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  1. Island Lescure
    I like the "What to expect" page. Good idea. Tidy and informative site. Blogs seem to be great for boosting websites but if the website is already working, I would guess that it is more a personal preference.
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    You might be able to tip the chips at Abbey lane cemetery if you ask them...Or there is Northern General, (by the boiler house) again let them know. If you get hard pressed for logs you can ask at Northern General also. Eventually, I could take a load at mine (S6) but the drive is narrow and a bit awkward and I already have enough for winter.
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    I need to get at least one more type on mine. Failed to graft 2 years in a row. I need to apply myself a bit better I think.
  4. Island Lescure
    Have you seen the one with 250 varieties of apples?
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    I am going to sound really stupid here... What tree is it? The leaf looks like P. Padus but the bark does not...
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    Can't seem to find the seller. Anyway, just curious. You get some pretty cool books in India such as: "The Wealth of India". I have a ton of books that I need to purchase before these. I just get a bit distracted...
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    Cheers! Searching for the above I also stumbled upon the thread: "Tree Survey, Arb Impact Appraisal and Method Statement" which is quite informative also, though not regarding pti. Quite happy with what I learned at the lvl 4 with regards to BS5837 when reading this. Just have to do a few and see if I am happy with my knowledge.
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    Cheers! One thing less to worry about.
  9. Island Lescure
    You bought it in Delhi? Book fair?
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    Hey David I don't have the AA fungi book...I have asked if the instructor can bring one along that I may buy. Should have bought the set at the conference... I can only hope that it is open book, but I will revise the fungi some more regardless.
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    Is the fungi app enough for the id bit? Still struggling with this. Doing it next week...
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    Anybody tried this? Coming off the thread about removing big limbs discussed recently, I was wondering if anyone has e.g.: Reduced a large limb, leaving a branch 1/3 of width of parent branch with foliage. Covered it with a tarp or at least the foliage? Waited to see what happens, as in how fast it gets shed. Good compartmentalization? Less ram's horns? Less stress to tree... Not something you could do everywhere but I am sure some people would be willing to pay to have their tree's lower limb reduced in the most gentle fashion.
  13. Island Lescure
    Interesting thread. Thank you
  14. Island Lescure
    argh. Would have liked to do the Achieving Longevity in the Landscape course, especially for the price, but doing a PTI course on those days. Can't do everything...
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    Similar to my early days in India, though wearing a harness and using a 200t. Too hot. Though later on boots, helmets, ear protection and face guards were used. Chainsaw trousers are still too hot. About tens years ago...
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    I would go with this as well. Mine do exactly that when I trim them too much or not much in some cases.
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    Old stubs: Remove only what is dead. New stubs: Provide a springboard (extra food) for fungi to get into the stem. Better to do a proper cut. Removing big limbs is never good. If at all possible reduce the lower limbs to a reduction point farther out rather than to the stem. Ideally, if the branch has been reduced and no longer receives enough light to support itself, it will eventually die by itself at which point you come by and remove the dead matter (again, this is an ideal situation which is not easy to apply). In this situation, the tree will have used reserves (possibly from that branch) and created boundaries which will improve chances of resisting invasion by fungi or other. My 2 Rupees
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    Liked everyone. Please like me in return: https://www.facebook.com/IslandLescureTrees
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    How do you plan to store the energy?
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    Para 1: not really? I don't know if I am motivated enough, plus: lvl 6 you can take up to 5 years to complete... Not that I think I would do it this way. Bsc you can complete it from anywhere in the world but, can you retake bits that/if you fail? I guess I need to ask this.
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    From the myerscough website, it looks like you can go from level 6 to Msc. Not super clear on the level 4 to Bsc though...At least to me
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    I imagine workload of the level 6 to be ridiculous but also satisfying as you have gone through everything top to bottom. I would really like to know my stuff, though I appreciate the "the more you know the more you realise you don't" scenario as Paul Barton has mentioned despite having a masters... I did like the support from Tree Life and meeting people every so often. I have always wanted to go to exotic places and help researchers, or I guess conduct the research myself at this point, to climb trees, traverse, etc... So a bit more orientated towards Bsc. Anything that doesn't involve just chopping trees. I had no problem meeting the minimum criteria for the level 4 assessments, as in I never wrote too much, more often not enough... Anyway, waiting on a reply with regards to the bridging modules for the Bsc. Still not sure what to go for. A consultant around here finished his Bsc last year. I will ask him what he thought too. Thank you for the advice!
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    I can imagine that it is quite hard to achieve as the level four in one year was no walk in the park. I was only working 4 days a week, no kids and yet very little social life, course work pretty much every night and weekends.
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    Hi, I am thinking of continuing my studies and have started debating on which direction to go. The part-time online course with Myerscough or lvl 6 with Tree Life. Anything else? I finished my level 4 last year with Tree Life, quite intense. Does anybody have any experience with the Myerscough course and the prerequisites? I will give them a call shortly to discuss things but was just wondering if anyone had gone through the process already. My initial views: Myerscough: slightly cheaper, less work, less involved, more recognized worldwide? Level 6: Lots of work, more thorough, good support, not recognized by ICF? Same time frames more or less (both 2 years). Thanks for views and info

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