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Dog ears but only used them on the ground.

Brian's creations are something else... Welcome - hector & cedric

Hi Ed, have you had a chat with your local authority tree officers. They wont let you loose with a chainsaw, but they may be able to offer you the opportunity to work with them on projects run by Woodland Rangers. At derby there is the Derbyshire Eco Centre: Education and learning - Derbyshire County Council who run craft courses that allow you to mix with people on the fringes of your own interests. You might even fancy heritage woodcrafts and want to get more involved:-)

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Hiya DN22, have you still got the damson? If so, what location?

Blimey, I've got a headache after reading that lot (previous posts). I've done loads of voluntary work in a SSSI site but as it is LA owned, we just get on with it. The Laurel that was to the right of the track was removed by contractors last year. Re growth is already evident.

I've used these Pictorial Meadows Seeds If you are unsure about what seed mix to use, give them a call to discuss your thoughts. Very helpful. I needed seed for under a cherry tree, with their help I got the choice sorted to a annual dwarf mix which worked a treat. Check out the Gallery photos:001_smile:

I saw this and couldn't find any reference in the book and Sloth's question prompted me to dig deeper. I found this one reference on the net... Amazon.co.uk: Pat C "Pat"'s review of Collins Complete British Mushrooms and Toa... 4.0 out of 5 stars Good general guide, 11 Dec 2009 By Pat C "Pat" (London) - See all my reviewsThis review is from: Collins Complete British Mushrooms and Toadstools: The essential photograph guide to Britain's fungi (Collins Complete Guides) (Paperback) Clear photos, very good coverage of non-toadstool-type fungi (crusts, brackets, clubs etc), and its "Top 100" designation of certain fungi gives a useful indication of frequency. Main drawback is that there is generally only one photo of each fungus, taken of the whole fruitbody from the side, so that gills and gill attachments (important features for ID) are not shown. This guide is a good complement to the Phillips book - and, I hope, to Marcel Bon's book when the long-awaited next edition finally appears.

Hi Stereo, You paint a very inviting picture, what neck of the woods are we talking about? Personally I wouldn't plant willow but I would use Alder in the boggy areas. Oak prefers alkaline soils so if Oak is going mad I guess the outcrop is carboniferous limestone? If memory serves correct, Hazel prefers neutral to slightly acid soils. Do you know the soil ph? It sounds unlikely that soil would have been taken to such a place but I would take various samples from each area just to be sure that you lknow the whole area for sure. One of these Amazon.co.uk: ph soil testing kit cheap and cheerful gizmos should do the trick. I would also have a think about letting your local council or amateur ecology unit have a butchers before you change anything, just in case there is something that is protected in residence. You would be looking at a full year for a survey worth owt though.

Well Hama, I'm happy to be following in your footsteps. In my own small way that is:001_smile:

Hi Hama, Mine arrived yesterday. I have to echo Sloths sentiments too. I feel very lucky to be the owner of this book and will put it to good use. Other than spreading the word, I know nothing of your motivation to run the 'guess the fungi close up' but you are clearly a very generous person to invest not just your time but hard earned cash in the education of others. Thanks again for the book.

Hi all, I saw this post yesterday and was happy with the confident vote of YES! However, today I have attended a HMRC workshop which briefly covered business expenses and I was told NO! It had to be continuous business development. To clarify... If you need your CS30/31, you CANNOT claim for the aquisition of the award but if you need to requalify say three years later, then that is deductable as a continuation of business development. Unless of course you know different:001_rolleyes: And the following is from http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/guidance/480.pdf So, no clearer :confused1:

I'm never very far away from this book Amazon.co.uk: new optimum nutrition bible: Books Also check out The Fit For Life food combining chart. It lists the major food groups and best forms of each. It used to come with the book [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fit-Life-Harvey-Diamond/dp/0553815881]Fit For Life: Amazon.co.uk: Harvey Diamond, Marilyn Diamond: 9780553815887: Books[/ame] Nutrition is like anything else, baffling, boring and too much faf unless you are really motivated to do something about it. Then it's easy because you are ready to learn. Low blood sugar or highs and lows are caused simply by either a shortage of Chromium and or your body is set to burn sugar instead of fat. The 'wall' is when your body runs out of carbs, your tank is empty and no amount of refilling will make any difference to the hollow feeling. Eat like a horse and still feel like you could eat a horse and go back for the saddle. Learn for yourself from good sources.

Shiny does look nice but the finish isn't durable. The slightest bit of moisture will leave it with light rust which will look a sod. If it's raining while you are using it, the surface will be spotted with rust before your eyes. I find the best way is to wire brush the thick off and wearing suitable gloves, rub oil or grease into the surface with coarse wire wool, evenly to avoid bright areas. The resulting patina is protected from further rusting and looks aged without looking neglected. phosphate finish can be ok depending on thickness of coating, I just don't particularly like the black finish. If you're going to the bother of electrolyitic rust removal, after the axe is clean, you could reverse the polarity but substitute the steel plate for a lump of copper to plate the axe. I've not tried it but it should work.

Fear of the unknown - always the same. Well done and keep up the good work

Hi fellas, Thanks for the feedback. Anyone any ideas about the slug at number 9? I'll try and go back that way to see if it has developed more.

I'm a lone trader on the council approved supplier list. Have a chat with the Council Tree Officers, take the time to get to know them and work will come your way. Chances are other companies will be their first choice as they are at the front of their mind, but your time will come... eventually! Don't try pressies. I did do some voluntary work and everytime the officer that took me on saw me I was hard at it and I always said hi. It worked for me.

Felling illegally planted conies in a council wood. Wind, rain, tramping down and back up a soddened hill. Great stuff.

Another crop of fungi with what I think are the names. Any comments gratefully received 1. Agaric Inocybe geophylla or Camarophyllus nivens, or Hygrocybe russocoriacea? 2. Xylaria hypoxylon 3. Stereum hersutum 4. ? Growing in calcareous soil 5. Coriolus versicolor, aged? 6. Calocera cornea, deciduous woodland 7. Coriolus versicolor, young? 8. Auricularia auricula-judae 9. ? 10. Panellus stipticus, host: Elder 11. Fomes fomentarius 12. ? 13. Chronosterum purpureum 14. Mater gloriatus sum - rudis de vita or Mothers Pride - staff of life:001_rolleyes:

My brother died of cancer recently. The drugs he was given merely dragged out the inevitable. He was sold out on the NHS who at the end of the day did nothing to enhance his lifestyle or longevity. I'm no expert but the promlem with food today is it is mass produced and covered in chemicals to preserve it as long as possible all in the quest to maximise profits. To give you an example of how food ( and I use the term loosley in this example) abuses our body. Cells need to be in a alkaline environment to perform at their best. One glass of Coke, Pepsi is no better, can remove enough calcium from blood serum for emergency calcium extraction to occur from our bones to re-supply and optimize serum calcium levels. This bit of jiggery pokery is managed by the Parathyroid, 4 small glands in your throat. Everytime you ingest something that alters the alkalinity of your body your Thyroid system is being overworked. Food should be as clean burning as possible to maximise uptake and should not tax the body. Clean fuel equals less to no chance of cancer cells taking over. I have known this for years from my own research and working with a friend who works in nutrition. Recently some university hospital has after years of research told the world that if you eat proper food not junk and that means anything processed, ready meals, the lot, you will deter cancer. it took years and thousands if not millions of dollars to figure that out. Amazing! Cancer occurs as a result of poor lifestyle choices, things that the government says is ok ie. anything called food that you buy from the shops that has had anything done to it beyond dug up out of the ground, killed and butchered and handled safely etc. If you want to put your life in someone elses hands, fine go for it. I would love for you to have a chat with my brother, the youngest member of our family of 6 bro's and sisters to understand how he could believe that the NHS was going to save him, but you can't, hes dead.

The trainer in question is Matt North who heads Steel Valley Project. The project rewards hard working and long serving volunteers, by helping them with tickets for whatever they need (providing it's on the menu, they don't do pole dancing or owt like that!) to move on. I was wrong with the stats. 6 passed both modules, the other two passed CS30 only. Still not bad though

Not seen one that big before but I do have some at about 3" dia. Never mind burn, it turns well, generally nice figuring in the root. I've got about 40 feet x various dia's seasoning at the mo.

Yea, I wasn't that bothered about picture quality at the time, which was just as well as my phone camera was set to street light for night shots the previous day. I wanted the form for something I was working on at the time. I did'nt have a look at any other features, however the colours are not that far off, as in the cap colour was very dark blue/black. Cap dia. varied but the biggest was circa 30mm by 25mm in height. The stem was quite thin at about 3mm. total height given length of the grass i would say 40mm. The soil for the lawn was brought in and contained loads of bits of root that was largley removed but some smaller bits would have been left buried in the levelling. So there is I suppose the possibility of the fungi being in the sod when delivered or from the roots in the soil. There is always this years crop to capture:thumbup:... with a bit more care:blushing:

What else we got on this Acer plasticoides? These little beauties were growing in a lawn of about two weeks old towards the end of July this... er last year:biggrin: I've had a poke around but I'm no further forward in knowing what they are.