sandspider
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I use Makita 2t oil, which i doubt is as good... (But none of my kit is top end) I treat all the petrol I buy, then it's good as pure petrol for the mower & wheeled strimmer, and when I add 2t oil it's good for the 2 stroke kit too.
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For what it's worth, I use various 2 stroke kit quite infrequently (home use only). I use E5 petrol (super unleaded or whatever) and a fuel stabiliser, Briggs & Stratton I think. I can leave a strimmer unused for 5 months or so with fuel in it and it will fire up after a few pulls. I've probably jinxed it now!
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What is it? I want one!
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How steep was the slope?! Got a few sloping sections in my garden and was thinking about a ride on, but maybe a robotic mower would be less risky...
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Just tried again for two minutes - 8 this time! Blue tit, robin, chiffchaff, woodpigeon, wren, blackcap, sparrow and crow. Saw a buzzard, but it didn't call so Merlin didn't count it!
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👍 I've just got 4 birds in a one minute recording! Chiffchaff, blackbird, robin and black cap. Probably better earlier in the morning as you say, or might try for a longer recording later on if I get a chance.
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Is that 13 birds in 9 minutes?
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Get a lot of leaflets offering insulation, heat pumps etc. round our way at the moment. I feel anything they're pushing so hard is not for our benefit, but to relieve the government of money. I fear the job would be shoddy, and the installers would be long gone when the problems started. I could be cynical and wrong of course!
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That's my understanding too. But given that the winter stream flow is enough to pull apart gabions I'm not sure that fascines would gather much silt or make much difference?
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Do they reduce erosion much? I've got a bit of stream bank where the gabions are collapsing, wonder if some brushwood could help hold it all together without much expense.
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Told you so!
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Bark in the first pic looks a bit like London plane to me, but I'm in no way an expert!
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Wordle 1,342 2/6 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Boom!
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It helps if you wear women's clothing too, apparently...
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Holy cow. I just realised this update was 5 years later. Time has flown by. 😑
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Where are you in the country?
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Elm?
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Never tried a kinetic splitter, but I use a forest master basic electric hydraulic 7 tonner. Works well, very little stops it. I like it.
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Lidl (or Aldi) chain sharpeners... worth a punt?
sandspider replied to Steven P's topic in Chainsaws
I've got one. I'm only a weekend chainsaw user, and normally file by hand - plenty sharp enough for my needs. Having said that, last week I hit a rock under a log I was sawing, and properly mullered my chain. Fished out the Aldi sharpener and set it up, and had a quick go. It's not perfect, and as above there's a fair bit of slop in it, but I got the chain back to a reasonable state quite easily. I then filed it by hand to get it really sharp (in my opinion anyway, pros would probably disagree) and it's cutting again. I wouldn't use it all the time, a file is less faff and I think does a better job - but when a chain has really suffered it's a good option to have. -
My nitens have survived frost, several days of -5c ish, once they get about 1m tall. Maybe 1 year old? Before that, they're a lot more delicate.
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Impressive, but probably not as quick as mine! Where is that? I've finally bought and planted some E. glaucescens. With heritage from an Australian ski resort, so they can take the cold! Quite pricey, will see how well they do compared to the cheaper seed grown ones. They also seem more delicate, according to the seller. They benefit from sulphur chips and specialist fertilisers, whereas most of my other eucs I've just whacked into the ground and stuck some cardboard around as mulch...
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Wordle 1,211 2/6 🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Boom.
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I like that, an annoying catchy earworm indeed.
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I've split a lot of wood with a Forest Master 7 ton duocut. Electric. Not too pricey I think, though I borrow it as it happens. Probably not as good as a more powerful petrol splitter, but works for me for a medium volume of logs - 10m3 per year maybe.
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Just bedding in? Might stop after a mile or two?
