armchairarborist

todays job.. guess what im doing tomorrow?

more hedge trimming, yew hedge that hasnt seen a pair of clippers for a few years..

my missus keeps telling me to park it out of sight, but this weather i'll park right up to the door, my gaff isn't as big as Deans but its a better neighbourhood.

tiny trees but what a difference..

:thumbup1:blinking advertisments doing their job here..

he sounds like an uneducated oaf, think like him, how would you kill a neighbours tree? nip into their garden and pour some oil based liquid or other harmful substance into the ground near the tree base, are there signs of ground disturbance? nearby vegetation suffering? a quick dig around in the soil might show up foul play. dont forget a lot of rowans are dying of a vascular disease at the moment, any photos? Ed.

strong smell of melting plastic/rubber last week, i annoyed the woman by asking her 3times what was on fire in the kitchen (she has a history of cooking pizza with the foam base still under it), then noticed the black rings on the carpet as the underlay was burning.. oops

Kev on his back, Rob with aerial boner, and the view from the back of the landy when i woke up..

righto, fingers crossed this will work, managed to mess it up on the tube..

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipGJ7bj_SLY]

found this 3ft dia stump while exploring fc land in scotland, couldn't help thinking the guy could do with a bigger bar..

bet that needs a big hyd fluid tank..

wierd canker growths all over an ash lastweek, i popped one in my mouth and chewed in front of recent new groundy(it was horrible), he thought i was joking so i spat it out, oh well it usually works on kids haha, next thing would you believe it he tried one and i nearly wet myself at the face he pulled. then told him its a kind of tree cancer he had in his mouth:thumbup:.. which arbtalker was it???

im on with it guys, still a bit stiff from sleeping in the back of the landy.. i'll borrow a card reader from my bro and stick piccies and vids up. nice to meet everyone who made it.. Ed.

thats more like it.. the sitting bit:thumbup1:

nice, any pics of the other side?

shut your eyes and go for it.. erm i mean get some scrap bits of metal and weld them together till it looks right, i used body panels and tin snipped them into strips then welded them back together for practice, thicker stuff is easier to do so practice on thin stuff..

ooh just remembered, kitchen window 15mtr away with stumpgrinder.. one tiny stonechipping bust the opening pane (small one) special doubleglazing thickness fitted same day by a mate. old woman tapped on my shoulder and said 'i think you have just smashed my window'

they aren't really the sort of tree that would pollard successfully, usually a messy crown that would be a mare to reduce anyway, nice bark interest but thats all, try to suggest a replacement maybe like for like so she can enjoy watching one grow up again, or something you can pollard and maintain as a nice pollard if thats the look she is after.. as janey says check tpo/ca etc first, have fun convincing her, Ed.

fence panel here too:blushing: still get nightmares..

search forum for 'muddy fail...' the vid is of 7.50/16avon rangemasters. do not get them, they last for years and hold the weight but are, well.. just watch it..

Well I'm sure you could get them from a night on the town.

i thought you could only catch crabs at the seaside? im dreaming of a groundy helmet, spikes, straps and possibly some fresh crabs..

i looked into this a bit, surely stacking the stems undercover (outdoors in summer) would dry them out somewhat and you could chip them when dry? making dry woodchip. there was a grant for setting src up but ended jan 2010.

Why the low backcut?

aww come on darren, its only low at one side..

i have got a spare seat in the landy to the person who helps me push the caravan out of the garden in the morning.. pm me or ring 07747022678Ed.

wow, you have time for more than one forum?