Peasgood
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I'd still use lime, cement mortar won't look anything like as good.
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Top tip: keep a minimum of 140cm away from her!
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Had one for years in my old house, have bought a new one for my new house. Did away with my electric oven and only used the stove for all cooking, heating and hot water. A bit puzzled why you are not using it for hot water as endless hot water was one of the big plus points. They don't shut down and slumber very well but really I don't think they are supposed to. I found it needs refilling with wood every two hours (but that was with leyland rather than a better hard wood). Very unlikely to stay in over night. Great big firebox and take 17" long logs Obviously I am a fan as I have bought a new one having had one before.
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I think it may have been there a while
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Yes, exactly that.
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I have found two things with large cuts on apple trees, firstly that it is a very likely place for silverleaf to find its way in. Seen it many times to the point I am very reluctant to make such cuts if it can be avoided. In my opinion on a garden scale painting the wound is not a bad idea, even with emulsion or something. Silverleaf is a big threat to the tree but it could well be that my trees have an increased risk because they are in orchards rather than gardens (just surmising that it makes a difference) Secondly, if you make a big cut, especially if you use a chainsaw, it very much helps healing if you tidy up the cut with a very sharp knife. Cut/shave a little bark off to make the join between the softwood and the bark/cambium layer as smooth as possible. The callous forms much better and quicker if you do this, paint or no paint.
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The hinge was to swing the pot/kettle over the open fire. Don't remove it, it is history. Wouldn't worry about the black and tbh I don't think I would bother with paint either.
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Just for the fun of it, or to prove the ones who say it won't grow here wrong.
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I have grown loads of it and I am in Cheshire, just squeeze the seeds out onto the bark. The seeds are covered in extremely sticky stuff that keeps them on. Better to stick on where the bark is not too thick so choose younger branches rather than the trunk. Late spring is best to collect and sow and by then most seeds still on the bushes have already germinated, rearing to go. Have only tried on apple but reckon 80%+ success. It may take 2 years before you can see anything at all happening, I had one I watched closely and it was 3 years before the first leaf emerged.
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I quit some years ago but as a smoker I grafted plenty of trees without gloves, usually 100% successfully. My Grandpa always said it would give virus to tomatoes if you were a smoker, that wasn't true either.
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Didn't realise you could turn them off, what do they run on? Always assumed they just used the heat of the engine in some way. Never felt I needed heated handles because I am usually too hot anyway if using a saw.
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Have several cheap chinese copy engines about the place and can't see why you would want Honda instead. Loncin on my elevator, it is outside permanently and if not started for many months I still expect it to go second pull. Just looked up when I bought the engine and was surprised to find it was 7 years ago, might treat it to its first oil change on that basis.
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Small trees are small because they are grafted onto rootstocks that will only ever produce small roots. They need staking throughout their life. To cure that one I would get a bigger stake in and secure it with a proper tree tie. String, wire etc will cut in too much. Do that and it should have a long life yet. Without seeing the whole of the other tree it is difficult to be sure but from the pic I see no reason why not to cut off the lower branch. Paint the wound with something to keep disease out if possible but there aren't many effective products available any more.
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First pics definitely willow, second set of pics of the same wood is definitely oak.
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Came home to a living room floor on fire once. Dumbass ex I was living with had cleaned the ash out into a cardboard box and left it on the wooden floor. No real damage but a lucky escape, fire didn't do much harm either. A pan of ash can kick out a serious amount of carbon monoxide, don't ever leave them indoors just for that reason. How many times do you hear of folk suffocating in tents, that's nearly always because they put the bbq inside when finished.
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Converting log splitter to pto driven? or just buy new pto splitter
Peasgood replied to swinny's topic in Maintenance help
Gubbins off a second hand hedge cutter seems favourite but would be tempted to buy one already done if you take into account all the time involved in messing about with it. -
They are the rules, I didn't make them and nor am I claiming I abide by them. No, I don't think your floor will set on fire. It will probably be easier to keep clean too.
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Two things to answer your question, stove manufacturers installation instructions which will say 12mm hearth or greater I expect and Building Control regs that say you must have a defined hearth. Of course the HETAS qualified installer that you were required to use will have known this.
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Quite often have cheapish ones on eBay, I managed to get a very high spec brand new one for my homemade saw bench for £100. It's also worth trying your local ag spares place. New one for my topper was very reasonable.
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Rage Against The Machine Frankie Goes to Hollywood Half Man Half Biscuit Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
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They are handy little carts but you would soon break it doing what you suggest.
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I've got one and the only useful thing about it in my opinion as it gives a visual indication the fire is going out when it slows down. I don't think it does much else. Good for you if yours do though.
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I read an article a couple of months back and it said that having studied track and tracing information it appeared that the highest common denominator by a long way for spread of infection was supermarkets. I never heard or saw mention of this ever again and put it down to the power of the supermarkets to get things hushed up, or the power they have over the Government. (if you don't believe they have power then tell me who got prosecuted over the horsemeat they were selling, and don't claim they didn't know or at the very least didn't bother asking the right questions) All the supermarkets are now making a big thing about making masks compulsory, were they not before? I have a conspiracy theory that the government kept a bit quiet about the supermarkets being a source of spread in return for them coughing up (no pun intended) the business rates they hadn't been paying. (£2 billion!)
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Is biomass usage sustainable and as green as it is made out to be?
Peasgood replied to Pete Mctree's topic in General chat
By burning more biomass? -
My oven and hob runs off wood. I love it.
