Matthew Arnold
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Taken 5/6/11 Little white flower is known as Eyebright. It is semi-parasitic on grasses and according to old age remedies was used to clear up bacterial eye infections such as Conjunctivitus. The orchids are the same ones in the field adjacent to Milldown that we have just taken on. The big logs are Cedar of Lebanon and weigh 2.5 ton each. Each year we put a notice up saying that if the litter around the logs exceeds 5 bags a month then they will be removed.
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the body language of Decay, The Delights of D
Matthew Arnold replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Fungi Pictures
Got a few along the avenue with the wrinkles will get some shot of them this arvo when i am out with the dogs. -
the body language of Decay, The Delights of D
Matthew Arnold replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Fungi Pictures
We are planning on getting the tree braced due to the tight fork. Is the buckling/rippling something we should be concerned about or just see how much more rippling occurs over the next few years? -
Working with gamekeepers
Matthew Arnold replied to Ty Unnos's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I help out on a number of shoots with regards to habitat management and creation. As i beat and shoot on them too i can identify areas that need work and then do the work from Feb onwards. During March i cleared an area of hazel coppice and took down some dodgy ash with alot of rot in the base. During the season i help out with any trees that hinder access to the gunbus and tractor trailer. -
the body language of Decay, The Delights of D
Matthew Arnold replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Fungi Pictures
What you recon to this then? Fagus sylvatica with obvious ripples in the bark. We have one peice of deadwood soon to removed with Clustered Bracket. No signs of die back in crown but fair amount of deadwood soon to be removed as over busy footpath. -
Should have said. In the last pic The tree in question is the one on the right of the picture. The tree of the left is its neighbour. Just to give a comparison.
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Found this one on a small leaning Ash on a nature reserve we have just (last week) taken on. The plan of action for the site is any standing deadwood will be made safe (fracture pruned, coronetted,etc) into a habitat stick and the branch wood left around the fall zone as a dead hedge. Any living trees will be ivy banded to see any defects and we will react accordingly. We will give the site a general tidy (any partially fallen trees tidied up, deadwood stacked into heaps, recoppice old hedgerow trees). There is a small amount of scrap metal that we will be clearing around as we have already seen a Grass Snake basking under a tin sheet on the site.
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Ive noticed that one of the Beech trees in our avenue doesn't have a really happy, healthy crown like the others. It is one of the first to come out and the first to drop leaves during autumn. No sign of fungi but has a good lean on it and one of the roots has adapted to the lean. There is a small black lesion on the tension root but only think its bacterial flux. Any ideas what is causing the thin crown?
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Will be doing that on the dorset section. taking a load of pasta n sauce stuff.
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Here are a selection of pics. The last few pics are of what i had to eat most of the time i was on the walk. It doesnt look very appetising but it was food.
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We have a novelty sticker on the L200. "If you insist on riding my ass atleast pull my hair". A bit wrong with 4 blokes in the van but we also have a legend for "tea drinking" that is bolted to the gate at our office.
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Sir Patrick Stewart?
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I was gonna say Clint Eastwood but not so sure now.
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Any idea where i can buy mower blades?
Matthew Arnold replied to Matthew Arnold's topic in Landscaping
cheers. will see if they are on the council vendors list on monday. -
As the title suggests does anyone know where i can buy two 21" blades for a DR finishing deck? As ours are beyond sharpening with the special blade sharpener.
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I'm back guys. I did 22 miles in a day and a half. We did 11.5 miles on Tuesday afternoon from Westard Ho! to Higher Clovelly. Then 10.5 miles from Higher Clovelly to Stoke Camp site on Wednesday. We had a rest day today as our legs were aching like mad and we were waiting for a friend to take over from me. Pics too follow soon.
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Just to help a good friend out with moral support and got some holiday to use up so thought sod it may as well go for a long walk. He is doing it as a fundraiser for Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie Cancer Care.
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Be one hell of a pub crawl lol. Sober up between pubs. From what he has said the bit at Bude is the most challenging with big hills.
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Cheers mate. Looking forward to it. Never been to Cornwall before. The most west i have been is to Exeter.
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This week starting tomorrow i am walking with a good friend and ex colleague the South west coast path from Westward Ho. He has been walking with a friend from Minehead but he had too pull out as he dislocated his knee cap. I do a fair bit of walking but this will be my greatest challenge as i have never walked the S.W.C.P. We are hoping to reach Lizard Point by Friday. When i shall be swapping with another friend of his. I shall join him again for the Dorset section from Lyme Regis to Poole.
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Johnny Vaughan?
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Penelope Cruz
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You've informed them so now the ball is firmly in thier court. If the tree fails then its the site managers ass on the line not yours.
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Jessica Alba?
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I've been up to Westdown Camp when they were night firing. One of my friends invited me up there. It was both amazing and terrifying. 155mm tracer rounds going across the ranges looked like fireworks. Hoping to go up to the Plains next month.
