woodyguy

As a woodland owner I Have to have public liability insurance. the policy will cover me for people working with me. Letting someone off the street cut wood, with all the risks attached would be lunacy. Why would anybody wish to do that ?

On mature brambles it's not great late summer. I normally strim /shred them at any growing time of year. Then a month later treat the fresh green new growth and you'll kill them.

If you read the online stuff for glyphosate which is different to the label that comes with it, you eventually find that you need 500mls per 10 Litre spray. I did a load last year and it will kill in one spray. Half strength won't in my experience. This was with ClinicAce

I've got several conifers pollards. They're six foot tall and next to each other. Leylandii I think?

I assume you've checked he has a felling license, unless your taking less than 5 cu metres?

Love my 241. Great little saw and the auto tune works a treat.

I think the telephone pole is in better shape than the tree!!

I've been felling 80 year old SC coppice overgrown and they ALL grow like crazy!

Plant in autumn. plenty of frost outside. grow in spring. easy!!

SC will stand/sit for years without much change. Hills are a bitch to work without major equipment. A zipwire is fun but potentially very dangerous. Anything else is hard graft and not economic if you have to buy/hire expensive kit. I extract from mine for the exercise and it keeps me fit but is very hard work. As the others say, if its to keep fit do it, if its to get economic firewood then buy it in.

Yes that is Oak Mildew, but a very mild case!!

Coating of dusty white to slightly blue all over leaves.

It weakens them and they respond fine to a rose fungicide if you have one. I always treat mine for the first couple of years before planting out.

Beautiful and thanks for sharing. Walking the dog over the golf course last night and not only got some exercise but lovely porcini for my omelette for tea. Good year for them.

Lloyd, you illustrate a common problem for home owners looking for cheap logs. The first link you put up on ebay isn't logs but kindling. The second looks good value but don't wish to mess around unless you buy 4 cuM at a time. So you simply need to get someone to quote for transport. Softwood could work well for you though so I'd explore that option.

Haven't seen your situation but generally a stump grinder would be overkill for bamboo. It has shallow roots so a sharp mattock and a scaffold pole to lever out should be all you need.

True that testing intially for pH maybe useful, provided he buys a 25kg sack of sodium bicarb incase he needs to raise the pH. I was referring to ammonia/nitrite where he has no ability to influence the levels except for not feeding which he's not doing anyway.

No point testing if you have no action to take. You already have the fish so you can't not introduce them. I run a pond like yours = small happy koi and wildlife. I also run a small pond with reverse osmosis water, heated, massive UV filter, pre filter and big bead filter = massive koi. Horse for courses.

If you don't mind the water being cloudy then just let them live. No need for pump, filter or aerator or anything. The fish will find their own food and grow slowly. Eventually they will get quite large and you may then have a problem with build up of ammonia/nitrite/nitrate. But if you don't feed them (much anyway) then this will be several years away. To be honest with a low tech pond it is a losing battle fighting the green algae in the summer anyway. Nature managed to grow fish quite well for years before we invented UV lights. The problem comes when you try and keep large fish in small ponds.

Most of what you read about Koi is about keeping high quality fish that grow very fast and become enormous. I suspect you're interested in the equivalent of large goldfish. As said, your pond isn't suitable for large good quality fish but that's not what you're trying. They don't really mix well with plants when they get bigger but your pond is large so they should be able to grow there for a number of years without problems. I suspect that you don't have any filtration at all or water changes, so I wouldn't be feeding them pellets from the pet shop. I'd let them scavange what grows naturally in the pond, then they will grow slowly in equilibrium with the water and you won't have to get too worried. Once they get a bit bigger, you can feed them once per day but I'd avoid that until your pond is very well established for a couple of years. I keep high quality koi that weigh 10 kg each so know what you need to provide that environment and it is very different from what you are attempting. Sadly many people think they're the same as goldfish.

Trouble is, just one of many evergreen oaks that are fairly common eg Lucombe, Turnerii, Fulham, cork, and various other holm hybrids.

If your key doesn't mention a common type of oak then I'd suggest getting a better key!

Low down leaves on holm oak are often prickly like holly but higher up or on older plants they are often smooth (like on holly)!

How much is delivery ( I assume we're playing 20 questions here??)

Lovley bit of work. Had to enjoy the landlady's quote " because it was beech wood, it could not be used for firewood." Clearly not ash!!