sized lumps off you!

Look what I'll be cutting down in a couple of months . . bigger than it looks, stem is probably just over 1ft diameter. But you probably have enough wood already, don't you, Steve?

nice! one of the finest of all woods

Got home from work and decided to get started on this, and before I knew it .......

 

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I know the feeling!

Brought home a whopping lump of macrocarpa tonight after a gruelling day but wasnt gonna leave it to dry and crack so rough turned and oiled it up to get it stable. Its now 7.30pm!

its like therapy:011:

what do you mean???

I mean ive been waiting to get my hands on a Catalpa for eons, because it is a fine fine wood:001_huh:

nice simple forms, simple always works

dont bring it in the house if just milled, will dry and move to fast.

oil it up wax the ends (first) and should be fine, borers tend to leave sharpish in my experience once the oils penetrate

Most of you will probably think this is brown oak , ( created by fistulina hepatica ) ...however it is Sweet Chestnut and is this colour due to Laetiporus sulphereus which causes the same / similar discolouration and subsequent cubical decay given time , just an example of how pretty rotting wood can be ....I especially like the several sets of concentric circles in the grain

you must of caught that at just the right time. laeti rot make lovely browns and even tiger oak but boy if it goes a little over you got serious movements and cracking!

lovely bit of wood that:thumbup1:

been waiting for ages, lovely wood