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Tony Croft aka hamadryad

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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    its an unusual pattern, will have a look around but its not screaming anything obviously entomological to me at the moment. do you have Parakeets around? pigeons as have already been suggested may be possible but dont know wether they eat ash leaves or not, but it is most likely IMO at the moment.
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats it im going to find me a wifelet! girls that can sharpen knives! dude! and as for shredded wheat, man i am missing out bigtime!
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    nice, got loads of Cabbage whites visiting, can almost tolerate the catterpillars on me brassicas! blooming nature its like a love hate thing with me now as ive veggies!
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    100% one I manage a lot in the Bucks and Herts areas, nothing too stressfull, usualy just a case of reducing the tree aiming for longer term retrenchment (making it shoot lower down and internally and over a protracted period, say anything up to 100 years making it a much more stable form) Theres a tree in Bradgate deer park and one in Ashridge park that has outlived the fungus entirely, I wouldnt class this as anything but the weakest of all the major heart rots
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I was all serious about my reading of this till you made me laugh! good thread
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    is this on this weekend?
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    not a poorly tree at all, what you would call a veteran
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I make that correct on all counts Mr humphries, first sighting for me on Oak in any lit too, so thanks to the OP for the share:thumbup1: One of the most stunning of shrooms, with the most awesome roll off the tongue name, and one of my all time faves:001_cool: a seriously cool shroom, the shroom hunters shroom you might say:biggrin:
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    One copper beech, and one very, very happy client. The scots I reduced a couple of year ago, its looking awesome too:001_cool:
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I dont need violins, awesome pee take though, just my style! im way to cocky to care a monkies whether I passed it or not! its the costs that are getting to me, not the embarrassment! having to self fund all my CPD and it aint cheap, every over spend is another thing I cant now do.
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    just a random choice, good one by the sounds of it!
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Broccolis been going nuts, three massive bags in the freezer and now cropping for a second time! cant eat the darn stuff fast enough! and now with the first early spuds (Duke of York) Im well set for months! Got to say i had forgotten just how satisfying and flavour full this old lark is!
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    If you have never heard of Flora locale check out their homepage now They do some interesting courses, and David, if your ears are switched on, there is a course in November I think or sooner for fungi and lesser plants! \i may well be getting on it as well as the veteran tree day I just booked. HomePage | Flora locale
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    it will be worthless milled, much higher value as a living ancient tree
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Nice post John, timely fell, retained well for as long as was practical:thumbup1:, long time no see, hows tings?
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    cause of the armillaria attack will be the dysfunctional wood associated with that massive wound.
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  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    by pressure crack I assume you mean hazard beam?
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Bob watsons book is a good starting point, trees their use and managemnt
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    wood shrinks when it dries, fact, by how much is open to debate I guess.
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    nice work fella, just out of interest as Im involved in conversations on this subject more and more, what was the specification for this job?
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    me too:thumbup1:
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thanks for the heads up, didnt realise it would be so popular after the last show! got me name down for the saturdays:thumbup1:
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    your going to be just fine, go with the Aurantiporus on the last, all good:thumbup1: its addictive
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I used to think like that too, would you care to elaborate?

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