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  1. headgroundsman
    The main advantage is you need no storing space as the wood is seasoned standing in the woods
  2. headgroundsman
    Ford 4000 flat out is about 2300 if a remember correctly so about 3/4 throttle would be good
  3. headgroundsman
    Hi John Did any of the root plates go down and the stumps sit themselves back up. I did some big poplars about 20 years ago and they were pretty scary
  4. headgroundsman
    I will be digging out some trees at a charity that i help out at. Some of the birch have got too large for our own use. I suggested they might try selling a few to pay for the minidigger
  5. headgroundsman
    sycamore splits very easy. split like leaves of a book with splitter then finish with hatchet
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    There is no words for these people. I worked at a young offenders prison for 9 years and they just don't care less. Problem is there are no effective punishments as they claim they are trying rehabilitation instead of punishment. It will never work while there is no worries of getting caught. I said they should have been able to take these youngsters to a place where the punishment was hard labour so they knew what would happen next time. I would advocate chain gains for repeat offenders
  7. headgroundsman
    Like home grow veg and venison from deer you have shot yourself
  8. headgroundsman
    Make a covered run for the annual avian flu regulation. Make everything fox proof
  9. headgroundsman
    I used to be the headgroundsman at a hotel with 100 acres and set up a deer park thre with Sika deer. Before we put in the fences i took the 2.3 m flail mower through a load of alder saplings but missed out narrow stripes 15 years later it was a nice woodland with alder trees nearly touching. We got rid of the big tractor and mower so were able to use the smaller mower between the rows. It would now be perfect for coppicing and firewood but i now longer work there and neither does gardener who started just after me
  10. headgroundsman
    I hope they don't ban it soon because i only have 10 litre of concentrate left and that would have lasted me a life time now.
  11. headgroundsman
    Thanks for reminding me about fusilade we used some in early 90s on couch grass in potatoes. It was a complete failure but the rep said it was probably due to the length of the couch grass rhizomes. They gave the farmer the cost of the spray back but nothing for the lost of yield in the spuds and the hard work separating them from the couch grass. It came up the harvester like a carpet
  12. headgroundsman
    My experience says otherwise. I have been using glyphosate since it first became common on farms and i like it . I have also used it in my veg growing area with no adverse effects. I have used it very carefully to produce a magnificent wild flower verge by getting so on rubber gloves and just rubbing the leaves of what i wanted gone. No wildflower seeds sown but loads of flowers this summer. Even the council mower went around my verge as the flowers were about 3 feet tall.
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    I planted 2 acres with a friend 6 years ago and as i use a machine to tow me around i was having problems with long grass wrapping round my wheels so very reluctantly i sprayed a path with roundup early spring. I discovered a happy accident, the grass died off before the wild flowers came through and lots of oak saplings cropped up too. So now i am doing an area each year and marking the trees when i see them. The wildflower meadow next to the trees is mostly grass and the areas i have sprayed off has great burnet 4 feet tall and a few other wild flowers i do not recognise coming in too
  14. headgroundsman
    Why not lift them as saplings and either plant in guards or bring on in pots
  15. headgroundsman
    I have used prees heath before and i found them good quatity
  16. headgroundsman
    Even a couple of cattle troughs buried and filled with water will help. Always leave a pile of stones of a ramp of some sort to allow creatures to get out once they get in
  17. headgroundsman
    It will devalue the property to people that want a small piece of farmland but not to people who want woodland without the work of planting it. Also he may just want to keep it in the family. Do we ever actually own land or just occupy it for a generation or two
  18. headgroundsman
    I believe Aspen is native to the UK and prefers moist but well drained soils
  19. headgroundsman
    At least you avoided saying you would give him a stiff talking too!
  20. headgroundsman
    Only thing i can add to your list would be rowan and guelder rose I would plant 25% oaks but plant other faster growing trees a bit closer to the oaks to encourage straighter oaks when you or your offspring do the final thinning to leave straighter oaks. I wish i had planted more hazels,just becacaue i like them and the rods are useful for bean canes and walking sticks amd a few fruit trees. I have a few crab apples
  21. headgroundsman
    I have time on my hands at the moment as in hospital waiting for discharge but i think the wife will have me on house arrest for a week or to when at home
  22. headgroundsman
    I have planted 2 acres of trees and left 2 acres of wildflower meadow. I have also planted just for wildlife and happy to discuss what i think i did right and what i wish i had done. I would leave a 5 metre strip around the edges of the field and same down the centre. This will leave access for tractors, avoid the services and give feeding routes for barn owls and bats. I planted at a low density of1200 trees per Ha and with leaving 5m around the edges i ended up with 750 trees. I agree with planting small bare rooted trees as these will establish better. You will get a good difference in height within 5-6 years if you choose trees and shrubs with differing growth rates
  23. headgroundsman
    Get a new sweep?
  24. headgroundsman
    Farmed potatoes are lifted by machine and the small ones fall through with the soil so some end up buried and will grow in the spring
  25. headgroundsman
    Actually it takes a good frost to finish off a potato. i have left potatoes on the ground all winter hoping they will get frosted and in the spring i find half the potato has frosted and disappeared and half is still viable and is growing

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