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Paul Cleaver

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  1. Hi Jules , I thought all clay soils were shrinkable to some extent, although the the plasticity index varies considerably. Your thoughts please
  2. Hello all, I have recently passed my CPCS 360 Ten ton + course, and would like to do some forestry work. Can anyone Help? Kind regards Paul
  3. They want shooting in my opinion, taking our native species nest holes
  4. Ring necked parakeet, nr Aylesbury the other week
  5. Holm Oak?
  6. The CSCS green card a general workers card. The CSCS blue card is a skilled workers card. To get this card you need a level 2 NPTC/Lantra cert In your chosen skill, which can be gained by having NPTC/Lantra cert, which has to be no older than 5yrs. I will add, the green card lasts for 2yrs, the blue card lasts for 5yrs
  7. You might be able to get an interest free loan from the Government. This has been made available to help businesses during the covid crisis. There are no grants though that I could see when I looked a week or two ago.
  8. In the uk we dont have them that old of course, please keep us posted.
  9. Please keep us posted. I am hoping the tree will produce some new growth around the failure point.
  10. Errrr that's what I thought!! 😉
  11. Found this today, slimemould type?
  12. good for intricate carving I believe
  13. That was very annoying on a 70 ft tree, after a careful, difficult reduction. The extra was normally not carried out
  14. It could cause the metal detector to produce background chatter. This would not make the field undetectable but could cause lack of detectable depth. The bigger problem is the metal in the spent cartridges.
  15. Superb - here is one I had a few yrs ago superb - here is one I had a few yrs ago
  16. I think I would remove any rubbing branches and deadwood if it were mine.
  17. That's a nice Oak, why do you want to ruin it by pollarding?
  18. Does it take into account trees in a woodland setting? As we know increment will be lower for trees in such a setting.
  19. Hello, Iam posting this on behalf of a reputable Arb consultant who wants a BS 5837 survey carrying out in the West of Scotland, Bonawe PA37 . No subbying, working direct with the client. Tel Robert Oates 01244 661170
  20. Predictably good choice from you Timon. I can see why they have no base player. I love Jazz
  21. Some good info here guys .Well done
  22. Need a nice still day for jobs like this Mick
  23. Any ideas on this moff
  24. Looks like a bit of sooty mould to me. Sooty mould grows on the sticky deposits excreted by aphids. Nothing to worry about.
  25. One example that I remember was a tree that caused a person that much anxiety, it was deemed to have caused actual bodily harm to that person, so the Court ruled the tree could be pruned or felled, I cant remember which.

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