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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Yeah, i know all about that comercial stuff, moving bees around on trucks every 3-4 weeks, stresses them out and makes em sick and more prone to disease. Its a massive problem in the states where million acre monocultures need this kind of intense polunation:thumbdown: I want my bees to be happy bees:thumbup:
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    do they not mind being so many colonies close together?
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    then gano is highly likely as is the kretz both very very common on limes, as well as pholiota squarosus, which can also be at hieght.
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    I am a bit of a masochist when it comes to a bit of hard labour, double digging is hard work but the end results are well worth the effort and its only to get the ground set for a no dig future anyways. This is a new way of life and long term so time and effort now to get things right will pay in the longer haul. I managed to secure a load of ash logs today and have gotten into the swing of the chop and split thing again! love it, like therapy and will sleep well tonight. No log boiler yet but getting the wood in split and drying in preparation, might even get a photo later. One thing I am really buzzing about is bees, I cant wait to have a hive and my own honey, but will be building two nesting oportunities in the garden for bumbles too. Im even going to build a special bug hotel and a small wildlife pond for the frogs that use the now redundant koi pond.
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    Ganoderma australe is my speculation, given the species of tree, very common on aging cherries
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    could be any number of rotters, hard to say from image, species of tree? I will guess beech, with some intense white stringy rot, if kretz is there it isnt the one responsible for that stringey rot, thats more like selective delignification / simultaneous white rot (ganos possibly)
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    fortune favours the brave
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    one of my faves. also folk who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    a short lived tree incapable of thriving the rigors of the busiest streets IMO,
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    wot i :blushing:meant
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    also worth mentioning the formation of newer brackets, indicating a recent breach into fresh volumes.
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    This would be my opinion too, the upper aged bracket is black, the first shot is of a very broad attachment, ruling out applanatum/lipsiense. and not white enough to be australe. the spore print also rules out Poly, as does the time of year being beech is another good indication
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    They are grossly underfunded and overworked, they dont have the time to be helpful, unless its in the remit, and this isnt. I know we pay council tax for these services, thats another thread altogether
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Ive never tried but will this year baked garlic cloves, ive heard there is a larger milder variety that suits this cooking method very well.
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I did consider the ex batteries approach, and did not know bantams where low yield, so thanks, always fancied the breed was the thing I guess
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    indeed, but would be a crime to fell, take of the limb over the let (large cut but this is an old pollard) half the low limb to the rear and reduce remaining canopy and remove ivy the re asses would be my approach to what appears to be a very very old beech. suspect Gano given the time of year but certainly not concrete
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    SOLD! wait till the weather warms up and drop me a line, I wouldnt mind popping back to Moccas park too so will make a trip of it. beer and lunch on me
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    fancy letting me come over for a gander and a bit of knowledge from a dab hand?
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    see theres been a few OTT posts! keep it clean, guys theres no need for all that! Interesting that none of the old ones have come in, I mean the golden oldies your grandpa told you or said.
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    why planes? theres a lot of trees to choose from, if we wanted a pollard culture then planes would tolerate it far better than the Horse chestnuts here. BUT, we could reduce the need for such a regime altogether, the houses are tiny mid terrace style and certainly the trees are done this way to reduce light complaints. If these where mine I would phase them out as losses occur and replace with something like fastigiate birch (they exist) sorbus tormenalis for something completely different maybe, would be nice to see these planted more. I would rather see one tree well chosen and planted with root cells and a porus root cover than a row of poorly chosen poorly prepared ones
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Garden Organic - celebrating 50 years of organic growing - organic gardening, farming and food
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    looks like you been having a jolly to BB, havent been for ages, any losses in the recent damp high winds?
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Guns dont kill people, people do, wether its a gun, a bottle of pills a knife whatever, those that are inclined to always will:thumbdown: never owned a gun, they dont scare me either, if somebody points one in my face they best be prepared to use it quick! As for the illegal gun trade, well its fed and supplied by those we entrust to stop the very thing!
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    This threads a happy thread, makes me smile. some nice posts, looking forward to everyones updates as the year unfolds. I strimmed the neglected lawn to stubs yesterday ready for the big dig, double dig back breaking but will go over to minimal digging after the initial layout and soil prepping. Im hoping to doa bee keeping course this summer and have a couple of bantams for fresh eggs. already started collecting logs for when the boiler/stove is bought this year. going to be a lot of fun homesteading
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Gun crime has risen 40% since the ban, simple, crooks dont want the risk of taking on public that may be as well armed as they are! we in the U.K may have a low gun crime (30 odd cases per annum) but how many muggings do we have? would you mug a texan? If any of you lost a loved one to bombs dropped by a foreign government (50 nations bombed by U.K/U.S forces) you would all be screaming for a gun!

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