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  1. sandspider
    Hi all I have this tree, just across a stream from my garage. Last year it was leafy (as far as I remember) but this year it's got hardly any foliage - so I assume it's dead or nearly so. As it was fairly healthy last year, I hope there's no imminent danger of it falling on my garage? And if it does fail / rot, presumably bits will fall off it before the whole lot goes? It's not huge, so hopefully wouldn't do too much damage even if it did fall... I think it's an elm or possibly alder, but can't remember and there's no decent foliage left to identify it. In theory we've got some tree work that we need doing next year (when we can afford it), it would be good to add this to it (probably monolithed) rather than having to do it sooner, if possible. Thank you.
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    I'll look at the ground more! 😁
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    We have a few of the greater spotted here, but have never seen a green, unfortunately.
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    If I remember right, owls learn to fly by trial and error, so they'll end up on the ground a lot. Parents should be watching from somewhere and looking after it, so leave owl fledglings be...
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    In theory, we in the South East Wales should get a bit of rain this weekend / next week. We shall see. It would be good as I'm tired of watering my small trees by hand. I mulch them with sheets of cardboard sometimes, but then I wonder if this makes run off worse unless the rain is heavy enough to really wet the cardboard and soak through to the soil.
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    I cut mine once a year or so with a topper, leaves the grass stems whole and bundled into rows so they can be gathered up and carried off. Still a lot of grass growth, and I've been cutting and removing for 5 years or so now. No moss, it doesn't have a chance!
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    Interesting, thanks. I'm working on a little wildflower meadow in a corner of my paddock. Planted yellow rattle seeds, and had good germination in the first year, but not many of them since. (Despite some more seed sowing). I think my paddock may be just too fertile (former sheep & horse paddock). Oh well, it's a long term project. Interestingly, bits of the paddock where I didn't put YR seed, don't rake off the cut grass etc. are probably more diverse and wild flowery!
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    Usually better split when fresh, though ocasionally a gnarly log will crack a bit as it dries out and then split more easily. Takes a while to season, longer than most other woods - 2 years perhaps for normal sized logs - but the smaller split the better. Depends on what your drying set up is too.
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    Good to see you back. What's the little black tractor in the first pic? I like the looks of that.
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    See here for my experiments on eucalyptus growing:
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    Good thought, thanks. I've managed to find a workshop manual so I'll pull the drive apart and see what's rusty / broken / needs adjusting.
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    But engaging the drive via the main handlebar lever tightens that cable a good amount, and off the mower goes.
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    No, the split pin part slides on the orange u shaped plastic. It moves a little bit up and down, maybe adjusts the tension on the cable a bit, but the cable doesn't move.
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    Pic attached. So, the bit with the split pin moves back and forth along the U shaped orange plastic thing as the speed lever is moved. But when the drive is engaged, the split pin moves freely with the large spring at the left. It seems that adjusting the speed lever might just move the split pin up and down a bit, and this may be all its supposed to do. But this doesn't make the ground speed change...
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    Thanks. Mine has 4 wheels, but it drives at the same speed wherever the lever is... Will try and take a pic later.
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    Hi folks As above. I have an ancient Honda self propelled mower. It works well, but the adjustment slider for ground speed doesn't change anything, one speed only. Engine speed / choke control works, as do the bars for engaging blades and drive. I've had a look at the wire coming off the ground speed control lever, but it gets mixed up with the wire to the lever than engages the drive, so I can't see what (if anything) is wrong. There's a kind of yoke thing that the speed control lever moves, and this just slides along the drive engagement wire - I wonder if this yoke shouldn't slide? (I don't have access to the mower at the moment, so can't take pics and have to rely on my dubious memory!) It's not the end of the world to use it as it is, but it there's a simple fix to give me back ground speed control that would be useful? Thanks.
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    😁
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    Not sure about that! It's wet, heavy, awkward, up a steep slope across a stream, and just starting to go a bit manky. And my wrist hurts! Still, at least I'm not stuck down a hole in the fog in the middle of the night. With an owl.
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    Good stack of wood there. I envy you your machinery and drying space - I'm currently extracting old, damp ash logs from across a stream (awkward access) by hand. Possibly not worth the effort!
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    Still see regular handful of foxes round me. One fat grey squirrel. Several sets of buzzards, the odd red kite. Barely seen a rabbit here in the 6 or so years we've been here. Never seen a hedgehog, which surprises me as we have lots of wild ground, woodland etc. around. I even made a hedgehog house. Already a few butterflies, bumblebees and wasps this year, when the sun comes out. Handfuls of moths on the doors at night.
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    If you don't have a manual look for one online? Even if not for the exact model of mower, it should give you an idea?
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    Euc is supposed to be hard to split when seasoned, but I've not found it too hard when I've had to split a while after felling. Maybe as I'm not splitting anything bigger than 20cm or so.
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    Seems like most places are out of stock of E. gunnii plugs now, maybe I've left it too late. Next year perhaps...
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    Not that I've noticed, though the bigger ones have had little buds on them which may have become flowers in time. Tbh, I'm no longer completely sure which of mine are nitens and which are neglecta... Where did you get your seed from?

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