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Low impact forestry services in Devon and the South West
the village idiot replied to Big J's topic in General chat
Thanks again Drinksloe, appreciate the interest. Personally I think there is a place in UK forestry for ongoing management, rewilding and 'farmed 'plantations. We just need to be sensible about what we do where. The Wood in the pictures is semi natural ancient Woodland. Usually you would go into a place like this with kid gloves. We are mostly low impact but are not afraid of bringing in the big guns if we deem it necessary and the ground conditions are right. The soil is everything so we are paranoid about rutting. We have rides running in all directions but most are orientated North/South or East/West. We have been roughly following the pre-existing ride network, turning tunnels into wide vibrant coridoors. The only control we do religiously is deer stalking. We like stoats. There is a team of regular stalkers who shoot about 40 deer a year. Without keeping the numbers in balance we would be fooked. -
You'd be very welcome.
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Sorry Eggs, You just gave us all too good a set up to let pass.?
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Every manly tree surgery forum needs a heart wrenching unrequited love ditty from time to time.
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Low impact forestry services in Devon and the South West
the village idiot replied to Big J's topic in General chat
Thanks Drinksloe, Yes, zone 3 will be cut in stages, 50 or so mtrs at a time to leave some scrub in place at all times. With zone 2 we will alternate sides each cut. I don't plan to plant anything in any of the zones. We should get some interesting wildflowers coming up of their own accord especially if we 'rake' the rides after mowing. I put the Wood into Countryside Stewardship. The ride creation and maintenance is a big part of the agreement. The Wood is pretty big so we get just shy of £10,000 a year for our ride/coppicing/thinning/pond interventions. Apologies for the derail J. -
Low impact forestry services in Devon and the South West
the village idiot replied to Big J's topic in General chat
We have cut around 5km of very wide rides in the Wood. They will be managed on a three zone system. The centre section will be mown once or twice a year (not that ride in the picture as the centre is actually concrete). this will be zone 1. Next to zone 1 will be a strip mown every third year (zone 2). Zone 3 was not mulched, these are the brambly edges you can see in the photo. These zones will be cut every 7-12 years. It's all about creating different habitats. Before the mulcher came through zones 1 and 2 were littered with Ash stumps and almost impossible to mow efficiently. Now we can cruise along with the chain swipe. The brown areas have already greened up nicely. I'll try and remember to post a picture of the same scene in Spring. -
Low impact forestry services in Devon and the South West
the village idiot replied to Big J's topic in General chat
Yes, they are very expensive but worked out cost effective for me as I am only based in one Wood and have saved thousands into the future. Saying that, I didn't even pick up the bill so even better! -
Low impact forestry services in Devon and the South West
the village idiot replied to Big J's topic in General chat
Just been catching up on your thread J. We had Kingwell out for a week this Summer. If you zoom in on the cab you'll see they're pretty serious about bringing on younger operators. -
Just for you Kevin!? There once was a young man named Eggs Who needed some wax for his legs So just before six He went to Screwfix And found grease promising nice shiny pegs. Whilst trying to knock off the VAT Eggs spotted a God in a hat From Brentwood he came This stud with no name Thought Eggs, "I'll have some of that!" Eggs took to one knee good and proper And proffered a cut ring of copper But Brentwood man Said "Shit!...To the van!" A transit with mighty chip hopper. Eggs picked himself up off the floor The man of his dreams was no more He paid for his wax Having fiddled the tax And mournfully slunk through the door.
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I did in some of my silly stories from years back, but they were just silly stories.
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Life is marvellous, thanks for asking. Without wanting to shatter your image of me, I don't have a yurt. Regarding a 'sinister confluence of interest', I would say you are almost certainly attributing it to the wrong side of the debate.
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I think you remarkably over estimate the scamming ability of human beings. "Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead" Conspiracies of the magnitude you are implying simply don't exist.
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Who rattled your cage timbernut? I'm really not a fang of such venomous posts. They squeeze the life out of these threads. Any more like that and I'll dislocate your jaw!
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We're probably just not addering their numbers up properly. It's an easy enough missnake to make.
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Nice find! That's my bedtime reading sorted.
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This would depend entirely on what any final crop was used for (furniture/building/future fossil fuel replacement), and whether once forested the land was kept under tree cover into the future.
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The old curator for nematodes and worms at the Natural History Museum was called Professor Wrigley.
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Did anyone read about the rift developing in the LGBT community. Apparently several high profile figures have left to form a separate group. The chief executive of Stonewall (gay rights charity) was asked to comment. His name is Paul Twocock!!! ??? No I'm not making it up. I read it in a dead serious article in the Times whilst on my own in the Waitrose cafe. Burst out laughing which was rather embarrassing.
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You do hear about these 'end of the World' cults who spend decades anticipating and structuring their whole lives around the fact that the World will end on a very specific date. I've always wanted to be a fly on the wall to watch their interactions with each other on the morning after the date has passed. "Oh"!!? "Um" "S'pose we better go and get some milk"
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Have you tried meditation? Also takes discipline, but it's free.
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Presumably you didn't mind that the singer was a little hoarse?
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Yeah, I used to say 75 but people tended to get angry. People are a bit more comfortable with 85. This is plenty of time to have a thoroughly excellent life, especially if it is planned out knowing when the end will be (this is important). The savings on care and treatment (sometimes for people for whom life is no longer worth living) would be huge. If people want to go earlier, and are of sound mind, they should be allowed to.
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I've often thought that it would be a good thing to know how much time you've got to live from a very early age. I'm basically talking about enforced euthanasia for everybody at say 85, but knowing about it from childhood. You would be able to plan to do all the stuff you wanted, you can mend any broken relationships. You can die with all your loved ones around, out of a hospital. Have a big, planned 'dying party' where you get to say everything you want to everyone. Life would become more 'certain' and tangibly special, less would get put off, and a huge drain would be taken off the NHS. Sounds crazy to begin with (knowing when you are going to die) but I think it has a lot going for it.
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That's quite an interesting idea.
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The insect with the largest recorded 'hind quarters' is the South American Derriere beetle. Posterius bulbousum Apparently it's back end is so distended that the beetle cannot locomote, and lives out it's entire adult stage confined to the same spot. The insect is slowly raised up from the forest floor, perched atop a thin pole of it's own excrement. Eventually the beetle is blown off by a gust of wind and the process starts again. The tallest recorded 'poo pile' was discovered under a phlange palm in Bolivia. It measured 23ft in height! Derriere beetle expert Dr Cornelius Crump of Yabbadabbadoo University has posited that the spire could have eventually topped 30ft or more had the beetle not crushed itself to death under a developing coconut.
