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Trees and the future, what should we plant?
csservices replied to corylus's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I would stick to natives but planting a selection according to local soil conditions etc, agroforestry is an option for the future which has not been greatly explored in this country, this is a means of providing two crops from the same ground with benefits to the trees from the crop and to the crop from the trees, according to a book I have, Farm Woodland Management (Farming Press 1987) most farms can accomodate 5-10% of the land under trees without affecting yield and in some cases tree cover upto 25% has increased yield, presumably due to reduced leaching of nutrients and reduced soil erosion, wind damage etc. -
Just be patient mate, good things come to he who waits, once you get given a chance, watch, listen and take note, don't stress to much over tickets to start with I know plenty people with them who can't fell for toffee and still can't understand why they keep trapping thier saw due to misreading trees, experience will always teach you more than book learning, take your time, take care and good luck
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Sycamore,poplar, willow or possibly alder and rowan, all good once dried
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short fence labour what to charge?
csservices replied to onyx landscaping/fencing's topic in Landscaping
Thats why I don't tend to bother with domestic fencing much anymore and to be fair agricultural fencings not much better, probably only get 1 in ten jobs that I price now and I know for a fact I'm not the most expensive man in the area, as I always say you can do it cheap or you can do it properly -
7.30-4.30 for the firm I'm subbing for unless we're on earlies in which case have to be in for 6.30, but have to be up early enough to go to the yard and feed my animals before I go to work and go back to feed them at night and usually cut some logs or something while there so I'm usually out the house about 6.45 and get home around 7,30-8.00
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short fence labour what to charge?
csservices replied to onyx landscaping/fencing's topic in Landscaping
Just put a days labour on it for you and a days money for your labourer as has been said use postcrete or rapid cement, done in one trip and if you have got another small job you can fit in then your quids in if not have an early day as either way you've earnt your money -
Rip some poplar down with the saw so you get long curly shavings, once dry light easy and give good heat to get a fire going
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£65 a cube but think it needs to go up a bit this year
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Had the same today, had booked the lad who helps me out to come this evening after work to ring up the ash, that I put a pic of in the storm pictures thread, only to get a call off the customer at dinner time to say the local log firm had offered to do it for the timber so she didnt need me, but can I go and repair the fence when they have moved it! I'm more peeved that she told me she wanted to keep all the wood for thier own fire else I would have made the same offer as it is literally round the corner from the yard
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Got to go cut this up managed to fall just right, missed the phone line and the electric wires either side of the driveway and missed the greenhouse just to the right of it, luckily her neighbour had a digger working up there so he moved it off the drive for them, only thing is the customer wants to keep all the wood....bugger.....
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Never used an 026 but have got an 028 AV super that I've had since it was new in 86/87 always run on an 18" bar on .325 I reckon its pretty fast compared to my huskies and does alot more work on a tank of fuel
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Yep all felling, hawthorn and ash mainly about 30 footers at the biggest just lots of them.
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Yep, think we've only had a couple of dry days in the fortnight we've been over there.
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Hi Paul, over at Newton near Alfreton at the minute and then back to finish one at Middleton next week, mad rush before bird nesting!
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Hi Jon just had a hi viz site jacket to start off and then changed it for my Harke smock at dinner time as it was wet through, got to have hi viz on as on site clearance work at the mo.
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Two coat day again today, would have been a 3 coater if I'd had a third one to put on, by the end could feel the rain running down the back of my legs through my chainsaw trousers and me trousers underneath them
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Between half and 1 bag a day, but only light it in the evening when we're in or other half may light it during day if she's in, plus use a bag of coal a month burning in a hunter 4, open plan downstairs so lets plenty of heat upstairs, got a door curtain on the front room where it is which we close if its really cold but if do close it then rest of house is freezing
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Heavy rain followed by heavy snow followed by more rain, gave up and went home at dinner time as we were all soaked to the skin, course when we got back to the yard was blue skies and sunshine
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Heard from a guy who worked for British Waterways a few years back that when he first went to work for them on grass cutting etc, they gave him a tractor and hedge cutter and an address for the job, job was 100m of bank to cut, left yard at 8.30 was there and done by 9.30 rang his boss to see where the next job was to be told that was his days work and to go find somewhere to park up out of site and not go back to the yard til 4.30 because if the higher up men in the chain found out they would get thier budget cut!
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Could'nt do that, the criminals have more rights in this country than the law abiding citizens thanks to the EU and the human rights brigade
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Its a combination of red tape (to clean your own ditches on your own land you are supposed to register an exemption to allow you to spread the spoil/dredgings back on the field) and budgets, budgets are what screws up, holds up and costs this country untold millions each year due to all the back handing and back scratching that goes on, politicians wont do anything to change any of it unless it directly affects them and thier cushy wage packet
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just realised i've done something very stupid!
csservices replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in General chat
should'nt have done any harm, mixing mineral and semi/fully synthetic is more harmfull as it will jellify in the engine and block the oil ways. -
Said in Farmers Guardian the other week that the EA are laying off a load more staff from waterways maintenance due to budget cuts again, although would also help if people would stop building on flood plains
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Think this may have been an "off" Topic Mouse `found in Topic bar' - News - The Independent
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Going by the darker heart wood I would say oak.
