SteveA
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Do you include the bag with the order, charge a deposit or empty the bag at the delivery? (I'm guessing each bag costs a few quid).
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We have a few acres+ of Sitka & Western Hemlock that needs felling as it's sucking all the light away from the native trees. So they have to go. I went on a training day last week, part of it was about how important it is to season wood properly, not only a good fire, but also for low smoke emissions/ air pollution. I did ask if softwoods are suitable for burning, answer: "yes"...just so long as it's seasoned well (20% or below). A mistake people often make is thinking that it's okay to throw the occasional unseasoned log into the fire.... but it's a real waste of heat & increases risk of deposits building up in the chimney + air pollution. We may be selling our own well seasoned softwood firewood sometime in the future. Don't see a problem with it myself....
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If it isn't being sold by woodlands.co.uk then you are off to a very good start! Keep in mind that it's worth as much as somebody else is prepared to pay for it, and then you'll be in with a good chance. Is it a live auction? ...ie raise your hand/ scratch your nose/ do a YMCA?
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Yes, it's an "Agricultural Waste Exemption" under the environmental permitting (England & Wales) regulation 2010. I think all new registrations have to be in by the end of October 2013 otherwise they send the waste police around..... if you've been really bad they might compost you! The worst one is that if you cut a piece of wood and want to turn it into a walking stick then you have to have a permit (i kid you not).... it's called "use of waste to manufacture finished goods U9 but you are only allowed to use 100 tons of wood to make crooks or walking sticks".
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Take it home and pop it in the fire! ....or if you feel you have to burn on site at least make the most of the heat by roasting a load of jacket potatoes and pop them in your freezer. *shivers at the thought of painting Monsanto on ash stumps*
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Yes, definitely need this in place.
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I say dig it until it looks about right, let it rain, fine tune. A bit of water sitting in the bottom doesn't do any harm.... let it pool where it wants and it will eventually level itself out. Leave the ditch for long enough and it will be like ours (completely infilled; a non-ditch).
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Machete and an austrian scythe fitted with a ditch blade: Austrian Scythes for sale.
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oh, okay. Rant over
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ref: Limited use vehicles tax: You can tax your vehicle in the 'limited use' tax class if it’s used solely for purposes relating to agriculture, horticulture or forestry and: ~ it’s used on public roads only in passing between different areas of land occupied by the same person ~ the distance it travels on public roads in passing between any two such areas does not exceed 1.5 km ....1.5km (less than a mile) doesn't exactly help get horticulture & woodland products to the local market does it!! Who comes up with this stuff?? Maybe they dont want true local produce to thrive? Maybe Tesco, etc is local enough for DVLA and ukGOV?
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If it were me I'd go for the natural regen. To clear bracken & bramble I'd go with with a machete and austrian scythe (fitted with a ditch blade). Would hack any high stuff or big woody bramble with the machete.... the scythe is for selective slicing at ground level, taking care not to nip seedlings. In your work area take a bunch of old plastic plant pots to mark the position of seedlings; saves standing on them, or scratching them up when dragging out those gnarly brambles. We don't have deer where we are (the aristocracy have them mounted on their walls), so you may want to use some bramble as defence; or rent an aristocrat for a day?!
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Chipper, Saw, Climbing kits stolen near Stroud
SteveA replied to Alinicoll's topic in Stolen Equipment
Really so sorry for you, that sucks. Hearing about so many machinery/ plant thefts that I've lost count. Makes me feel really angry that so little is being done about it. The last three objects I've been looking at on ebay have been scams, and a 4th item that sounded pretty damn suspicious...... i got into quite a discussion with ebay customer support asking them why they aren't doing anything about it, linking officially with TER, etc; ebay response: it's up to buyers to report items to the local police so they can investigate it themselves and then the police can contact ebay to ask for the item to be removed.... Like that's gonna actually happen! Hope you can pick yourselves up again soon enough...... -
Have you seen any native seedlings emerging in the area?
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Hi mathew, i'm interested if the tb016 is available... have sent you a private message, cheers
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Natanoko 60 for me. I haven't needed a chainsaw, yet.
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yep, lit the fire here in Pembrokeshire for the first time today. Been burning a fallen oak branch; the rounds were all cut with a Silky Natanoko.... free sustainable heat. cozy!
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From what I've read it's best to apply to posts with a moisture content below 28% (ish). Were your posts seasoned enough before applying the bitumen? Would be good to find out some details of how you did yours inc ground conditions, etc if you don't mind sharing? cheers
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That's the first I've heard. Why do you think it would reduce the lifespan? We're using Sitka because we've got lots of it to remove on the farm.... and it's free.
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All our posts are Sitka ~ which without treatment have a very short life expectancy; probably 2 to 5 years. In theory by using PostSaver sleeves and/ or bitumen dip (e.g TuffDip) we could probably extend the lifespan to between 4 to 10 years. This is fine for our situation as it's for a dead hedge / bug habitat... and when the dead hedge collapses (in 4 to 10 years time) there will be an edible hedge flourishing alongside to replace it. We're steering clear of chemical preservative treatments as we don't want nasty chemicals leaching into the soil and groundwater.
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Fair point - but if you're fitting posts into rocky ground probably best not to use wooden posts! (Fortunately for us, we have soil).
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Throwing another post into the mix (good pun yeah?).... protecting fence posts from rot by using bitumen: Anyone tried TuffDip Tuffdip Fence Post Protection
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What date did you fit them and was it in really hard ground? Looks like they upgraded the sleeve design sometime in Winter 2012.... maybe the Mk1 sleeve version had a few problems??
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According to the Postsaver FAQ's they've tested extensively into stoney ground without problems, and I'm sure Network Rail have quite a bit of stoney ground. Did you bang some in that weren't heated/ stuck to the post properly? cheers
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I've been thinking of trying the Postsaver on a load of Sitka poles, but just found this paintable/ dip~able bitumen/ rubbery black stuff.... anyone tried this? http://www.longerlifeposts.co.uk/LongerlifePostDipBrochure.pdf
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What Slky Saw are you using above?... doesnt look like a Natanoko 60, handle looks different and is it a curved blade?
