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    Buying a Tree

    Goaty replied to Hobbsurf's topic in General chat

    Rowan drop berries even messier! A birch is a more reliable tree for different soils and situations, Rowan go cankerous, suffer dieback etc. Probably a sentimental reason for birch, but you could always plant a more distinctive tree. Personally I would get a small 6ft one and watch it go. Resolves transport issue. It probably will outgrow a bigger planted specimen. Also if customer waits 8 weeks then get a cheaper bareroot plant. I reckon I could get the pot grown for £70 in the size spec wanted then delivery on top. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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    Buying a Tree

    Goaty replied to Hobbsurf's topic in General chat

    Crowders nurseries is in Horncastle. Go through the trade section rather than retail
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    As a truck driver I cannot believe the lack of roadside vegetation control on some busy roads in East Yorkshire. The hedges and trees encroach beyond the tarmac edge and buses and truck mirrors whack it. Or oncoming traffic if prefered! Cyclists give it a wide berth. At least its farmer season now. Big bales stacked high on condemable artic trailers snapping trees out. Would be a good time for authorities to follow the trails of straw attached to vegetation, all narrow poor clearance stuff is well decorated with straw. I would of thought in line with highway bridges all under 16ft have to be marked, so surely if routes are not marked as such ALL the route should have 16ft clearance. Thats 4.87 mtrs. With a little more for droop or when branches are wet. 5.2m sounds a good minimum.
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    The pattern looks like a squid. Nice.
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    A real mans pine cone collecting session. No ropes used. Just shorts and t shirt to wash afterwards.
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    Oh and sloe gin, need I say anymore!
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    I've never had that on my alaskan. My smaller saws I tend to run chain tighter than most people. A tree surgeon did once tell me to run bigger bars 30inch etc alot slacker. It didn't work for me and I find long chains stretch more when warmed up anyway. My expirence which is limited milling, tells me slack chain wears the drive links and shoulders of the chain and widens the bottom of the groove in the bar out. whilst making a mess of the timber. Im not preaching, Im curious as to what others do or reckon.
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    The much maligned elderberry. The flowers can be made into a syrup which dilutes as a cordial to make a posh but very tasty drink with lemonade. Freeze the flowers until you need em. The berries which are about ready now make another super syrup to dilute with lemonade. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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    Underseal

    Goaty replied to Rodeodog's topic in General chat

    Would you do the ladder chassis in this stuff though? I would of thought an industrial marine coating would be best like shipping container paints and available in many colours. Do the underneath of cab with underseal. My thinking is HGV chassis is always paint. Rot and rust is a pain its what kills all our vehicles in the end. Barring accidents and expensive mechanical failures.
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    These "skywalker" stilts are around £200(inbuilt liabilty insurance?) to buy but I picked up a set at a farm sale in good condition for £12 with hedges in mind. Lots of practice is needed just to walk because the extra leverage on the knee is weird. You need a hedge to fall in to because the wind really catches you high up with a high center of gravity. I gave up as when I fall, if I do normally I roll with it. Its a long way down on these with them still attached to your legs. rolling isn't likely to happen. My 16 year old nephew can stride with them pretty well. Maybe a younger mans skill to learn. Maybe a competition to do at Arb fairs/shows. I would want to be confident of a user with powertool being able to still wield it safely when they went down. The tiny footprint is unstable as well if off hard flat surfaces and a pebble causes alot of twist angle by the time it reaches your knee.
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    I didn't know he had been a naughty boy. Maybe what many of us don't know won't hurt. Didn't he start the arbtalk rumour thread and other on the forum boredom killers?
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    Any result yet?
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    Im veggie and have been since 4 years old. Personal choice as I was sensitive! I have no issue with leather products as a byproduct of the meat industry. Obviously I enjoy other byproducts to eat, eggs cheese etc. If its a personal choice fair enough on the OP. But if its a woman pressuring you even I agree with Bolam, its sound reasoning. Plus substitute leather products are rubbish in my experience, look at the trash they make trainers out of these days.
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    I assume the fun bidding means fake seller gets stung with real ebay selling fee.
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    I think my slug problem is because the garden is quite sheltered. A shaded shelter belt behind it coupled with it being a corner location with grass in abundance on the other side. If their is a Tony Croft of slugs he would love my garden. I think we have every type of slug. I plant pot or cell grown veg. It's eaten within a week, less if it rains. Leeks do well because they grow over winter. P.s your poly tunnel may have the special coating that prevents insects. It's to do with light transmission and they don't thrive. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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    This year has been a though veg disaster. I gave up big time by June. SLUGS!! They are a problem normally. Next year I may try barriers. Wood ash from the fire in rings around the plants helps alot. However the fruit has been very good. Raspberries, rhubarb, blackcurrants and blueberries. Strawberries practically wiped out by vine weevil. All of them grown in containers. So Im chucking them to the chickens to peck over. I have done torchlight searches and terminated over 200 adults. Nematodes to follow. So hopefully will get it under control. i.e extinction. Another success is 1st ever watermelons fruiting decently in the polytunnel. Tried several varities over 4 seasons and Jubilee and red star F1 are yielding.
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    Or Trailer repair companies. I get mine from a sheet and curtain repairer/maker. As said Beer money.
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    If it still stands. Its illegal to shoot racing pigeons.
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    We used to do it up to 15 years ago when we lived with parents. Towards the end we left it all to my dad. Addictive obsessive sport if you let it get you. Expensive and time consuming to do it properly. But like premier league, the fanciers with the money often but their way to success. Fascinating to observe and be part off. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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    In the colder winter days, doing lighter work such as treeplanting I use them if the weather is wet. I agree with the sweat or wet comments, The gain is being able to work on a write off day. Also the more layers the better underneath to spread the moisture. They are more suited to stand around safety/supervisor roles. You do get less wet wearing them.
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    I've mention in another thread a while back. If local skip companies offered a suited service for tree work companies it would be mutually beneficial. Gives them work and saves arb doing all the paper chase that comes with transport. Your regular domestic waste collection truck would probably compact it too much to tip. I've seen these trucks trying to shake there contents. Not stable as the rear end has to go up increasing centre of gravity. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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    That's much clearer. I had not read your post in the other thread. Hence why it didn't make sense. Well done on pulling the the stuff you have. Also on being open, it will help others sort things out. Manual working men try and shrug everything off. But it doesn't always work for the best. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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    Surely he didn't speak like this before he left? I understand cider speak from somerset better than this, :laugh1:I only live 45 miles from York but never read or heard this form before.
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    Would seem he's been to an island with a pidgeon english form of dialect:confused1:
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    I knew a man ( since passed away) that blacked out randomly. Yet the doctors never took licence off him. Best one though was an old chap that caused a small accident. Police took licence off him there and then. He got down not driving, so wrote to DVLA saying he'd lost his licence could they send a replacement. They did! He carried in driving. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

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