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"A mate of mine at work went to his local group and said it really helped him to get out of a hole." "Problem is men dont talk, then its too late ..its never easy recovering a body and explaining to family" The hardest task I can ever do in life is to open that door handle and say 'hello, I'd appreciate some help'. My own stubbornness may (-will) one day be my undoing.

....with the wife's sister. 🤣🤣

Yep , spot on. Was one of those nothing ventured nothing gained situ's. The landscaper I was subbing to already had digger on site for constructing boundary wall on roadside, and he'd seen some of my other hedgecraft, to consider 'heck, this might work' so minimal loss if it didn't

Some of the stems came out with practically no root at all. These were just trimmed to a single stick with no branch at all, then laid over ! There was a pleacher every 1-2' to try to give some hold to the hedge in the absence of sound established roots.

I actually did this once on a road widening situation where the land owner was adamant he wasn't going to lose his hedge to be replaced by an ugly chain link fence. The trees were dug out trying to keep some soil with each stem, though most didn't. Swung over to new placement and then laid, removing as much side growth as practical to balance the water requirement from the dramatically reduced root system. All this was done in very late spring, with full leaf, so the owner was told to water well, which to his credit he did daily for the whole summer. The whole hedge survived, not a single loss. Total length 80m. 20 years later you'd never know what had occurred.

If only they didn't take 6 years to become impenetrable. The mindless ones have trodden them flat long before they become an effective barrier. Perhaps theres a business opportunity for soneone here, transplanting fully mature and ideally, laid hedges that you can buy on a roll !

Too many years ago I did my college thesis on producing constant rotation coppice firewood/heating fuel for a reasonable sized domestic/farm property. Calculated a requirement of 7 acres hardwood to be truly self sustaining, starting from a neglected site returning it back to constant rotation coppice with an increasing amount of off site firewood sales to recoup some of the capital expenses. The model never paid for itself if the woodland was actually purchased, but was theoretically successful if using family farm woodland

Not just heart meds do that. My migraine meds (triptans) shut down peripheral capillaries - great for the brain tissue but hell for hands and feet. Looks like they've died when exposed to cold winds, rain , frost or sea water. I look horrific after stepping out from 15mins in the Mediterranean!

The other children gave up talking to me

When I was seven I used to talk like this too..

comeback? if you want my cum back youll have to scrape it off your daughters teeth. My God, i don't know whether to piss myself laughing or dread what comes next ..as it were 😂😂

I haven't investigated on our volvo yet, but hopefully when the deal was done from landrover, he told volvo to improve on the pto design taking drive from front gearbox to rear axle. Had 2 freelander2s and blew the pto drive sleeve on both. Unlubricated components ate splines off driveshaft ends. Known issue but in true LR style refused to address.

The one thing that's missing from almost all your choices, and what's the most usefull is a high/low ratio gearbox. Currently have a suzuki grand vitara 1.9diesel 2012 to replace my old 110 defender. Bought this purely for the low ratio and cheap price. Very happy with its abilities. Not got as much towing capacity (2.0t) but does it safely holding back my ifor williams 12' down steep grass and mud track from my upper mountain fields. Yokohama geolander all terrain tyres, relatively recent fitted. Tyre contact is everything off road. In comfort, without rainwater running down my ankles and with a heater that gets the whole car warm in less than 5minutes. We also just sold my wifes later vitara allgrip 1.6 , without low box, to trade against a volvo xc40 awd automatic. Not put the trailer on it yet, but impressed with its abilities up and down the same track. Standard road tyres. A little too fast coming down as all hill descent controlled vehicles seem to be.

It's always good, but so seldom happens that we hear of the final outcome of a call for guidance and knowledge. Well done making an educated decision. Enjoy finding more tight corners and difficult areas to work it on.