Adam M

I reckon that could be worked around, but you make a good point.

Could a wedge be progressively pushed into an included union to force it to open up more, while still in the nursery stage? Therefore allowing a twin leader to develop a U shaped union?

Thanks guys!

Localised reduction to leave 3m clearance from buildings and 1-2m clearance from powerlines (just enough to stop branches banging on it in foul weather, bear in mind that most powerlines have plenty of flex in them and don't care about being whipped by whippy stuff). Removal of significant deadwood.

Yeah bang on. I recently did QTRA and one thing Mike Ellison said really stuck out; management of secondary risk i.e. "over-managing" for the purpose of absolving the surveyor of responsibility, so getting on a knee-jerk tip leading to disproportional expenditure and unnecessary loss/reduction of amenity. Bung some longs underneath it over the desire lines, make people wander off and get tangled in a hedge instead. Much safer.

Hi, I've just asked a training provider for a price for windblown and they have responded by saying that its now emergency tree works. I was under the impression that windblown had changed to incorporate multiple (cs34/35) and that emergency treeworks was separate, and that windblown is still current. They said that they have a windblown course available but if it's being phased out, I'd rather do the most up to date course. Can anyone confirm if windblown is being replaced or not, and has anyone done the emergency treeworks course?? Thanks, AdamM

yeah good effort! That wood is lush whatever make it is!

That's Aesculus indica innit?

And make sure you bung some piccies up!

I would give the caller those links and leave him to draw his own conclusions otherwise he'll be on your case once you've dropped the load off. Sell your logs to the next person.

bosh!

Brilliant find!

That was my second choice. I can't say why I chose dryads saddle over that. What would probably suggest Pleurotus over that is the fact that dryads saddle comes out much earlier and would be even more manky than that. You're probably right though.

Ello ello, Would anyone be up for a bit of a game to be completed at your leisure over the next few months? Body Language Bingo. It's like bingo, but instead of number you have to find and provide evidence of a variety of structures and defects. I'm planning on doing a totally separate one for fungi. Rules are that the first person to find all of the required subjects wins. They win a sense of being smug. That's all they win. I might be able to stretch to some Haribo and a couple of cans of cherry coke. You need to find the defects and take a photograph of them. To prove that you've found them after today, you'll need to somehow get your thumbs up in the photo or something else that you want to use as a signature (your favourite mallet, a single rose, a hat with a propeller on it, whatever). If it's something high up and you aren't climbing it then it doesn't matter if your thumbs up or your signature piece are blurred, so long as the defect is clear. The list you will need to find is as follows: Devils ears Torsion in stem Helical fracture Hazard beam failure Occluded hazard beam Roots growing around a pipe Roots growing through cracks/joins in a paved floor Compression fork Chinese moustache Longitudinal rib Transverse crack Longitudinal crack Ring swelling Bottle-butt Anyone else got any to add before we start? (that is, if anyone wants to start?).

Polyporous squamosus? If so, parasitic white rot. Dependent on whether it definitely dropped from that up top damage it might be worth taking a bit of weight out from above this, if there's a target (or if you'd rather neat cuts in comparison to a windblown top). Beech aren't fans of pruning though and any significant loss of photosynthetic area will limit how well it compartmentalises the decay from the dryads saddle.

WWJQD? (What Would Johnny Quick Do?)

Norway maple mush

please explain!

pigeons love nesting in conifer hedges.

Sounds like pucka stag beetle larvae habitat in the making!

better for charcoal if you wanted to get into that.

you mean fishing with multiplier reels? there's no better feeling than spending precious time tying up a nice rig with expensive tackle, loading it carefully with expensive bait then belting it out at full pelt, seeing it all to the horizon, the spool spinning mentally out of control, bird nesting then cracking off. spent some good night's on Chesil beach untangling and retying when I were young.

a bootfull of ash logs, some home made chilli jam and a bottle of sloe gin for a dog.

Down to £99 for a single license now. Add £50 for a PDA and you're rocking I think. Although think need to provide your own maps?

check out your local Wildlife Trust events page.