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Jeyes fluid and winter wash tar oil are pretty much the same thing and both frowned upon these days. Either will burn any vegetation it contacts and best done in winter if you are determined to do it at all. Having looked at the pic properly I'd say it needs a good pruning and is still suffering from the effects of woolly aphid.

Best time is after the leaves have fallen off the tree. I guess strictly speaking as it is dead it makes no difference but I'd still do it in winter rather than now. I don't think there is anything available these days that is worth painting on the cut, not sure there ever was tbh. Mercury based stuff did work well when cutting out disease but for obvious reasons that is long gone.

My tractor, brothers wagon. Both been in the family for a long time, tractor since new. Wagon went elsewhere for a while but is back again. My field too, Granpa first bought it about 1968 and these pair will have been in this foeld together a fair few times in the past but this will be the first in this century and quite possibly the first time in 50 years.

My interpretation of the numbers I saw were that Reform made massive gains but almost entirely at the expense of the Conservatives. Labour didn't appear to lose much which surprised me given how shite they have been. Was this because people don't share my opinions of them or because they cancelled the elections in the areas they thought they would lose? They may not have cancelled but I read they had. TBH I try not to take too much notice because it saddens me to see how utterly shite the whole lot of them are and that it seems to just be a great big scam to line their own pockets while doing feck all of any use.

I put a 20" bar on mine to fell some big Leylandii earlier this year, worked a treat. Did wonder if it might be a bit low powered but it wasn't in the slightest, I was very impressed in fact. Might not be the same story on hardwood but it wasn't like it was borderline ok with the leylands, it was very good. Copy and paste of exactly what I used, bought from Sam Turner. Husqvarna X-Force Pro Laminated Bar 0.325" 1.5mm - 20" Husqvarna X-Cut S35G Semi Chisel .325" 1.5 mm Saw Chain - 80DL / 20"

Run mine off an IH 674 which is probably small rather than medium sized in todays terms. My flail is actually a 280, so is bigger than the one in that particular link. I've abused it to feck and it takes it all, I bought it mostly to pulverise the prunings in my orchards. Claimed to be able to cope with 6" and I'd say it does but if you want it completely gone it might take more than one pass.

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You won't end up with a riverside meadow if you use that though, it kills everything and is very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects. Besides all that it is basically a mix of glyphosate and 2,4-D so not fit for purpose from the start. I don't know of any chemical that will get rid of marestail long term and certainly none that don't kill everything else at the same time. Weedazol used to be very good but did get everything, lasted a year and was very expensive. (Banned/withdrawn now anyway) As said, changing the conditions or mechanical/grazing activities are best and if it is a riverside meadow you are going to get it anyway.

I would suggest a free round of golf would be a perfectly reasonable offer.

I'd go with blossom wilt too but I have no answer beyond that.

My own observations suggest to me the collapse of the insect population is closely following the collapse of the small scale family livestock farms.

I have an extremely helpful suggestion, use a single piece of plastic to skin the tunnel. I have been doing the plastic on commercial size tunnels all my life, I know a bit about them. Anything other than a single piece will not work, it is a waste of time and money and will look a complete bollocks within no time at all. I think the most we put up in one year was 5 acres, have nothing like that now and just my own tunnel that is 18 x 64 feet. I do that one on my own usually although my son did help last time as I wasn't up to it at the time. One of the most important parts of the job is stretching the plastic lengthways, that is the first bit you do. How you are going to do that is a mystery. @AHPPI know you say you have already bought the plastic etc and I understand you feel there is no turning back but you really do need to rethink.

Best of luck but I am expecting it to be nothing other than a complete disaster.

Mine is netting to waist height and I often wish it was full plastic

Shown the door I think.