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  1. Treeation
    Yep, inside a dutch barn, panels overlaping at ends only by a few cms for strength, fencing supported by deer fencing stakes and bound on with rope to posts
  2. Treeation
    Ok, I have gone for a heris fencing square (2 panels on each side). Pallets underneath the logs, and an internal cross of vertical pallets that all meet up in the middle as well.
  3. Treeation
    PTI would do it I would of thought, but you cant beat level 4 for backing up all the gaps in knowedge and to improve confidence in decision making
  4. Treeation
    create some inner cavities with pallets stacked vertically so air can get to middle
  5. Treeation
    Been out multiple times myself to Cadiz and Jerez as my daughters mum is Spanish, have to agree the above....no sign of any decent arbwork to see of
  6. Treeation
    Looks really good, good content, well layed out and great presentation
  7. Treeation
    How about frozen water in the woody component of roots and stems possibly increasing the brittleness of structural integrity?
  8. Treeation
    really! dont think ive burnt it, just sold it on
  9. Treeation
    I have found sorbus to be pretty dense and would defo go in the hardwood pile, willow and pop go in the softwood section too
  10. Treeation
    need better pic
  11. Treeation
    ok that might change things abit! I dont know too much about French fungi, cant imagine it being hugely different to what we have
  12. Treeation
    where in the country is the tree?
  13. Treeation
    Bit of a stab in the dark, but wondering if the higher bracket on the trunk is an old dead oak polpore, Piptoporous quercinus, a rare species causing heartwood rot
  14. Treeation
    the basal looks like possible old bracket of Inonotus dryadeus
  15. Treeation
    Amazing contrast!
  16. Treeation
    Would have thought the action of chainsawing would cause a small amount of damage to the cambium which wouldn't encorage bud development - just thinking back to the experiment of axes vs chainsaws on pollarding, where axe work was mre likely to produce more shoots due to less vibrations ---if I remember correctly!
  17. Treeation
    Thats a beech tree bud, some type of ganoderma
  18. Treeation
    Haha! It totally is!
  19. Treeation
    I would have thought removal of fruit bodies might well accelerate the degrading of lignin and cellulose as the mycelium will have to extract more energy from the wood and thus accelerate decay to form new fruiting bodies.....speeding up potential failure Also, decomposition of deadwood on the woodland floor helps to develop mychorrizal fungi that can help to defend trees against active pathogens such as Armillaria mellea, this can be illustated with the old classic scenario of the over manicured garden where more losses maybe expected by the pathogen, compared to a mature woodland where only the few, weakest specimens succumb to Armillaria
  20. Treeation
    Sounds like you have a good plan! enough money to set up, good level of related experience, good contacts and a good attitude! Go for it! My recommended books would be: Essential Pruning Techniques - by George Brown/Tony Kirkham of Kew - covers all shrubs and trees species you are likely to encounter Trees their Naturual history - Peter Thomas - Excellent beginner book for a better understanding of tree biology BS3998 - BRISTISH STANDARDS FOR TREEWORK Diagnosis of ill-health in trees - Forestry Comission - Covers Pests and diseases The tree climber's companion - Jeff Jepson - Tree climber's manual Field guide for Visual Tree assessment - Mattheck - start learning about tree morphology, it will make you a better climber and help to prescribe the best reccomendations
  21. Treeation
    Totally! the owner hasnt been to see it for a while! Might well get a similar reaction from him
  22. Treeation
    Cheers Ali, I think the ring bark pollarding may have be inspired by someone at the ATF seminar who talked about doing crown reductions by ringbarking each cut point to leave some aerial dead.....I like the idea as it is so quick and cost effective but also leaves a cracking bit of aerial dead, I imagine by the time I fininsh a pollard rotation that the aerial, ringbarked stem will have snapped off and by lying on the floor! But theres a few years to go so have to see what happens......I might just do a coupe of ring barked pollards one year to add some variation into the scheme........
  23. Treeation
    And just for the record, EWGS does not longer exist, I had a few small payments to kickstart the project a few years back...I now do this out of my own pocket because I enjoy it and I think is wothwhile thing to do........So you dont need to get to upset about "your money being spent"
  24. Treeation
    Spot on! well said that man!.............
  25. Treeation
    Hiya, theres no scientific element to this little project, I have tried to get other people with scientific backgrounds involved but never quite happenend. Mostly based on my experience and learning of working for a wildlife trust for a while and attending ancient tree foruum seminars and an inspriring visit to see the burnam beech pollards which is kind of my long term aspiration for this project. and always had an interest in the conservation side of things, although most of work now is domestic tree surgery. Working in the woods is my chillout time.....no customers to deal with, I can be messy, cook a bacon sandwich at lunch and on enjoy nature at its best!

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