MATTMOSS

Cut leaf Beech - lovely trees, im going to plant some of these this winter!

You should laugh!! and put £40 on your first price. and then laugh some more!

Like what has been said above, I would take a large area of the flags up, get a good layer of mulch down around it and get the hose pipe out and give it a good watering. Then keep your fingers crossed. good luck

Hi Trevor, they have got some thing similar to that at my work called a Bank Commander, basically an engine with wheels which you add different atachments to. EG flail, 3'' chipper mower and brush cutter. It is quite useful in poor access areas and is more robust than wat you are using now, but I dont knowif its because its an old model but the lads say the vibration is really bad. Exact words were'' it shakes you to death'' Maybe something to check if you decide to get one? M

I am going to Barbados on Monday, its going to be tough i know. I might take some spikes and race the locals up and down some palms.

Clay soils are generally good soils for most plants with plenty of nutrients, only downside is sometimes they can be prone to waterlogging. So you want a neat, medium hight, evergreen, child friendly hedge? So some of my suggestions would be: Privets = Ligustrum ovalifolium Ligustrum vulgare Laurels = (are poisonous if a lot of leaves are eaten, a lot of plants dont do you much good when eaten) Prunus laurocerasus - Cherry laurel Prunus lusitanica- Portugul laurel Lawson cypresses = Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Alumii' Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'columnaris' +others Leyland cypresses= Cupressocyparis leylandii - clip twice a year when established! +others Taxus baccata = Yew (poisionous to livestock) +variations of Thuja plicata = Western red cedar Various species of Cottoneaster Quercus ilex = Holm Oak Euonymus japonicus = Japanese spindle Buxus sempervirens - Box - easy to clip into different shapes! Some which are not evergreen but I think are a bit interesting and worth looking at: Lonicera nitida = Honey suckle Ribes = Currant Hornbeam= Carpinus betulus - holds dead leaves through winter. Fagus sylvatica = Beech (also holds dead leaves) Myrobelan plum= Prunus cerasifera 'pissardii' -deep red leaves I hope this helps you a little bit, there really is a lot to choose from. Hope it goes well and you end up with a good hedge what ever you decide to go with. Matt

Photinia - red robin makes a very nice attractive hedge. Not sure about the mix of species mentioned above, although a mixed hedge can be very good eg a mix of Thorns. I would say before deciding on a species for a hedge think about 1, How high you want your hedge to be? 2, Close clipped of rough? 3, Evergreen or Diciduous? 4, Child friendly/Thorns/Poisionous When you know that it will be a lot easier to make some suggestions.

You read my mind!

Struggle? Life is a struggle at times, for everyone! Its not hard all the time. If you are moaning that works a struggle then you are doing alright, it could be worse. I think if some people would take a minute to stop and think abouut what they have got rather than what they havnt got, they might realise they have more than what they need and a change of attitude would make them feel better. Fair enough we all get a down now and then, its the norm. But me personally am happy that I have got a job, i am able bodied and can work, i have a roof over my head and can look after my family and hope they and I keep in good health. Looking after yourself, family and freinds is what matters. Oh and Holidays! Unfortunatey some of us will have things happen in our lives which will make us realise exactly what is important in life and its certainly not money- although it sure is useful. Enjoy your life, its not forever Why do we do it?? .......................Because we have it to do.

I wouldnt think so? If you want to know what will be asked -read the book. All the answers are there.

Ive spent many an afternoon bending my mums spoon handles trying to get my bike tyre off, brings back good memories. dont get a lot of punctures but when I do, i keep a spare tube in my bag and just change it for a new one. Its not like me not to mend stuff but i dont trust them once they have been repaired .

Thats why youre in a very well respected and complicated line of work and they are just shovling shi--- dirt As a certain Glynn Percival once told me if you want to be a Tree Surgeon dont buy a chainsaw - buy an Air Spade. nuff said I wonder if Glynn was being paid to say that:confused1:

Looks safe enough, safe to look at from 30 metre anyway. Possibly a more helpful answer would be that from looking at the pictures it doesnt look too great structurally but as said above this is a great tree in terms of wildlife and habitat. If it is in falling distance of a path (maybe if the top half were to snap off, this looks more likley from the pictures) then might be best reducing or felling it, but if not in danger of hitting a path or road this should be left alone. Only my thoughts and it is aways difficult specifying work from pictures.

Are you refering to the Tech Cert?

Yes I thought these looked very professionally made, if I ever produce anything this good I would be loathed to sell it. I do have an uncle with a workshop who I could get to help me, but my biggest problem is drying the wood out enough to work with on the planers and such like. Its a case of me pulling my finger out and milling some logs and sending them to the kiln dryers. I have done a litle bit of just rough milling, stuff that can be just left outside but nothing to hard. If you dont mind me asking how much do you ask for something like that? I like to make bits and pieces for family and freinds as presents but I would imagine these are worth a bob or two?

Thank you Dean, Thats what I was looking for.

Last three years what? Any information welcome.

They are very nice benches, do you have a workshop where you make these? I am going to have a go at something like these, probably not such a good finish a bit more ruff, like me

I think this is the stuff they are smoking around where I live, it would certainly explain a few things.

If I change a pot, piston , or rings I always put some oil around the rings in the cylinder so they arent dry as the engine starts for the first time.

Jesus!! ten years ago I would be thinkng that looks like fun, now I think it looks like pain. Pain I dont need. getting older or wiser? or both

I would love to have the patience and skill to do this, how much would you want for it?

Job interview, shirt and tie minimum, if practicals are involved you can get changed. Turning up looking smart and being enthusiastic speaks volumes. Fail to prepare-----prepare to fail good luck