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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    great idea, need a cieling hieght version!
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    who cares what they look like! they are dirt cheap and do what you need them to do, stop the thorns!
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    and the Apple slaves will be cueing up for em!
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    these welders gloves are cheap £3.50 in Browns agricultural supplies and last very well. I swear by them for nasties Scan Leather Welders Gaunlet Gloves Red SCAGLOWELRED - £5.09 - Ray Grahams DIY Store
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    just the next road down from out yard in Chesham there is a street lined with sycamore and horse chestnut pollards, all have been done cyclically for many years and have fine heads. I've been watching one Horse chestnut that has large scale bark damage to the lower stem and fruited Polyporus squamosus early last year. It is now showing severe bark death at the heads with Trametes versicolour having a feast. The last shot is of a sycamore in same line riddled with scale insects (white fluff) Pollarding is stressful in short cycles, and in urban pavements exponentially so. A major factor in the decline of these particular trees, poor rooting/growing conditions AND regular 2-3 year cyclic total (no sap risers) defoliation.
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I thought that might be the case, was just pure curiosity
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    as above, would also depend on the suitability of the exact height in spec, this may not be ideal and may require a small adjustment up or down for best wound response
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I agree, I get about a fair bit myself at various times of the year and just little ol me in the estate so shall keep this in mind
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    yep was thinking the same, did you check under the flaking bark at that union at all? does look like there may be a necrotic area below
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    what did you make of the bark cracks at the right fork@around 2 mtres? was it looking a bit "canker" like,or just lifting plates?
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I find this incredibly hard to believe, this carcinegenic nature of fine wood particles due to the pressenced of spalting/mycelium. would be fascinated to see the resource/references for the information:thumbup1:
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I heard recently that water power is the only free energy youll be taxed on in the U.K, can anyone confirm deny that? only heard it a day or two ago so no research yet.
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQEfTR3gw8c]HYDROGEN FREE ENERGY OFF THE GRID HOUSE SOLAR POWERED 1/2 - YouTube[/ame]
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX2RxlXCZKA&list=HL1359327424]Who's Killing the Hydrogen Car? - YouTube[/ame]
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats a good shout:thumbup1: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbB7z9gQ_yQ[/ame]
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Im genuinely interested in how things REALLY are out there in the USA, we only get the tailored speal on U.K mainstream TV
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    People have been jailed and had death threats for developing hydrogen powered cars!
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    these three just about sum it up, and anyone who believes a word of it all being sustainable needs to have a good hard look at the underlying systems that govern these matters. Your food Your fuel Your money I didnt think my generation would see these things coming to a head, but with 80 million added to global populations annually, and with Multi trillion pound corps step by step taking control of all resources via various means we may well see some pretty drastic changes even in our lifetimes. and dont think its all because the population is burgeoning, technology is widely suppressed, technology that could end oil, and also the pesticides business, and the GM business, they wont go quietly!
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    dont worry about it Guy, as soon as obama refuses to resign shells arctic mining of oil tickets (after a $5 billion failure) as he was advised by 2 most trusted advisors your americans too will learn the benefits of a pollard culture:thumbup1: The end of the oil age is near sustainable is a word your country is learning fast, by necessity. and dont get me wrong, the U.K is second inline for consumptions
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    find a nice quiet corner of the farm and leave it to the bugs! worthless to anyone but mother nature now!
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Is there something wrong with pollarding an ash?
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    This part of the wood is just outside the designation, but its shoddy forestry whatever designation the woodland is. it doesnt matter whether your a forester harvesting lumber (like this case) or a tree surgeon carrying out work on a single garden amenity tree, standards apply to all. I guess the "standard" here is acceptable to all parties concerned, time will tell. Its all being watched, witnessed and documented. This is my favorite woodland, where I go to heal my hurts and to be with nature, so I take this one personaly:post:
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    When your ready drop me a line, Imight have a few lines of inquiry you can try:thumbup1:
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I dont think the contractor is the type to even notice the damage, I dont think the local council who own the site have even bothered to inspect the work and the origional site assesment/surveying firm obviously didnt specify any particular approach or considerations for the ecology of the site, which is significant and within SSSI (site of special scientific interest) I was concerned from the outset, the damage on site by machines is horrific, from roots scarred to remaining trees damaged by falling lumber, but to cap it off, last time I went in I found they are also littering the site.
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Have you tried to find sponsors?

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