SteveA
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Our barn 12m x 7m has a 2m overhang - the overhang part of the barn is specifically for seasoning timber from our woodland.... we got that through permitted development. We're in Pembrokeshire National Park.... we had to go to appeal to get it through. Does this help? cheers, steve p.s.... I've been recently questioning where the boundary between agriculture & forestry blurs into commercial. eg; if you turn your planks into bird boxes is that then classed as commercial?!!.... it's vague to say the least!
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Yea, that's what I'm thinking. hmmmm Better start doing the lottery.... my wish list is getting a bit £long. -
Looks great. Do you supply the trailers without the crane? cheers, steve
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I find resin bakes very hard on the teeth of my circular saw blade too. Have you tried using a Stanley knife to remove the majority of the resin? 2mm is quite thick. cheers, steve
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There was a thread a while ago on cleaning resin off silky saws.... that came up with various solutions. Have a look here: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaws/89053-resin-cleaning-nightmare.html cheers, steve
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I'm informed that anvil loppers tend to crush wood fibres whereas bypass will shear through them..... worth keeping in mind if you are intending to do pruning jobs with them. cheers, steve
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It's a lifetime warranty on the Fiskars stuff so it's loppers for life (so long as they aren't being abused). cheers, steve
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A Nissan Leaf could do some pretty serious damage to a train wheel. Luckily we usely tend to just get leaves on the line.
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An edible hedge. Great source of food for birds and human beings.
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Fiskars are reasonably priced and work great. They also have excellent customer service. I broke my first pair of Fiskars loppers and they sent/ upgraded me a bigger pair for free. cheers, steve
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Timber flys been out today near frome somerset thanks
SteveA replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
Are you sure he was pinching it Jon? Did you ask him if he had permission? cheers, Steve -
cheers I've just took myself off to a couple of charity shops.... I love that musty smell.
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About a month ago I had an awful cough for more than a week.... I'm pretty sure it was from shovelling woodchip with grey mouldy dust. The chip pile wasn't very old; think it was only about 7 days old. I'd also been handling a fair amount of damp/ mouldy hay around the same time. Never did see the Doctor because it seems you have to make an appointment unless it's first thing in the morning, or use accident & emergency at the local NHS hospital. Needless to say I coughed my way through it all.... but it wasn't nice. I resorted to grabbing my sons inhaler for a few days (I'm not asthmatic) and had trouble sleeping due to shortness of breath. I'm very, very wary of dusty stuff now and am wearing a mask if there is any risk. Cheers, Steve p.s.... good subject to post & try to raise awareness.
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Is the Stein Smok waterproof? Can anyone clarify this please. Thanks.
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Good plan, great plan! I'm gonna try that.... cheers, steve
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I'm in that camp at the moment & don't really want to spend more than £50. Plus a pair of wellies + waterproof trousers and before you know it you've spent £hundreds. cheers, steve
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Thanks all. Good to hear all your thoughts & knowledge. Makes it easier for us to make the decision to hire somebody in when it comes to it.... cheers, Steve
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It's because of Fukushima!.... and alien spaceship tail lights!.... and the sun has expanded much faster than predicted!.... and somebody put a sprinkling of turmeric in the chem~trail canisters!....
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I've got the bones of a very basic Alaskan Mill but not got to use it yet, looking forwards to it though. Is what this guy says about portable manual bandmills fairly accurate? Is it a better plan to hire in hydraulic portable bandmills with an experienced operator on a day rate?.... cheers, steve [ame] [/ame]
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Haven't they heard of the 'Arbtalk Woodchip Dating Service'?!
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What cloches do you use? Our DIY attempt at cloches failed at the first strong winds. Luckily we don't have any rabbits on our farm. We're looking to erect a shade tunnel next to the polytunnel some time in the future to help harden plants a bit more before planting out. cheers, steve
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Coronation chicken with mixed salad in a fresh granary baguette. *slurp*
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I understand your points. Initially we're looking at extending our flowering seasons more than growing things during cold weather and the trouble with not using mesh sides means that when we transplant outdoors the plants won't be hardened enough to cope with our Pembrokeshire weather elements.... However, if we do want to raise the temperature in the tunnel we could fleece where the mesh is.... or fleece individual beds. So far we've been using a half hoop lean to polytunnel - that has a mesh side up to about 3ft height. Overall, that's been working great. Pests shouldn't be too much of a concern where predators are allowed. Diseases can be less predictable... but seasons change, one year is different to the next. cheers, steve
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Our tunnel will be 16m maximum length so pretty easy to ventilate and most days we get a good breeze. Yep, got the bracing bars sussed. Will also be fitting some crop bars. I'm spacing the hoops at 5ft so that will also help keep it polytunnel shapes during strong winds. I'm cementing the foundation tubes as well. cheers, Steve
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Any extra water in a polytunnel will raise humidity, even with mesh sides.... although it won't raise it as much as misting. The main purpose of the pond is to introduce slugs and toads to chomp slugs. We don't use slug pellets so it'll help towards controlling numbers. I'm not the first to have a polytunnel pond, honest guv! cheers, steve
