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  1. Yorkshire Brummie
    That’s still the dogs danglers Saul [emoji106]
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    Horrible news... stay positive for your missus [emoji106] Best wishes to the both of you
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    This is the very reason I’ve begun to try and cherry pick nature loving clientele in the domestic garden work we do. An absurdly higher number of people (regardless of the size of their properties) seem to crave “sterile/clean” gardens bereft of any leaf/habitat piles, hardstanding areas glysophated till it perfumes the air and planting resembling telly tubby land. Do you think if we could monetise habitat creation, it would create a greater understanding of ecological balances in people’s/public properties thus addressing climate change and further to that highlighting the value to clientele of using bonafide/knowledgable Arborists? Cheers I
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    How wet is it Ben? Is establishing a reed bed as part of the overall landscaping a possibility? http://ww2.rspb.org.uk/Images/bringing_reedbeds_to_life_tcm9-385799.pdf Cheers I
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    Nah you are spot on, they are great for B & B’s, have seen them so full of insects the whole plant seems alive! Just have a pet hate of remedial pruning overgrown Cotoneater horizontalis hanging off old stone walled properties, Killing my secateurs/silky on clumps of crumbly mortar and trying to avoid the inevitable “invisible” aerial/broadband cables!
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    Poor Mrs Ratman, sounds like she gets the blame for everything [emoji85]? Cotondisaster, the Devil’s work! (unless you are a [emoji219] ) Get the saw out ! [emoji33]
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    I hope after politely declining their “generous” offer Bill, you took your shirt off and hung it on their gatepost as you left! [emoji106]???
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    If you’re in Huddersfield Saul, it’s bout the same an hour North at seat of Yorkshire dales. Maybe rain relenting a bit but still blowing a hoolie! If it’s like this North of the border I suggest the winners at Murrayfield today will be the ones that keep the ball tucked up their jerseys and don’t try to kick anything! Cheers I
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    I agree, I have seen a number of Spanish brooms in domestic gardens over the years split then turn their toes up for no apparent reason!
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    A few years back I did the RFS cert in Arb at a local Agricultural college. A good informative part time course shoe horned into a year to run along side various practical CS units. One of the stats they gave that stuck in my head was that the Arb. world had a really high accident rate, higher than it should have probably been, because the HSE reports “lumped” it all in the same tray as Agricultural mishaps. This is 20 odd years ago mind, does this still happen when the various industry catastrophes are rolled out? Sorry to derail thread... I think it’s pretty much agreed that wood for work on most accounts is a P**s take Cheers I
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    Yeah everyone knows a farmer wearing “chainsaw proof wellies” and with hairy ears and a cap “doubling” as ear cans and a proper lid! ?[emoji850]?
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    Smell great too and good habitats [emoji106]
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    Took an injured one to a vet once a few years back in Warwickshire. It had come down in a stubble field with an injured wing. Managed to get it into a dog box in the back of the pick up, it wasn’t too accommodating/impressed/grateful! What struck me, apart from being an impressive looking species was how relatively small it’s body seemed to the size of its wing span. Cheers I
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    In a nutshell Khriss you’ve hit the nail on the head [emoji106] Arbwork can be a dangerous, expensive, dirty, exhausting, stressful job. As a professional the job costs what you price it at. If you make on the timber as well, then Bingo. Beer money for the lads, ticket to the footie for the kids at the weekend etc, etc. If he gets a hobbyist, wood fairy or mate of a mate who will come and do it for free, well that’s up to him. Don’t think he’d be too happy if it all goes Pete tong though and he ends up with an uninsured industrial accident on his private property! Cheers I
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    Anything is better than Laurel [emoji85]!
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    Great vids Tom. Superb film work showcasing really rewarding Pro nature arb work [emoji106][emoji106] Great job Cheers I
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    Never really thought about that Mick [emoji106] I guess in a way not much different to reed beds.
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    You weren’t joking when you said it was a tad muddy Big J! [emoji106]
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    I agree with you Ben. No to Rhodies, Bamboo and Laurel. They’d ruin the land, look out of place and don’t really offer anything wholesale for the birds and bugs. What about going along the lines of a mixed stand of Scots pines, Atlas cedar or Douglas fir. I know it’s not “screen” but if privacy is that important how bout re-wild it with blackthorn, sallow etc,etc. The wildlife it would attract, pollination etc far better than the dreaded laurel....
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    That’s it I’m packing up! The world is going to be run be machines and robots, was going to watch Arnie and Terminator tonight as well, don’t think I will now![emoji848]?? Great bit of operator and machine skill there, dexterity of a giant playing tiddlywinks [emoji106][emoji106]
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    Seem to remember a good while ago someone posted a picture on Arbtalk of a set up in Germany I think, a VW transporter van with a turntable chipper mounted to the flatbed and a tipper trailer behind? Like you say is a complicated alternative to chipper towed behind tipper Cheers I
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    I’ve used green waste compost as a mulch. I think it all depends on where you source it from. Some of the stuff has been so well rotted, turned and free draining it’s been more of a medium to just keep the weeds down and help the soil retain its moisture. We landscaped and heavily planted a relatively new build property, with little or no existing topsoil, using an excellent product from Dalesfoot composts in Cumbria. Using this stuff to mulch around the planted areas as feed, and the cheaper sterile (low/nil nutrient) compost to bulk up the other poorly soiled areas Cheers I
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    Saturday afternoon in North Yorkshire [emoji106][emoji944][emoji295]️

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