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  1. sandspider
    Grapes, apples, plums & pears all grow outside for me, and well - apart from perhaps the grapes, which do fairly well. I use my greenhouse for tomatoes, chillies and peppers mainly. Toms will grow outside down here, but the greenhouse gives them a hand. The big old houses around here managed to grow citrus fruits in their orangeries (old fashioned conservatory type things) with some success, but I'm not sure if they heated the orangeries over winter...
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    I don't see my Spear & Jackson special on there! ;-)
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    Looks a good solid store. Did you leave a bit of an air gap against the barn wall, or will the logs lean on it directly? How did you ensure the beams were straight and true, and plumb with each other / the barn? Plumb line?
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    Looks like it could be useful, nice find...
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    Reminds me, I want to get tickets for Treefest.
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    Good firewood when seasoned. I've never had much trouble splitting it with an axe, as long as it's not gnarly? I suppose if it doesn't split green it might split more easily when it's a bit drier?
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    Right! Maybe white spirit or something less flammable then?
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    Yeah, that doesn't sound good! Before putting on the new bar, try revving it a bit and see if oil leaks out of the oiler hole, near the bar mounts? If not, try petrol in the oil tank, as above...
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    I've always found that my Titan doesn't oil a great deal - you can't see the oil coming off the chain when revved next to a clean surface for instance. But the oil level in the tank does drop slowly, and the bar seems to remain cool enough. I also find that cutting a big trunk makes it oil more than lots of short bursts. Are you sure it's not oiling slowly rather than not oiling at all?
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    I'd just open the flaps and let nature do its thing - it's free, it just takes time. I think heating them would be a difficult and potentially expensive way to try and speed things up.
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    Nice to see there's still an orchard or two left in Kent. I grew up there, and in the 20 odd years since, virtually every orchard I knew has been grubbed up. Impressed too with your long term pruning planning! I really must get around to having a go at my overgrown plum tree.
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    I've seen bits of this being built too. Will be interested to have a look at it when it's open. Mind you, looking at trees from the ground was good enough for my granddad!
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    I can think of worse ways to go!
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    That's already planted, plus some laurels, which aren't big enough yet to do much. Still pretty noisy though!
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    Interesting, thank you. Just considering buying a house by a fairly busy road and was wondering which trees to plant to reduce the sound...
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    I'm impressed how neatly your conveyor stacks the logs!
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    Could be. It's been pretty cold here, so perhaps it's more warmth they need now. Don't think the mice have eaten them as the soil is undisturbed. No, I won't do anything, I'll leave them be and hope they still come through.
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    I planted mine in October, immediately after collecting. On looking at the pots, the soil seems a bit dense perhaps, though I did mix sand and compost in. Perhaps I didn't plant them deep enough? Or perhaps I'm just impatient! Cold here at night but warmish when the sun is out, so hopefully they're sprouting down below...
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    Still no shoots from my sweet chestnuts yet, and we've had a few cold.nights recently. How far yours getting on Steve? Maybe stratification is the way forward...
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    Sat Nav

    sandspider replied to jamesd's topic in General chat

    Google maps on an Android phone beats my built-in car satnav every time.
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    Weed badger...?
  22. sandspider
    Thanks chaps. Hoping to plant a small wood at one end of a paddock. Fingers crossed!
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    What sort of area are you putting the 1000 plants into? Good luck, look forward to the finish pics. Hopefully I'll be doing something similar myself next year...
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    Yup, just me! Cheers. Strange - I read it a couple of times to make sure I wasn't missing a password, but I still missed it!
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    I can't watch the video without entering a Vimeo password. Just me?

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