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Got back to the yard today and this landed on my work mate. Anyone no what type of bee it is?, if it's a bee at all.cheers.

We were working in frome today. Crown lifting this cherry, and we came across this...,could someone help me with ident, I thought maybe ganoderma australe, but could be miles out. Cheers.

Just saw it and read it. The pyrus is in a fairly busy area, right next to a foot path. In your opinion can the tree remain or does it have to come down?.

Working on a housing estate in frome,wilts today and we came across this on a pyrus.. I've looked through the arb talk app and can't see it.Any help with ident would be cool. Cheers.

Working on a dead sycamore today, any idea what these are?sorry photos aren't great.

Big thanks to Jon n his old man today, you really helped us out and made our life a whole lot easier.Amazing bit of stacking on your trailer as well.cant remember the name of that place you mentioned though, the one with the half decent cider.

Taking down a large beech today in frome, any one interested in the wood, come down today 16th,56 Mendip drive, n make a offer

We will be here today, maybe tomorrow.call 07714255838 for more info if interested .

Just out off interest, at what age is it appropriate to pollard a tree if needs be and is it different for each species?

Working on a Rowan this week, just taking some of the canopy out of some phone lines and we started to notice cracks throughout the tree, none of them were very deep and they looked quite fresh.Tree looked fine other then these cracks.

Found these while we where working on a chestnut today. Could someone help me ident these fungus, cheers.

Working on a oldish Rowan today and noticed these shallow cracks up the main trunk and on several limbs around the canopy.Could anyone tell me what might be causing it.

Noticed this on a lot of Cherries around my way, any one no what it is?, could it be fireblight or maybe monilinia, really not sure so any help would be great cheers.

Hi all, late last night a arb truck was stolen in warminster, Wiltshire. Luckily the police were passing at the time and noticed the van was being driven with no lights on, they gave chase for a bit and the blokes done a runner, police got the vehicle and kit back to the owner, but they didn't catch the thieves. Also that night a freelander was stolen from a village near by. Thought I'd put this up to warn anyone local.

Near the end of May, around the 20th.

could anyone tell me what these are please, found several around a cherry , they covered newly the whole grass verge.cheers.

It's in flower now, not much but there are a few.

With the island being so small will the mulch have that much of a difference?.

At a guess going by the pics how old would you think it is?.

Is the mulch likely to encourage honey fungus, like I put earlier my knowledge is really limited, but I read that this can happen.

Hi, I've been reading through this thread and at times it's had my head spinning, however I find it really interesting and would one day love to have your guys knowledge. Recently we were working on a housing estate in Somerset and we came across a pear tree, it looks to be fairly old, has a large amount of decay starting at the base going up a couple of feet. It looks like it was here before the estate, and was maybe part of an orchard as there are other pears of a similar age growing near by. Recently a car park was put in around the tree, it's just left on a little island, it has also been heavily reduced( topped) over the last few years.

An older lady came out and asked if I'd mulch around the tree I said yes thinking that mulching would help as the tree had dead wood in and the ground around it had been heavily compacted due to cars driving over the island. I put the mulch over grass at around 2-3 inches deep, it was fresh willow mulch.

Basically I was wondering if it will help in any way or if it was a bit pointless?, the work is on- going over several years so I can re mulch the area again.my knowledge is extremely limited so any help would be great.

Ok will do,cheers mate

The company I work for are possibly gonna put a couple of us through this course. I've heard it's pretty hard.Basically just wanted to know has anyone on here done it and how difficult is it, what books would be good to read before hand. Cheers for any help.

Does anyone no what tree this is, we thought a type of elm, but that's abit of a guess to be honest

I'd also be interested, sounds like a great idea. But only if you need groundies?.

We work for the landscape group based in west bury, often see acer driving around, how's things with you, busy?.

No Warminster, close though.

Yeh Wiltshire,how'd you guess?.