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What would be the maximum bar size for milling for a Stihl 038 Magnum? (Hope I'm not hijacking the thread!)
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Use Of Urea to Treat Stumps
Logrod replied to Dorset Treeman's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I'd imagine that you'd spray to provide a protective barrier against the spores? -
Anyone any idea where this cheap gear is from? Jonesie?
Logrod replied to doobin's topic in Stolen Equipment
or (possibly!) to avoid paying VAT or tax - anyone know if there's an inland revenue number that you can ring to voice suspicions? They might move faster than the police. -
Oh well at least that's one silver lining if a member of the legal profession will end up getting a shafting
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It'd be almost impossible to prove that the tree was related to the downdraft. I'm not saying it couldn't have an impact but the chances are there'd have been a downdraft with or without the tree in the strong winds but even with top computer modelling you wouldn't stand any chance of proving it either way.
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"I don't accept bribes under 5 figures" ? or "All bribes under £5000 are subject to a £5000 administration charge"?
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I'd be interested in your opinion on Owen Davenports (either via forum or pm) as I may be searching for a consultant in a little while
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I only bought a Kelly kettle a few months ago (after my girl friend made me a cup of tea with added meths on my 30 year old trangia) and looking at the Ecobilly I don't think I'd have changed my mind. There's nothing to stop you sticking a Kelly over a small fire like the Ecobilly, (but I normally just transfer a few embers to the Kelly if I have a fire going at the same time) but the bigger advantage in my eyes is that the Kelly's water is better protected from the smoke than the Ecobilly and you can even carry water in it with the bung in the spout.
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mutant (as in unshapely) puffball? - I've seen ones as big as this in the pyrennees
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I think you have to think from the perspective of a non arboricultural customer - for them a tree is a tree including roots, the problems with using a technical term like "arisings" is that this again means nothing to most people and they may have mistakenly understood it to mean "any sticky up things still in the ground"!
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I see it's a chain saw that gets the bad press when he'd have had exactly the same problem if he'd sawed through the branch with a bow saw while wearing flipflops
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most butchers blocks are made of laminates of strips an inch or so wide for that reason (plus it's cheaper than having to find a single piece of timber)
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Thanks everyone for the feedback. Yes I'm aware that the hedge would take time to grow and I probably will end up sticking some extra posts and some barbed wire in in the meantime, but I'd been thinking of hedging even before the security issue cropped up as I prefer it from an aesthetic point of view and hopefully could spread the work over a few winters. John K - how far back from the boundary would I need the trees to be? I'm thinking of coppicing some anyway (to reduce risk of falling across fence/highway) Coppiceer - I had false acacia in the garden and surrounding forest when I lived in central France but it was a tad dryer there than N wales - would it still survive/thrive? and how would it be looked on in terms of "nativeness"? Hedgesparrow - thanks for the link and also for the idea of the dead hedge which would probably work well.
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reminds me of a book my kids used to have ..."killer mushrooms ate my gran", though unfortunately I was unable to convince any of the fungi I knew to do away with my mother in law....
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I want to stick some hedging in on a forest boundary with a road to prevent people trespassing (the woodland has no public access but I've had a number of incidents over the last few years with people camping, fly tipping and some damage. There is some fencing (sheep netting) but it's getting old and is obviously being climbed over / broken through in some places. I could replace the fencing, but it a long wriggly boundary that goes up and down a lot so not easy/efficient to stick in decent fencing. I've been thinking of putting in hedging both as a way of preventing ingress and also as a way of improving the wildlife habitat, probably some hawthorn and blackthorn (I think I can find a way to use the sloes ) but open to ideas on what people think would work best / fastest. The woodland is in N Wales so fairly damp, and the forest at the boundary is a mixture of coniferous plantation and mixed broadleaf.
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Best prevention is to be with someone who is even more attractive to the insects, failing that I'd agree withe the recommendation for Avon (I squealed when the GF first suggested it, but it's protected us camping in forests here and in France)
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Impressive:)
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Silver leaf will be an issue at this time of year with a plum ( Mind you it'll be an issue with an open wound if he does nothing ) - worth keeping in mind.
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I think you need a large quantity of sap to get a small quantity of syrup, might be fun but I doubt you'd make any money
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Planning a Firewood Coppice
Logrod replied to pendleton8471's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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Matthew, Just read through this entire thread and had me grinning all over. Never seen an otter myself in the wild and I'm really impressed with your photography. The one that will remain with me for longest is probably the one from July 2012 where the otter is just staring at you preparing to give you grief! Thanks
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curtain pole holders? rests for a pull up bar? ....
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Planning a Firewood Coppice
Logrod replied to pendleton8471's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Thanks woody -
I've seen Ray Jones turning at shows and he's well worth seeing. I have one of his videos (yep not a dvd!) somewhere which I still sometimes turn to to remind me what I'm doing wrong
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Planning a Firewood Coppice
Logrod replied to pendleton8471's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Woodyguy, what would you recommend for some firewood SRC for part of a wood in N Wales, pretty wet (and windy), shallow earth over rock, side of hillside (It'd be replacing some of the coniferous plantation with the old oak, ash and birch being left in place)? Doesn't have to be commercial , just useful!
