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spandit

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  1. Mine have never produced berries so I've obviously ended up with all of one gender. Think I'll aggressively prune them from a safe distance with a pole saw as they're getting quite tall
  2. If you could find someone who hires these I'd be very interested
  3. My woodland that I planted 10 years ago is doing well and includes a load of naturally seeded birch. Cut a few down today as well as some grey willow that I'd previously pruned. Should give me a few days of firewood and I didn't have to touch any of the trees I actually planted!
  4. My most recent loads have been oak, cherry and ash. Still got plenty of macrocarpa to process for a nice mix
  5. Well we'll see if you're right 😃
  6. It's on the boundary so good for hedging
  7. It was a weird shape to begin with. Left one straight vertical stem which I'm hoping will thicken up
  8. There's a multistemmed holly tree on the edge of my property. It was being completely swamped by a willow that was growing through it/fallen onto it. I've removed the willow but the holly now is lacking some support and is drooping like a weeping willow. Some of the stems are rotten. Considering it's evergreen, when is best to prune it and how aggressively? Can holly take a beating?
  9. If you get all your logs cut to size you can hire a splitter for the day and do them all. I have a large pile waiting to be processed. It's under cover, at least
  10. In my experience, they want their trucks empty so they can move onto the next job. I provide somewhere to lose the wood and chip. I'm not going to refuse wood nor spend time logging stuff that isn't worth burning (like horse chestnut)
  11. It's still a bit green to burn well and it's been raining. I'll leave it for a few days and hopefully we'll get some sun
  12. That was a concern. I'll probably just burn it in situ, then. Seems like a waste, though.
  13. I've taken down a large willow and have a huge pile of brash to deal with. I thought rather than just burning it in situ, it might be worthwhile getting it processed and provide some useful barbecue fuel (I like cooking on wood) and kindling. Rather than buying one (PTO powered for the tractor) I wondered if anyone locally had one they hire out (or with an operator?)
  14. Sometimes you get lucky, tree surgeons need to dump logs quickly as they're working locally. I had a VAST amount of macrocarpa dumped - still ploughing through it. Tree surgeon felt a bit guilty so came round with a nice load of ash too which I've added into the mix. You can always say no but I find it's normally chip rather than logs and rarely hardwood. I've ended up dumping willow into habitat piles and I'd do the same with horse chestnut (I'm currently logging willow for burning next year, though, as supplies took a huge hit)
  15. Sound advice. I can't go back right now.
  16. No, I did not... I've left the pub now too
  17. At a pub in Lewes. Fruit too small to be apple and doesn't look like crab apple either
  18. Yes. Neck and neck, I'd say. Or trunk and trunk.
  19. Well, it's been 5 years and both doing well. The alder certainly doesn't want to let go of its friend
  20. Some days it does seem like I'm trying to burn asbestos
  21. I was given a whole load of Corsican pine years ago and it was chock full of fatwood - still using it now to make kindling. Leylandii I find a bit knotty to split but cedar is superb.
  22. I have been fortunate to have been given more logs than I can use, so I now have my own directory of friends who can take them away again! Some of the tree surgeons are ones I approached when seeing them working but just had a very polite call from someone on here who will be tipping next week. Tends to go in fits and starts. I can go months without anything and then some weeks I get several different companies tipping. Just a shame it's so bloody wet in my field as can't shift it around the place without chewing it up

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