spandit
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Hmmm... I need 65 trees to replace the ones that have died, and I had 10 spare tubes for planting new ones. That's a total of 75 trees. I've now ordered: 50 x sweet chestnut, castanea sativa 25 x wild pear, pyrus communis 10 x common dogwood, cornus sanguinea 25 x black locust, robinia pseudoacacia 25 x black maul, salix triandra 1 x black mulberry, morus nigra 1 x almond, prunus dulcis That's 137... now I have to decide which get the tubes and which only get spirals (of which I have hundreds!)
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Sadly, she's not that attractive...
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Outcome is, I asked her and she said "yes". My protracted legal battle is over before it begun
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Fabulous firewood if not rotten (although the rotten stuff if dry is great for kindling)
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I'll take it if it's free!
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Bought them from 3fatpigs, along with an almond, some wild pear and dogwood whips
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Looking to buy 50 chestnut whips, cheap as possible, to replace the trees that didn't make it in my woodland the first time around. The nursery I've contacted is struggling for stock...
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Plant them on your land and give each guest a photograph of their tree...
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Oh, absolutely. I think it would take a while with our 8' trailer but interested to see how much 1000 cubic metres is. Not sure whether we have space and don't know how cost effective hiring a lorry would be
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Any chance of some pictures? I'd love some but no means of transporting large volumes
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I've no idea, if it's in the way, chop it down, if not then save the hassle & leave it?
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Standing dead wood provides good habitat too
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The first picture looks like elder
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Blog updated! I've planted hazel and field maple but didn't know the latter was suitable for coppicing. Going to plant some sweet chestnut later this month or next month...
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I'd leave the leylandii - good cover & windbreak
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Thank you! I've been nagged to update it and promise I will do soon...
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Have one in TN21 but maybe a bit far from you
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I'm looking forward to mine coming back into leaf again this Spring. I'd be concerned with vole/deer damage without tubes and I suspect the microclimate they generate is why some of mine are over 6' high after one growing season. I have so many self seeded birch I didn't knowingly plant any, although some of the whips I was supplied with have grown into birch trees I'll post more pictures of mine later in the year. Got about 65 to replace and hoping to use chestnut, wild pear and robinia
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It was the only way to have my own! I'm hoping in 5 years it will provide some cover
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I hope my relatives have the same thoughts in 40 years time when my woodland is grown!
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I didn't spray at all and most of my trees are doing fine. A few have grass coming out of the top but most of these have the trees with the most growth too. They tend to self mulch, I find, but looking at the progress of the naturally seeded trees, I think the advantage of the tube alone should suffice. Only got 1,500 trees, mind
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I wouldn't burn it on an open fire without a guard but in a stove it's great
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If anyone wants some valuable leylandii mulch I have some still on the tree that you can harvest yourselves for a reasonable price. I can also offer leaf litter and when the spring comes I'll have plenty of grass clippings that can be harvested fresh!
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My daughter's school have produced a Christmas video and just want to beat the number of hits they had last year (1500) - it's quite entertaining, especially around the 2:40 mark so they'd appreciate it if you'd watch it:
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Thing is, rabbits breed so prolifically that once one with natural immunity starts producing offspring, the numbers will pick up again. Shooting rabbits is good sport and I'd miss them if they were eradicated but I know a lot of farmers wish they'd go extinct
