spandit
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My brush cutter has a trimmer attachment for that very reason. 6mm trimmer line. I agree about pigs, though, far cheaper and you can eat them afterwards
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Straighten leaning pear tree and what else?
spandit posted a question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
This pear tree has, until recently, been crowded by a row of leylandii which were no match for my digger (before: ) It was leaning quite heavily, partly due to the encroaching conifers and partly because of the prevailing wind. It's obviously stressed looking at the cracks up the trunk but it does fruit and I don't want to lose it I pushed a stake in (how fun is that with a digger!?) and have propped it a little with the ratchet strap I had at hand. The soil is pretty soft and I think yanking the leylandii out may have disturbed things even more. Is it a case of gradually increasing pressure on the strap or should I try a different approach? -
They must have missed it during the risk assessment
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Had a couple of holly seedlings in the garden where we're about to put a new patio so dug them up and hacked a bit of the sycamore off to make room for them: Don't want to upset the soil too much as there are plenty of English bluebells coming up there.
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I would have thought you'd be fine, especially once it's full of logs (assuming the base is connected to the uprights)
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Supoib!
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To build up an immunity to rust or to get good practice in to repairing chassis?
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The reason chainsaws are not generally allowed is because they are classified as dangerous goods under ICAO/IATA regulations. This is because of the engine, and the fluids contained therein. Nothing to do with the sharpness - this is why carrying knives/axes/billhooks etc. is not an issue - they are not going to endanger the aircraft by leaking or catching fire. If you can satisfy the requirements by draining them and packaging appropriately then they're not prohibited from carriage aboard passenger aircraft. Cargo carriers such as DHL can carry more dangerous items, some of which are completely forbidden on passenger planes
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They don't look very big at all and tend to be quite shallow rooted in my experience so don't think heave will be an issue. Why do you want to get rid of them?
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I don't know if I'd go as far as saying I hate brambles (and apologies if I've already stated this earlier on!) but I'm sure I've seen them growing under dense cover in fir plantations and by the time my little trees become that established so that they have a proper canopy, goodness knows how thick the brambles will have become. In some places they are about 15mm thick and are growing way up into other trees, making it quite hazardous when moving amongst them. I do know they are important for wildlife, which is why I started this post in the first place
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The willow looks like an osier viminalis hybrid - I think some of the cuttings I gave you were similar. We get amazing growth from it every year
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That's why I posted this in the first place! Plenty more brambles for them to play in/eat (however, I have never heard of muntjac in this area)
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I love how these threads turn into a pissing contest very quickly! Impressive looking piece of kit. Happy for you to bring it over but again not very economical for you!
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Funnily enough I did have a load at my first house (which I still own) but I doubt they're still there as I haven't lived there since 2007 The Rayburn is pretty thick steel but I suppose if I'm lining it with fire bricks then it shouldn't need the sand
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It is a shame but I don't think my payment terms would be very attractive
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They're spreading over bits I haven't planted and tend to arch over the paths I do cut. I'm not spraying them so they'll be back, I've no doubt. For the smaller shrubs they do tend to shade in the summer and they must use nutrients that would otherwise be available to the trees
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Excuse the pun but not only am I physically torn (next time I'll wear my heavy canvas smock to stop me looking like I've been self harming unless there are other suggestions - I was wearing welding gauntlets but they're not as long as one might like) but also mentally. The "before" looked like this (nice to see the path I cut last year isn't overgrown): and after a couple of hours of bashing with the brush mower, like this: Now, I don't want my new woodland to be impassable so the brambles have to be controlled but now I've exposed a lot of naturally seeded young trees to predation so should I have left the brambles in situ as a nurse crop? The mower is a DRPower brush and field mower. Not the best for brambles (as someone pointed out when I bought it) but for cutting long grass it's superlative. Might try again with the trimmer head but they still tend to get wrapped around the axles, this is what came off one axle afterwards:
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Tried building one inside an old oil fired Rayburn - worked OK (wanted to burn thin willow twigs, a bit like the stick stove from BMWF Stick Stoves) but the flue inside kept cracking and with the design of the stove it was difficult to get a gravity feed for decent length stuff If it were possible to buy cheap firebricks like it seems to be in the USA, then I'd try again as my workshop is blooming cold. I'm also a bit unsure as to whether to try filling the boiler with something like sand or vermiculite as realistically I'm never going to connect it to a hot water system. Might even cut through the face of the boiler and turn it into a conventional wood burner
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Might be coming from inside the tube (it's an alder which is doing quite well as you can see from the tube splitting - only planted 3 years ago). Looks like too much to be cuckoo spit
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Circumzenithal arc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumzenithal_arc
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Crab apples are also good for pectin if you're going to be making jam
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Your land is not that steep, don't get too paranoid but avoid sharp turns on a sideslope. Be prepared to jump off if it starts going over
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No medlar? We've also planted a Chinese dogwood and some seaberry - all edible and the dogwood at least is fairly unusual. Not had any fruit from them yet but it's early days as they went in very small
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Me too! Are you planting in tubes? Seriously, if deer are that much of a problem, you shouldn't have a problem getting someone in to manage them. I don't know whereabouts in the country you are but I can cover the SE, have DSC1 and insurance
