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  1. sloth
    But seriously, good looking owl to me. The only constructive criticism I can offer the wings look a little small perhaps. Nice though...
  2. sloth
    Er, what's it sat on?!
  3. sloth
    I'd successfully pushed this to the back of my mind, now I want to know again!
  4. sloth
    What an awesome growth. I've seen similar on ash, but not with so much bark included. I'd say it's a burr of some kind, but are those grub/beetle tunnels in the last two pics?
  5. sloth
    I only went self employed in 2011, I really undervalued my time at first too. Within 6 months my day rate (for surveys, reports etc) went from £180 plus travel/map costs etc to £275. Fast forward to now and I aim for 360 plus any extras like os maps or travel if it's more than 45ish mins away. I don't always quite get that, giving leeway for bigger jobs or those tricky ones that overrun a bit. I've lost a couple of my earlier clients due to the increase, but most have said they thought I was cheap and used me again anyway. As you go on you realise that what seems ok at first on paper just doesn't cover the real costs of working! On top of the obvious tools, insurance, advertising, tax, vehicles etc. there's days off, unexpected repairs, holiday pay, quiet times, reinvestment, pension, book keeping, quoting, research, the list goes on and on!
  6. sloth

    Honey Fungus?

    sloth replied to alice's topic in Fungi Pictures

    Looks wrong, and far too small for honey fungus - Flammulina maybe?
  7. sloth
    Seems a fairly even spread. I wonder how far it extends?
  8. sloth
    No, the report definitely said it was a a badger Some people are just screwed up I guess. In the same woods (I think, or one nearby) a few years back there was a spate of hedgehogs being skinned alive and left for dead too. Acts of that nature make me ashamed to be a human!
  9. sloth
    Lovely little table...
  10. sloth
    Very nice. Just read in the local rag a badger has been found decapitated in a wood local to me. Baffling and concerning why someone would do that!
  11. sloth
    Where is Auu? I need to know!
  12. sloth
    ?????
  13. sloth

    Oak butt

    sloth replied to paulb2785's topic in Milling Forum

    What makes you say that Tony? Not disagreeing or doubting, just curious...
  14. sloth
    Could be the dreaded honey fungus. Have you tried peeling off the dead bark to look for fans of white mycellium?
  15. sloth
    Tree of heaven, leaflets just opening, perhaps...
  16. sloth

    Oak butt

    sloth replied to paulb2785's topic in Milling Forum

    Brown oak is the early stages of decay from Fistulina hepatica (beef steak fungus) which is a brown rotter. So the fungal mycelium is present throughout the wood, giving the colour, but decay is minimal and therefore the material properties of the wood are similar to undecayed wood. Don't fell and dry just at the right stage though, and the wood will become brittle, or as above - just a brown crumbling mess! The small window of opportunity is what makes brown oak hard to come by, despite the beef steak fungus being incredibly common on oak.
  17. sloth

    Oak butt

    sloth replied to paulb2785's topic in Milling Forum

    White rot is generally pale in colour, hence the name. It rots away the lignin leaving the cellulose, which the wood fibres are made from and which give the wood tensile strength like ropes. So you end up with a paler, soft, stringy rot. At the extreme, you can pull handfulls of soft (sometimes damp) fibrous decayed wood apart. The opposite to that is brown rot, which unsurprisingly is brown! It does the opposite and rots the cellulose, leaving the lignin, which acts like 'bricks' giving the wood stiffness and compressive strength. So you end up with a dry, crumbly rot like cubes or dust. Hope that helps! For what it's worth, I can't see white rot there, start of brown if anything...
  18. sloth
    Yep, Taphrina betula, a fungus...
  19. sloth
    This isn't a root rot, bizarrely at a great height, is it? If not, I give up!
  20. sloth
    You tease! I'll have another think about this later...
  21. sloth

    On a big oak

    sloth replied to Stihlben's topic in General chat

    Hefty old tree! Was it window? What about decay? The stem looks clean, but the root plate - Innonotus dryadeus?
  22. sloth
    Crikey, best wishes to all involved. A horrible situation to be involved with
  23. sloth
    That's mighty decent of them! I very rarely find the need or clients willing to have the expense, but will certainly keep you in mind, thank you...
  24. sloth
    Do you have a resistograph then Paul? Could be handy from time to time if so, you're not far from me...
  25. sloth
    Go on then, I'll go P pini!

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