woodyguy
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Squirrel and Warfarin update
woodyguy replied to saintsman54's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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It's caused by breakdown products of skeletal muscle that pour into your blood stream after the limb is filled with blood again. Generally it causes problems with kidney failure and not sudden death but is a reason to go to Accident and emergency and have an IV fluid drip for a couple of hours minimum. Many parts of the world they don't recommend not releasing somebody trapped.
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Squirrel and Warfarin update
woodyguy replied to saintsman54's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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Bet its a birch and only about 60 years old.
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I've seen two fight an adder then eat it. They're tough birds.
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I've often heard that from First aid trainers but its total b**ocks. As said, they go to the same place with the same technology. They can know within a mile or so where you are from triangulation but that's not going to help much if you've cut your arm off.
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I always carry my phone for that reason but... When you phone 999 and ask for an ambulance, they only access your address via the post code. Not sure of the post code of the middle of say Kielder forest but it worries me as to how they would ever get to you. Anybody any experience?
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And local provenance will make them vary hugely. That's why many tree nurseries offer special selected quality stock and that there are national programmes to produce straight growing oaks. I rather like my wobbly local oaks though.
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Many oak will lose their leader most years. The next bud down takes over and they eventually grow fairly straight. Non-native oaks like Red or Turkey have a very dominant leader and grow very straight. Native oaks are often less straight.
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Good point! I'm fresh out of ash.
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That's really sad to hear. One of my true heros.
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Totally agree. But if only 1% of the population are idiots and ebay is viewed by 20 million, then you've got 200 000 idiots who might potentially pay more for a second hand than a new one. As a seller, providing the buyer's honest you can only win.
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Sorry my mistake, didn't realise you were reporting your experience. I find that higher stools are left alone by rabbits but my rabbits are not numerous and have plenty of easier food.
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Sounds a good approach. I certainly don't leave dead wood all over the place. Gathering it up and giving it a few sq metres at the base of a larger tree seems a good strategy to me. Like the idea of a dead hedge. Never got around to layering, with the price of high quality hazel being so low it never seemed worth the wait. Be glad to see how you get on though.
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Thanks Logan. Do you have a reference for Greengui?
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Looks like a young sweet chestnut to me (I've got a hundred that look like this). The corky areas make me wonder if it has had something tied around it and the bark has grown over it. Was there any evidence of a washing line/ kids swing etc? Don't normally see cankers on SC.
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Seeing as the majority of insect species live in deadwood not live, you can't really have too much dead wood from the wildlife and fungi point of view. Yes stack it a bit so that it retains the moisture. Also stacking high gives nest sites for smaller birds eg wren and robin. I stack mine every 20 foot or so against a tree I'm keeping. Doesn't take up much space. Big stacks can attract/shelter rabbits. Put rotting logs in the base and brash on top. I never burn anything in the wood.
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Alder will rot very quickly. Oak or Sweet chestnut would be my choices (no need to scrape anything with SC)
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Good point. I don't count elder as wood, more like wet blotting paper.
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With the value of cord these days, I think you should be offering them money to do it for them...
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On one hand, people sometimes pay more on ebay second hand than you can buy new for. They just get engrossed in the bidding and haven't done their research. On the other hand, there are plenty of sharks who will buy your saw, strip it for parts, and then say it didn't work. So be careful!
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Dont forget that you need a mulching blade and not just a flat blade that cuts them off and leave you with 9 foot peices of barbed wire to displose of!
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FS90 is a bit diddy. Now my 560 with a mulch blade is more than a match for any brambles and one purchase I never regret.
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MM, you are of course right. I am just aware that many people who have issues with spelling or are even formally dyslexic are a bit sensitive about it being raised as an issue. Sadly spell checkers aren't much use with there vs their etc. Certainly for quotes and formal documentation, I agree that poor spelling gives an amateurish impression. On arbtalk however we're more interested in the content. Sorry if I derailled.
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As you say though, problematic if you don't own the house but ok if you own the trees.
