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Will last better in nursery bags than in the wind, but the sooner you get them in the better. Every day counts now ASAP is best. Heeled in a moist sheltered place north facing is best for longer term holding. I split bundles for natural woodland jobs and mix at the ratio the planting is to be done. E.G 10% oak means I would have say 5 oaks in a mixed bunch of 50 trees and have them rebagged ready to take to site, rather than arriving and working it out. random instead of straight lines if brilliant for natural look and long term, but if weeds grow rampantly you will curse stimming and mowing maybe. Badly laid out lines look awful. Planting for most things is good when mixed. I try and tailor Alders for wet spots. Birch and alders and evergreens around the perimeter for quicker growth to shelter the plantation.

I have been in work for over 20 years now. Had grand ideas where I would be now and have done various lines of work. At the end of the day in the natural world there are so many variables. I know when I have had to do things to a spec, whilst knowing the spec is counterproductive. Soil types, drainage, root zone depth etc cannot be covered or accounted for. For example in a boggy area the tree would be helped if planted on a slight mound. In a dry area a sunken despression would help for post planting watering. I think people who make rules and regs often dont do it for real but only look at it with a critical eye. EU HSE VOSA etc, we end up with a millstone of extra bother round our necks. What is needed is intelligent people doing the job that care and think in decades not justtonights beer or video game. Unfortunately money rules people want a job done as cheap as possible, some contractors yield to low price whilst others have principles in quality of workmanship etc. The only way I can see your(and mine) ideals ever working is at company level. The problem is we are all narrow minded as to what we do, cyclists see it their way, truck drivers theirs, etc. I have been on both sides and when someone says I can't do that. Because of the various things I've done I sometimes can say do you want me to do it for you which takes away there superficial status. In my early nursery days they used to say every landscaper should work on a nursery to have a better understanding of plants and what goes into producing them. I could see that when they picked them up and lobbed em on. Knowing they were stuffed in a hole at the other end. You only have to see surplus plants from jobs failing in landscapers yards to know this experience if applied would of done them good. I have had the frustrating experience of working with a consultant a qualified professional who was light years from reality because I assume he had never done the job in a practical way. I reckon you are a young un Rob and have seen your enthusiam on here with tree id etc. My advice to you would be to control what you can control and if others choose to be shoddy isolate yourself from it, hopefully you will end up in a team that cares, after all you spend most of your adult energy and vitality earning a living so you may as well be happy doing it, I know if Im not happy in my work Im not happy in my life. I should've just requoted and put ditto!

Just reread it in disbelief, so you are up a tree standing on two of these things and hanging on with one hand I assume whilst winding in another of these tree bleeders. But at least you have the reassurance this is "one of the best ways to climb a tree" and "No one will know you have been up" but next time "you can put them back in the same holes" even if you are 90 stones in weight!!!!! Just dont forget to only mutilate living trees as peg a dead un you will join it. One last question how much would it cost to climb a 20 metre tree? I going to ask him now.

Absolutely Hideous!!!! I'd just get a ladder, imagine chogging lumps down with these in.

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Re. cat repellents. Can you believe this EU bunkum! taken from this page.Buy Silent roar lion manure Silent Roar used to be sold as a cat deterrent, however the natural make up of the product has prevented the manufacturer getting the product the necessary new EU certification for chemicals, as it's not a chemical and the make up of every batch of lion poo is different as it depends on what the lions have eaten. This means as deterrents are regulated by the EU law. (Don't we all love some of the EU laws) the product is now sold as an organic fertiliser - but the product is exactly the same and nothing has changed! Apart from the fact we can no longer legally say it deters cats.

Interesting though bad case here, the earlier posts of Ty and TTM are spot on. And yet they resist europeans moving in to the country, who often have a broader view and appreciate what NZ has to offer. I suprise folk when I tell'em NZ is not the paradise you see in the media. The animalistic behaviour such as this threads idiots. Is centuries out of date. So primitive they dont even hide the evidence, just drill where is easiest. I hope this comes out with good results. TTman have you thought of writing memoirs "Idiots versus Trees" or something like that? I have read old life stories of woodmen, doctors etc. 50yrs later you cant believe how things were.

Aye might as well as its not legal to tow a trailer behind a telehandler on highway anyway.

A discreet one if its particularly sticky and your driving wind window down and glue it on the roof or door side. It warm dry weather it will set like fibreglass resin. Or hide under the wing mirror.

Thanks, I've only dashed through Taupo on new years eve to catch the only interislander ferry booking we could get once. Then the next time went to Jet boat. And nicked a bit of pumice floating on taupo for feet, still use it.

MIIIIAAAAAAAA.......OOOOOOWWwww:laugh1: Love it. AArrrTTisssshhhhooo. Which will work first? Is the pepper spray Police issue stuff or garden center purchase? If I do perimeter they shouldn't enter?

Been under an iseki TF321 compact tractor, engine and transmission fluid and filter changes, Though these are simple to do not as easy as a regular tractor, other things have to be disconnected to access and 4 drain plugs to drain transmission housing. Job done.

I think long term trees do penetrate fabric barriers, only one one needs to break out then it becomes a primary root. As for barrier effect on root growth the plant will fill the cube as it would a pot. Then start to starve and grow less vigorously. It will remain stable for a considerable length of time as the cube wedged with roots will fix solid, long term they will break out, maybe not in your working life though. When I next come to NZ I hope to stop in Taupo and look at all these problems you keep getting. Would like to see how it works out. As for not growing down in pumice, I reckon Broadleaf trees will still put taproot through for tapping in to groundwater. They do in chalk and pumice has air pockets that roots will split, But Im only assuming

Had a quick look is page 4 of this pdf any good?www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CFYQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pferdusa.com%2Finfo%2FPDF%2FCSF.PDF&ei=pioxUfnPFcnL0QW64oH4AQ&usg=AFQjCNE11nJZYkz4e4ag5YJ1WbS7Gb1IPA&bvm=bv.43148975,d.d2k

Will Morris did this and is there now, last time I saw him on here was in the tatoo junkies thread. PM him and see what he says. Might not be the way you want to do it though.

Is this thread going to fade away? Tony C is talking of going solo workwise, so will be obsessed with working and building an empire. This week I nearly got my garden fenced in, hopefully stop the landlords dog urinating on everything. Just need to sort a cat deterrent for neighbours cats babbing in my garden, its not the organic matter I desire. Any tips how to do it nicely. There is no zoo nearby for the lion poo trick. Plus do I really want a bigger dollop?

In northern hemisphere the trees will grow back to the light. Vice versa in the southern. Its a detail used in budding nursery stock, bud on north side and the growth will "pull" south to make a straighter union and a visually superior plant sooner. More of an old school thing.

Dirty exhausts if allowed costs a fortune in congestion charge or something like that. Im just a country boy, avoid the city as much as possible,.

If you get it at right price buy new bar and you will need ripping chain. Will run better rather than weaving through with a worn bar with new chain.

Sorry about the situation Taupotreeman, this is typical prehistoric primative behaviour that dismayed me in NZ. A young country in infrastructure that could learn so much from the mistakes of other countries with environment issues and practices. Keep us updated on outcome. Hope the meeting goes well. I take it the managers never walk the streets in the hot sun and enjoy tree shade? If you do a presentation, get some pictures of people enjoying street trees, I know once at mount maunganui I used a trees shade to see the screen on my macbook as in full sun It was not possible.

Or could path be moved over a path width or so?

Daft if you ask me but Im not in this field of work. I personally would raise verge/path height then subbase with sand over roots. But that isnt going to last long at NZ growth rates. Maybe try the "Due to the unstable tree that would be left behind in the interests of public safety I recommend complete removal" As the only alternative is......... path structure." Shock and awe tactics. Personally I hate doing a bodge that isnt going to work well.

Tyres are good and simple but can harbour slugs. Best Idea I have seen is old rubber crawler tracks, I imagine these are not remanufacturable. The big farm crawlers will make an excellent any shape bed. Also holes around the middle to insert herbs on some of them.

Charles Dowdings books are insightful on no dig. I think they are mentioned earlier in this or another thread.

No engine or steering wheel on a spade, are you sure you know how to use one. I'd go no dig if it was me. I reckon the fencing contractor will need to drive all over that plot to get the rabbit fence up.