woodyguy

May not be relevant but I thought only 4 people at max could own land??? I'd be tempted to let it happen and pay your 1% of the final cost. Anything else will either involve you in lots of effort or financial liability trying to collect the money.

Tennis elbow is not RSI!! They are totally different and suggesting otherwise will just confuse people. Yes RSI is certainly a problem in climbers but tennis elbow is probably much commoner. Not related to each other in any way.

Done a bit of timber framing but not a whole house. Loving the pictures and your approach is truly inspirational. Keep the updates coming!

Looks a really interesting and varied wood. Lots of light which is so vital for coppicing. Thanks for sharing the photos.

But at least all the cables are still there!

Sorry if I'm stating the bleeding obvious, but now it's in leaf you won't be able to do this before November at the earliest.

Sapwood will only rot when wet, so leave outside for couple of years somewhere damp, then couple of years somewhere sunny. Need to be patient!!

It's also the sapwood rotting away leaving the indestructible heart wood

yes that's the one I'm using, can't fault it.

I bought a round one that is pretty robust and like you plan, keep it in the back of the truck for unexpected use. It's very heavy compared to a similar fixed ladder but does the job well.

The Stuewe ones look good but they're in Oregon. Have you ordered from them?

The standard square pots are made by a Polish company, so you have to buy a lorry load at a time. They come up on ebay sometimes and I've just bought 200. Just need to be patient.

Interesting on Natural England about notifiable weeds etc Legal status Injurious weeds - five weeds are classified under the Weeds Act 1959: common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), creeping or field thistle (Cirsium arvense), broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) and curled dock (Rumex Crispus). It is not an offence to have these weeds growing on your land and species such as ragwort have significant conservation benefits. However they must not be allowed to spread to agricultural land, particularly grazing areas or land which is used to produce conserved forage. Enforcement notices can be issued following complaints requiring landowners to take action to prevent the spread of these weeds. Invasive plants - Please note that we are not able to follow up complaints about weeds not covered by the Weeds Act such as Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and Himalayan balsam. It is an offence under section 14(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside act 1981 to "plant or otherwise cause to grow in the wild" any plant listed in Schedule nine, Part II to the Act. This includes Japanese knotweed. It is not an offence to simply have it growing in your garden or on your land and there is no specific legal requirement to control it if it is (unless doing so forms part of a legally binding contract or agreement with another party). You can certainly get rid of it with repeated spraying of Roundup or equivalent. Can take 3 years though. I finally got rid of a big patch by 500 gauge polythene and a thick mulch.

Had the same problem this morning. I always find asking/warning them is fine. If they're chilled and its a one off, then go for it. If they have a fit then don't start cutting til 8am. Not worth falling out with people!

Should manage a better range of trees with a heavier soil. Include Alnus Rubrum and Grey Poplar.

Cost of plants isn't really an issue as they're so cheap. Sycamore good but so is A. Platanoides which will grow in a wider range of conditions. Small leaved lime coppices brilliantly but is a bit slower, but nice straight poles etc. For Salix you mainly see viminalis for biofuel but cricket bat willow is very good for logs and cheap to buy. What soil conditions are you looking at (or is this purely theoretical)?

have a look at this Logging Brochure - Fast Growing Trees - Hybrid Willow and Poplar Trees - Game Cover - Bowhayes Trees Limited

Italian alder is fast growing, coppices well and good timber. Grey alder nearly as good. Hornbeam slow to get started but then good. Sweet chestnut not as fast but good. Hybrid poplar (Garver) or cricket bat willow or viminalis, grow very fast and although the wood isn't very calorific, it burns well when seasoned and dries quickly. Poplar will give you logs every 4 years, willow only slightly longer. Certainly second Robinia and cherry for logs. Birch is fast if open area, and don't forget hybrid Larch and other fast growing softwoods as they burn well, even if people don't much like buying them for logs.

Alder needs it wet but grey alder or italian alder are excellent and with global warming more suitable to british climate. Ash is going to die and hornbeam is pretty slow. If its wet then one of the Salix family and if reasonably damp then poplar will get you the fastest firewood. Also some coniferous plants. I'd go for quite a range as with warming and increasing tree diseases, you want something to harvest!

yes they do

I visit mine about once per week, occasionally fortnightly. I'd be very wary of being hundreds of miles away, especially as much of the attractive and low price wood that comes up is in Wales. Go there and buy a wood!

So Rhob the log has demonstrated the confusion. He is making up 2% of the entire solution but not allowing for roundup pro being a 41% concentrate (not 100%). So he needs 2.5 times as much to actually make a 2% solution of Glypho. If you google Roundup Pro and get the 5mb instructions it actually is helpful and tells you that when they say a 2% solution to treat difficult weeds, they mean 500mls in 10 litres. It seems that people are making up all sorts of solutions and calling them 2%.

I had been using 125mls per 10 litres which is 0.5% but you need to retreat. People talk about using 2% but then don't actually use that or specify what they mean. So I'll have to use 500mls per 10L (expensive but hopefully no retreat). Problem is the instructions are useless and there are the two variables of how much you put on per hectare (ie how quickly it comes out the spray) and the concentration of roundup in that spray. The online instructions are better and at least give a proper 2% = 500mls per 10l statement.

That's fine but that's a 0.4% solution not the 2% which is recommended for perennial weeds.

Cheap white cat litter is fullers earth, eg tesco own brand. Put that on to absorb most of the oil. Then any detergent such as fairy liquid will break down the remainder. Second the idea of not scrubbing though as too clean looks worse than chain oil.