Peasgood
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Does this pear tree have a disease?
Peasgood replied to ClueLess60's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
My ancient Bramley trees are constantly delaminating, it is how they grow and they are perfectly healthy. I'm not so familiar with pears but I do think it is normal based on the picture. -
Does this pear tree have a disease?
Peasgood replied to ClueLess60's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Might be completely normal. -
Well that escalated
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Annie was 83
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I like mistletoe and there wasn't any (or very little) around here is why I grew it and still do. No doubt it can become a burden on the tree but not so far in my orchards and if it does it's easy to remove or reduce at pruning time. Probably worth more than the fruit anyway.
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Top tip is collect some berries closer to Easter when they are ripe, but I have had very limited success from Christmas berries. About 5% success at Christmas, more like 80% mid March. It is uncommon around here but I have hundreds in my orchards because I put it there.
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Depends if you are self employed or not usually. I've got the dentist on Friday, about three quarters of a tooth fell out/off over Christmas. I won't be having the injection, never do as I find all that numbness worse than the drill in the first place. I'm also convinced they drill deeper than necessary if you are not jumping about and screaming.
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Natural Burial - Your help with a survey.
Peasgood replied to Agent Green's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Perfect example -
Next door does just that and the stench of burning plastic is just feckin awful. When I rule the world these people will be lined up.....
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Natural Burial - Your help with a survey.
Peasgood replied to Agent Green's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I don't like the thing about surveys when the question gives all the negatives about doing something and then asks if you would do it. It inevitably gives a different answer or you could say it leads the answer to being what the survey wants it to be. This survey uses carbon to do this which I expected before even looking tbh. Why not have a question that says "Research shows people visiting graves results in an extra 20 brazillion tons of carbon emissions, should people visit graves?" or "Scientists claim graveside sobbing results in more than 20% increase in CO2 due to increased respiration, should burials be unattended?" A survey should be there to find information not to influence opinion. -
Books, second hand from the charity shop etc. Seriously and I know someone that does.(not me!)
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Concerns about laying an older hedge
Peasgood replied to JaggyHawthorn's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I'm no expert on such things but I have seen bigger and smaller stuff laid to good effect. I wouldn't be concerned. -
That's the smoke from the tractor drivers kettle you can see, not a bonfire. Them pair don't get on.
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Well I have a sneaking suspicion they are reasonably OK when brand new. I expect they block fairly easy, rust quickly and spares are not easy to come by along with zero resale value but thought it worth asking as I have no experience whatsoever. Burning I have lots of experience and if left to go brown before lighting they are no bother at all. Just do it after a shower of rain so you don't set light to all your neighbours crops etc. Usually disappeared within half an hour and very little smoke. I have plenty of space for this, drop them as full trees and drag them to the burn site to trim the logs out.
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Sub £5k, preferably more like £3k. I have no idea if they even exist at that price and be able to cope with leylandii, that is why I am asking. The bonfire is always an option but could use some chip around the place. I see pto chippers advertised at £3k but I don't know if they would cope with leylandii as I have read on here it is a bit more tricky for the machines as it is gummy for one and it can also get wrapped around the internals.
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I don't doubt they are good machines but are they not £10k ish? Bonfire is sensible option at that price
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Is there such a thing as a cheapish pto driven chipper that can handle leylandii ? I have a choice of tractors from 30-100hp. Only for own use on my farm that has a lot of leylandii to come down, anything fit for firewood will go that way so probably around the 4-6" max diameter. What sort of money would such a thing start at and any recommendations other than a bonfire.
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Michael the nonce Jackson and his sexual preferences have not influenced my opinion of the monkey shagger. My girlfriend at the time spent three whole days skriking about John Lennon dying, much to my complete bafflement.
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I bought a Sealey version, it will start the vehicle if it is already trying to start ie. not completely dead but that's about it. Then bought a bigger and much more expensive NOCO version which is obviously lots better and starts anything that is going to start. Very good for mishaps and unexpected events but it is far better and cheaper to make sure your vehicle battery is in good condition. Spent a lifetime working in a scrapyard challenge farming partnership and wouldn't like to think just how much extra was spent in time arsing about trying to start vehicles with broken batteries.
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I had that, covid in the November before they invented it. I don't usually suffer from such things but that one knocked me about. As far as I know I have never actually had covid. I've got the cough now, had it for a 10 days or so. Not ill, still working but coughing til I can't breathe at times. Was a bit worried at first following the radiotherapy on my throat earlier in the year but seems much more like a cold now so nothing abnormal for the time of year etc. Had a routine visit to the consultant on Monday. Cancelled because she was "not feeling very well", said it was OK because nor am I.
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I have a prescription to collect and I turn 60 in Feb, maybe i'll hang on a bit.
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I went down south a couple of months ago and I swear there was a dead kangaroo on the hard shoulder of the M6 a few miles before it joins the M1. I've been to Oz many times and do know what they look like.
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Most disgraceful customer supplied refreshments.
Peasgood replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
Can't stand and won't drink tea made by putting the bag in the cup and yes I can tell. Other than that not fussy if it is strong weak or milky. Worst ever was a cup of Earl Grey with goats milk without telling me. That really was a horrific surprise! -
I have a few tape measures which only show metric, I would never buy one though. Picked up what looked like a decent measure once in a store, put it back down as soon as I saw it was metric only. I have nothing against metric at all and use it more than imperial but I still need both on there. I like the Stanley 8m Tylon tape measures, buy them in packs of two when on offer. Also have some Milwaukee tapes too that are quite nice to use. I think the oldest one I have is a B&Q own brand more than 10 years old, it is the least used which is why it has lasted the longest. Edit: they are DeWalt not Milwaukee which is just as well as I can't spell that.
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Do you and the delivery driver not know it is autumn?
