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dont ask a bunch of tree surgeons what's best for woodland - ask an ecologist!!! will any management dreams last or be taken forward long enough to be any good to wildlife? you could start by leaving all the deadwood alone. what do you deem neglected? even leylandii can provide winter cover, nesting sites etc. how long has it taken the blackthorn to get that big - its probably is supporting its own wildlife??
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its not hard to go up, sever a few bits and reduce the sail area now is it?
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what about managing the ivy rather than trying to bosch it. ivy thin and reduction - 40%? and then feel right good about yourself. Done similar work for our local authority nice climb once you are above it, no wobbly tip work or angry bitey thing to worry about - quick easy stuff cutting wherever is easy to reach. do one tree a year starting with the worst?
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Evening all, J has asked me to let anyone interested that she will be on here next week to start the ball rolling. There was a lot of interest generated by the thread - it was meant to just gain a bit of an idea regarding viability but i guess it gave a lot of people with holey trousers a bit of premature hope of relief so apologies for the delay but the service is coming apparently.....hopefully next week cheers M
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not sure if Julian Moles still does it - Spindlewood on t'net
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i think thats a bit harsh, the outer layer serves little apart from trying to make us look like some sort of special forces hardnut. moreover how is it going to be blamed for an accident or extent of injury, but hey you might have a point.....the trousers usually come with patches but no thread. the good news is J said she is keen to start up a service and i suggested she join arbtalk as a means of networking. she will probably be doing that this week. i cant make any promises on her behalf. i am sure if you can send off any patches that come with the trousers that will make for a neater and more bs compliant repair! i hope it works out for everyone
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this is awesome. and i can see with a decent uptake from the start it will be a big success. when stuff does get nicked everyone will go "was it registered on arbsafe?!?" some kit will probably go abroad but the chances of getting it back will increase and make selling decent kit on riskier and harder.
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i reckon the soft poplar will develop 'character' very quickly!! attractive to woodworm too if its a bit damp in there? I'd probably go spruce
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great advice people, thanks for your input. and yes - they would all need to be washed!! I dare say she could add some funky patches (if you dare)- she also makes awesome boardbags and other surf accessories.....she has a facebook page i can put up if she doesnt mind
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North Devon - i think we are talking about posting them really. An element of trust is probably required. And i suppose some sort of sort of damage rating and timescales established
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i asked her to take a before and after shot, hopefully you'll be able to see what has been achieved. i am hoping lots of you will offer opinions and a price you would be happy to pay to tempt her to start something up
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yep youre not wrong, felt a bit like a tourniquet at times but only good for a coupla days!
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yes obviously, should have said that, we are talking the outer layer here, pockets etc
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Lets be honest, theyre not cheap....one of my guys missus is a very experienced seamstress / costume design and repairer (hope thats the right way of putting it). She seems to perform miracles on some of his and is in the process of sorting out my 4yr old hiflexs which i have repaired by hand many times. She has an industrial set up and the trousers seem to come back looking about 50x stronger than before! So we are talking very effective repair here - do you think there is a market for a postal return service? And what would you pay do you think? Cheers Mark
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Thanks David, I wasnt sure on the left hand one of the two - such a different form to the right hand one. Both have the stipe ring. Shameful when you think I have my PTI! I'll go easy on myself on the last one, looks about right after a googleing Cheers again
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Evening all, Bit stumped on these, all on rowan. Can some enlightened person put me out of my misery? Reckon at least one's an armillaria Thanks Mark
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thanks guys, i did the spraying yesterday. 250ml per 10l used. the main reason for spraying is to be able to see the rockeries and pathways underneath before we attempt to clear with brushcutters/hedgetrimmers. total jungle, headheight in places. i did warn the client it may not be a silver bullet - the label does mention 'during active growth'. will defo have a respray in the spring, client warned! cheers all
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nice one, thats the ticket.....that was on brambles though yarp?
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Hi all, Im pretty sure glyphosate can handle brambles, even though this isnt the best time of year but ive got some 'clinic ace' for general spraying/stump treating. It has dosage rates for perennial weeds but isnt that stuff like nettles and docks? Can anyone give me a figure for the rate to kill brambles and a bit of young russian vine? Trumping through brambles on a bumpy slope will be very hard to guage a walking pace so i cant really work out a dosage based on that. Max concentration for knapsacks is 20:1 on the label - reckon this will kill the targets? TIA Mark
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Pulling down a half-fallen section of trunk
arbmark replied to coppicer's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
oops apologies, just re-read the first line! id just cut enough to get past -
Pulling down a half-fallen section of trunk
arbmark replied to coppicer's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
are you doing this for the challenge or because it poses a risk? otherwise id just leave it for the valuable 'standing' deadwood it is and go and cut something easy?!?!?!?!?!? -
i think there was a tv program about this and it concluded that dogs were a bit better than cats but habitat loss is still the biggest issue. most of the stuff cats kill (obviously because there is so much of it) is common species. are kingfishers actually rare? when i see cats scouring the hedgerows for things to kill it is a bit depressing, but hey urbanisation and modern farming processes forced on farmers by a growing human population and supermarket price lowering is the worst thing for wildlife. when you think that old countryside farming and land management ways actually benefitted biodiversity, the countryside we are left with now is far more depleted through this than because there being a few too many moggies
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can vouch for the greenmech arb130 - deals with forks very well - looks a lot better on the back of the truck than a skanky engine-out tw too. love mine.
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if you have a really short bar, and its softwood then why clutter up the workshop with cheap chinese crap?
