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2 is goat willow. 4th looks like beech. last is holly.

maybe one of the buckeyes

yep, agreed it's Nothofagus obliqua.

looks like cinquefolium plasticus!

maybe it's a whitebeam hybrid, S.Minima?

this is what can be done with yew, it's wonderful for a woodturner. if you can get it to N Wales, i'd be happy to have it!

and this [ame] [/ame]

another oldie, but defo a classic....[ame] [/ame]

verbal is ok but you need to offer to return the arisings. you may not climb or put a ladder in the tree without consent, this will need to be written if applicable.

i always try to persuade customers to leave their Birch trees alone, i have seen too many butchered, but as a popular urban tree, it can be a beautiful tree if left alone. the only thing i will do is a crown lift.

prefer 10" bar for pruning work., if i need a longer bar then it's as bigger saw.

today, i have mostly been listening to Burning Spear - [ame] [/ame]

here's one reason why it needs to happen; https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13729129_1175104219218280_2040806073823566481_n.jpg?oh=4bed381bc72072f8114857c80f65027f&oe=58287D72

so once again poor building practice wins the day.

why would labour voters vote for another tory in disguise when Corbyn offers a true labour leadership?

defo a salix, not sure which one.

put 3 or 4 old pallettes over the drain, there is less weight in the tree as it is largely dead wood, put a test cut in first to assess what you've got for a hinge, then fell it.

fell it in one.

and why not have an informal chat with the guy, get a feel for where he's at.

amelanchier

and i shall recommend the Collins tree guide, one of the most comprehensive, with good pics, info and ID tips. it's small enough to fit in a rucksack when out and about.

this is why we need trident: All aboard the Westminster gravy train The main companies involved in Trident are US multinational Lockheed Martin (who produce the missiles), BAE Systems, Babcock & Wilcox and Rolls-Royce – who are involved in the Successor programme – and also names like Bechtel, Honeywell, Raytheon and Serco who are contracted or subcontracted in relation to the current Trident system. According to the House of Lords register of interests, around 15% of sitting members are directors of, or shareholders in, companies that are either directly contracted to the Trident programme or invest in it. Prominent names include Lord Hollick, a Labour Peer who is a director of Honeywell. Lord (William) Hague, chair of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). RUSI, who are supposedly impartial US and UK government defence advisors, are sponsored by Babcock, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Rolls-Royce. But one of the most telling individuals is Labour’s Lord Hutton, defence secretary under Gordon Brown. He is an adviser to Bechtel, consultant for Lockheed Martin and chair of the Nuclear Industries Association (NIA). The revolving door (the phrase used to describe MP’s who, once finished in parliament, go into jobs related to their previous role) has never spun so quickly. It may be no wonder then, that the majority of parliament (excluding the SNP and the Green party) are supportive of renewing Trident. With reference to the role of multinational financial institutions, all the companies listed above, aside from being involved in Trident, share one other common denominator. They are all financed, or owned, by UK banks. Specifically Barclays and HSBC. A report by Don’t Bank on the Bomb details the involvement of major financial institutions in the western nuclear weapons industry. What this report doesn’t cover, however, is these institutions involvement in Russia’s nuclear weapons industry. Laughing all the way to the bank Aside from financing state-owned Russian companies like Rostec State Corporation (heavily involved with the country’s military) via their funding of, and credit trading with, Rostec financiers Novikombank, these banks have directly financed the Trident equivalent in Russia. The Dolgorukiy class submarine programme is Putin’s very own Trident. Made by a company called Sevmash, it’s financed by the state-owned Vnesheconombank (VEB) development bank. In turn, VEB bank is financed by a consortium of international banks. These include, of course, Barclays and HSBC. Essentially, UK multinational banks are playing one big game of “Battleships”, funding both UK and Russian nuclear weapons programmes. Except no missiles will ever be fired, and a winner will never be declared – because that would be unprofitable. But the most shocking aspect of this is one financial institution so far not mentioned: the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). RBS are also financiers of the VEB bank who fund Russia’s nuclear submarines – and they also invest or part-own seven companies directly contracted to Trident. What is most deplorable about this is the fact that RBS is, of course, state-owned – we bought a 79% majority stake after the 2008 financial crash. In layman’s terms? We, the public, pay for Trident directly via taxation. We also paid for RBS, directly through taxation. In turn, RBS directly fund (with UK taxpayer money) our “enemy’s” nuclear weapon systems. Essentially, the UK taxpayer is paying for both sides in this perceived nuclear stand-off. The whole nuclear weapons industry – every disturbed, finger-pointed warning about Russia, every argument about our “national security” – is one mammoth ruse. We, the taxpayer, are duped into allowing complicit Governments to squander our money on an imaginary threat, which merely serves to make former MPs richer and multinational banks and their wealthy shareholders more money. The most dangerous enemy facing us in 2016? The lies we are told, under the premise of a threat which doesn’t actually exist.

if the trunk is 4ft wide, two decent chainsaws are going to cost as much as getting the job done professionally, not to mention the cost of repairing any damage done from inexperience.

you need a rounding plane to get even thickness along the length. - [ame] [/ame]

cornus kousa or strawberry dogwood - the flowers are leaf bracts, tiny flowers inside, edible fruit resembling small strawberries, hence the name.