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Unless I had a very strong reason not to, I'd go for the refund.
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Someone's already gone down the bush route, and one or two must have wondered about the 'wood' option, but no, not me. I have a clean mind. Nice one
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Potential criminal offence for a false description of goods...keep the pressure on them and get a deal that works for you.
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Under the SLA, the disctrict council will be quite likely to have the final say on things such as tree removal. Presumably there is a spec for the grass cutting etc - is there one for tree work as well? If not, you need to submit a report stating what (in your opinion) needs to be done and the timescale for doing this. If the SLA is silent on tree removal there are two alternatives: 1. Crack on with it, having given them notification sufficiently in advance. Let them worry about the town council, as the landowners it's their problem. 2. If you're not being paid to manage the trees, don't rush in. As above, tell them problems and suggest it can be carried out as a variance to the SLA, for extra cost.
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Did you buy it from a trader or an individual? It makes a big difference. Ebay will be able to find the original listing if you contact them.
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Also, bear in mind that if they are not specifically protected by a TPO etc, the 'offence' is a pretty minor one (breach of condition, development otherwise than in accordance with submitted plans etc etc). Maybe Tree Protection Zone - KEEP OUT, as at least 360 drivers and so on will know why (as if a fence round a tree wouldn't make it obvious anyway...).
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It depends how it is worded, so you need to find out exactly what it says. But in my experience of these, forestry was covered - so if you use the correct words you could well be in with a shout.
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Dunno if this has already been answered, but a strong reason is that it's a pretty new piece of kit. I've been doing first aid/team medic training on a regular basis since 1989 and the advice used to be quite different. As to why it is not on basic courses now, I have no idea. They make the difference between staying alive and pushing up daisies in a catastrophic limb bleed. It's as simple as that. There is no justifiable reason whatsoever for not training people in how to use them. Ask anyone who's been to Afghan.
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If I've understood this correctly, the district council (North Dorset?) owns the land but for some reason the county council is managing it. What is the nature of the management agreement? This is crucial. The town council is not a local authority, it is simply an interested party. In these sorts of matters they have no legal weight but it would be madness to pretend that they don't exist.
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Particular kick in the guts when it's another member of the forces.
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"Take over management" What exactly do you mean by this? Sorry to be a pain, bu these things matter.
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Funnily enough I read just the other day that someone thinks injecting between the 1st and 2nd nodes gives the best response. I'd always heard below the 1st before that and can vouch for the results (close to 100% crown death at 5cc per stem). Stems too small to inject need to be sprayed at the same time though. One thing you need to watch out for is the maximum application per hectare limit, which can creep up on you quite quickly.
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I've found it works well at any point in the growing season. When you say stem injection, what exactly do you mean? Injecting into intact stems or slicing them off and 'dosing' the remaining portion? I found the former has a much higher success rate.
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At 5cc per stem? £200 a day plus cost of glyphosate? There could be 500 stems in 25 square metres, so that's a lot of herbicide.
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I've wondered that too.
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Combat application tourniquet (CAT). If you sever an artery you can be dead in minutes without one. A brilliant piece of kit, and you can apply them to your self using just one hand. CAT:The Combat Application Tourniquet
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Hamas big reduction/pruning thread!
HCR replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Picture Forum
I'm not sure that this is the same thing as a tree developing a physiological response to hard pruning that facilitates greater resistance with successive pruning cycles. Oak/rowan etc have an evolutionary adaptation that allows them to survive in harsh conditions - conditions which themselves dictate the adapted form we see on fellsides and so on. Similarly, many trees have an evolutionary adaptation that allows regrowth following branch loss - we know this as the presence of adventitious buds. Re the post about embryonic tissue earlier - would you not say that this is activated rather than produced as a reaction to pruning? -
Yes, probably. Or use a Leica Disto D8
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...and on that basis they'd be laughed out of court in a prosecution attempt.
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As ever, a sensational headline completely misrepresents the facts of the story. Pretty much every lesson plan at this level will ask the pupils to explore real life examples/applications of the topic under discussion. Other than that it's a lesson about the tax system, it's merits (or otherwise) and how the public perceives it. It is not, as the headline might suggest, a programme to develop schoolchildren as sniffer dogs to report tax dodgers.
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I've had a lot of success with a bladed roller - I know this isn't as convenient as spraying, or as effective as chemical treatment (when done properly!) and isn't practical on all sites, but it can achieve good results.
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I've never measured one (I blister up nicely from native hogweed, so I have no desire to be zapped by its big ugly cousin) but I reckon about 12-15' is the biggest I've seen.
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A whole 52 minutes elapsed between the original email from the publisher arriving in my inbox and the voucher link's arrival. I don't know how quickly I acted upon the original email, but suffice it to say it must have been under 52 minutes
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FOC - you get a 'voucher' link which takes you to the library. I had a darn good read yesterday
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Hamas big reduction/pruning thread!
HCR replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Picture Forum
Interesting point. What is the specific adaptation mechanism that means that a tree is better equipped to deal with the second pollarding than the first?
