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I know! He likes paddling but hasn't discovered the joy of swimming yet. He's still young. We probably put him off it when we threw him in when he was about 4 months old
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Dog was miffed. It's fresh cut prunings but still didn't anticipate this 20250206_095950.mp4
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I've fitted an electric winch (Superwinch TS9500) on a towbar adaptor to the front of my tractor. With a wireless remote control (dirt cheap!) it's awesome. What winch do you have and does it not need hydraulic/PTO power (which would be at the back)?
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I've been very fortunate with my tip site over the last few years but haven't been offered anything in quite some time - I wonder if it's because homeowners are opting to keep the logs instead, or whether it's worth tree surgeons keeping the wood to process and sell on themselves? Thing is, I haven't had any requests to dump chip either and most of the logs I had dumped were not the kind that lent themselves to efficient processing (not that I'm complaining - kept me fit) Will keep hoping for future deliveries although I have a lot of willow and birch that needs to come down which will keep me warm as well as my branch loggings
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Dealing with brash is a lot more difficult and requires a chipper. I can understand why people just take the logs - easier to deal with. It's why I bought the branch logger for dealing with trees on my own land.
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Buy a bale of straw?
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Pete the Pond came to quote for our pond. His quote was astronomical. His schtick with the wooden leg and parrot wears very thin. I am only part way through the episode but the hole they dug for the pond could have been done for £400 in a day
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I saw some that you shouldn't twist wires when crimping
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It's along a road - think it would look better. Going to be tricky cutting anything off as there's little to no verge
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Need some advice on how much to trim off each upright and also need a huge amount of stakes and binders, which I'm not sure I'll have available
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Shove a cold bit of hot glue into each end of the heatshrink - it'll make it waterproof. You can buy adhesive lined heatshrink too but it's expensive
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Thanks!
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Wow, that looks like a big job! I have a much larger, older mixed hedge that needs laying but not quite ready to tackle it yet...
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Yes and also closes the lower gaps more effectively
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Of course! A friend of mine said there were too many plants which is why they didn't lay over far enough. I think it's because I didn't push them over far enough or trim enough side branches off.
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I planted this hawthorn hedge about 10 years ago. Decided to lay it. Used hazel stakes and binders from my own planted woodland and did most of it with a chainsaw. Used a billhook on the smaller stems. It's not as flat as I'd like and I snapped one of the larger stems (tiny sliver of bark left so may survive) but it's fairly level.
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I like leylandii to get the fire going then willow, because it's so plentiful, then a bit of oak to keep it going overnight. Currently got some ash, holly and elm warming by the stove to go on over the course of the evening
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Those look past saving - birch doesn't live long
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First thinning of new woodland
spandit replied to spandit's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
No pines here, though -
First thinning of new woodland
spandit replied to spandit's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
You can continue talking about guns now, just wanted to use this thread to keep track of things -
First thinning of new woodland
spandit replied to spandit's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Getting somewhere back to the main thread. My thinning licence has been granted. Just wish it wasn't so incredibly muddy trying to get into the woodland at all -
I shoved some willow (osier viminalis) stakes against a fence to provide a visual barrier and as expected, they put on about 12' of growth a year. Previously, I've just pollarded this but wondering if I could actually lay the whole thing down. It's only about 5m long but might be good practice for laying my older hedge? I could use willow stakes and binders too, the former of which would also grow.
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And would a 6 pack of beer and a couple of loaves of bread be too much to ask? I'd even offer to share the beer whilst they're stacking the logs
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, just saying that to expect free, ready to burn wood, is unrealistic
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My wife planted a willow tunnel at a primary school and the little shits have yanked it all out of the ground
