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Got ya on the diff styles, thanks. Still wondering though - in this case, when not laying on top of a bank (which would provide at least part of a stock boundary) is there a reason to lay it so low still? Besides trying to encourage growth at the very base? Just sticking to the Dorset style...?

Thanks Hedge. Hampshire would be a bit of a trek - don't come anywhere near Bristol do you?! (Free is better than paid for, especially while I'm not sure how into it I'll get...) Alex, forgot to ask - would that be £30 a session? (Probably yes, when I think about it! I initially thought that £30 for 6 sessions looked like very good value!)

Thanks Alex, that would be good - yes please. Doubt I could spare 6 Saturdays, but a few should be doable. Cheers.

Nice work. Possibly a stupid question, but why lay the hedge so low? Why not lay it to say 3 foot high, so it's still high enough to work as a hedge? I guess it's because the bottom was so gappy that you needed to lay it low so it thickens up right from the base, rather than giving a nice thick hedge from 3 foot up but gappy at the bottom stilll...?

Hi all Bit of a long shot perhaps, but was just wondering - does anyone from here lay hedges near Bristol? I'd love to watch / have a go or just help out labouring / tending the fire (if I'd be any use) for a day or so at some point... I can use a chainsaw (though I'm not certified), hand saw, etc. and I'm not bad at fires! I've got a chainsaw and a bow-saw and a bill hook of some form. Don't have any hedges to do myself, but hopefully one day! (And don't think it's really worth my going on a course at this stage as I just fancy giving it a go / getting out in the fresh air...) Cheers, Giles

Hopefully this will embed: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ruBtLIvJM]Wonders of the Stoner System - YouTube[/ame]

Cheers. Couldn't get close to the 6 wheeler and didn't get a chance to ask - but it looks old fashioned rather than military to me... Cheers Jon - a good day out. There was a nice bandsaw mill next door, I just need a woodland and an excuse to make planks!

OK, not exactly a tractor, but close enough! (Also, not mine - saw them at Treefest recently - lovely looking kit)

Thanks chaps. David, I think you're right. I'll go and prune the affected branch off and burn it.

Hi all Noticed this rather funky looking fungus on my plum tree the other day (see pic). The branch it's growing on is dead, but the rest of the tree looks healthy enough (see pic 2). A bit short of leaves at the bottom perhaps, but a good canopy and a decent crop of plums this year... If I just trim off the dead fungusy branch (above the collar where it joins the trunk), will the rest of the tree be OK? Anything else I should do to it? Thanks in advance.

Very nice - wish I had the skills! What model is it? Cheers.

Just a quick thanks for Tom - quick delivery and a good price, and firelighters that work well.

Get more drums?!

I'd have thought it would be better chipped in the woods. Then you can leave any rubbish there, and take a more efficient trailer load (fewer air gaps in chip than in logs, and only good chippings as the rubbish has been left behind) to the burner. Also, if they're going to store it for any length of time before burning I guess it would dry quicker in chip form than as whole logs? (As long as someone stirs the chip pile from time to time!) I should mention that I've never chipped any wood, so don't rely on anything I say here!

Cheers gents. Nothing there sounds too bad - and I wouldn't want to extract lots of timber or anything. (Just enough for a log burner or two). I'm happy to put in a few days of hard graft now and then (I'd enjoy it!) but I'd rather it was on my terms and at a time that suits me. Just got to find the money for a woodland now!

Lovely working environment. Beats being sat in front of a computer screen - at least until the rain starts!

Hi all Posted this elsewhere, but come to think of it, this may be a better place for it. Can anyone recommend a good tree identification app? (UK species). I'm not a professional arbist at all, and it would be nice to be more certain about which woods I'm putting in my log burner. At the moment, I've got an app from the FC which works quite well and was free , but it only covers about 25 species of tree. I've done a fair bit of googling but mainly come up with apps tailored to US species, so not ideal for me. Oh, and I'm on an Android OS. Can anyone recommend another good app (ideally free) to look at? Many thanks.

Hi all Like the title says - how much work really NEEDS to be done to keep on top of a small woodland? I'd like a small woodland (5- 10 acres maybe) one day, finances etc. permitting. And I'd like to be able to take a bit of firewood, do a bit of coppicing, make a glade or two, manage it for wildlife, a bit of camping, a bit of shooting and general enjoyment. What I don't want to do is to feel that I have to go there everyday (in the pouring rain) to weedkill, strim, clear, fell, prune etc. I assume that I can leave it wild-ish, and just do a bit every so often (once a month to once a week or so) and still have a pleasant, healthy woodland? (Depending of course on what it's like at the start!) I wouldn't be planning on doing any clear-felling, and would hopefully just get regrowth (on a small scale) from natural regeneration - so shouldn't need to do intensive felling, or large scale tree planting, weeding etc. Am I missing anything? I want it to be a pleasure to go there, not a chore / necessity all the time... Cheers.

Thanks, but that seems to be Apple only. Forgot to say, I'm Android, and try my best to avoid iTunes like the plague!

Hi all Not really sure if this is the right place, but I couldn't find a more appropriate forum. (And it is kind of firewood related!) Can anyone recommend a good tree identification app? (UK species). I'm not a professional arbist at all, and it would be nice to be more certain about which woods I'm putting in my log burner. At the moment, I've got an app from the FC which works quite well and was free , but it only covers about 25 species of tree. I've done a fair bit of googling but mainly come up with apps tailored to US species, so not ideal for me. Can anyone recommend another good app (ideally free) to look at? Many thanks.

Cheers gents. Nice old-school tractor, anyways...

Any progress here, Paul? Or any more pics? I'm pretty jealous...

Nice little tractor. Can I ask what it is?

Now that's a proper book. Thought the saltpetre was to blow it up for a second!

This is a good read: http://www.woodlands.co.uk/owning-a-wood/badgers-beeches-and-blisters/badgers-beeches-and-blisters.pdf A mere 144 pages, and lots of advice. And, it's free!