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  1. spandit
    Funnily enough, my FAC (which has .22LR, .17HMR & .223 on it) doesn't distinguish between calibres when it mentions shooting foxes. I know several people who shoot foxes with a .22LR and they're perfectly lethal enough
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    Was wondering how it had got there but then saw this behind it:
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    Geniuses (genii?) all of you. It's quite far from the main house so I can let it get big
  4. spandit
    Any clues? Leaves are quite shiny & about 5cm long
  5. spandit
    On OS maps, blocks of woodland often have names. Now that I've planted my own woodland, how do I go about registering a chosen name for it, so my name will live on after I'm gone?
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    You can offset the value of standing timber in woodland for IHT purposes, though http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/Publications/Manuals/InheritanceTaxManual/sections/j-section_10/iht-man-s10-pt1.html
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    Was given some ash seedlings by a neighbour so have bunged those into the mix too. It is lovely seeing the little dead looking twigs that were delivered turning into live plants but I know what you mean, they're not rapid. That said, I cut a different neighbour's osier willow down to a stump. By the end of the year, it was 12 feet tall and an inch thickness on some of the larger stems. I've planted a load of the twigs here and they're already looking good in places. Got a power company coming next week to trim some trees which should result in some willow mulch
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    At last, oak is beginning to come alive... Alder is doing better too:
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    Don't know but subscribing to thread to find out
  10. spandit
    If you look carefully at the end of an ash log, it looks like bundles of little straws in alternate rings - quite distinctive
  11. spandit
    I planted my hedging in spirals
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    Does juniper grow well in the UK? A high proportion of my newly planted woodland is alder, mainly because the site is so wet but also after reading on here in different threads how good it is to burn
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    Damn the Woodland Trust - thought they'd forgotten to invoice me but it arrived today.... grrr...
  14. spandit
    Blimey, I was at their factory yesterday as luck would have it (only for a nosy, I was actually visiting next door)
  15. spandit
    Looking forward to the pics. You need an island to claim expenses Want to dig a pond myself, got plenty of water
  16. spandit
    It was a bit of a charity favour, to be honest. They're good lads but not terribly efficient. A friend of mine, who did it for free, planted more than they had done in two days in about 3 hours!
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    Thank you for making me look - wouldn't've found the field maple otherwise
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    OK, you asked for it: Alder (a lot of them not doing anything yet): Field maple (this was a surprise as it was a particularly weedy little whip that went in and it seems to be the only one that has come into leaf): Some of the wild seeded willow (think it's grey willow but might be cricket bat): Spindle (only one I could find in leaf): Wild cherry - going great guns - they're all like this: Think this is crab apple: Hazel all doing well, although leaves still tucked up in the buds: Common hawthorn, this is all thriving: Blackthorn, scarecely off the mark and this was about the most advanced I could find: Hornbeam: As I mentioned, the oak and beech are still dormant but so are the big trees so not too worried. Aspen is doing nothing, which surprises me as I thought it was a pioneer plant
  19. spandit
    Bit more sunshine over there!
  20. spandit
    Well, a few weeks on and the cherry is looking splendid. The hazel is all doing well, the hornbeam is coming into leaf. The alder is being quite slow but the oaks & beech still look like dead twigs. Aspen hasn't budged either. Hawthorn doing well and I think blackthorn is coming up too. Not sure about the rest as I didn't label them...
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    ...do it yourself Paid some lads to plant some of my trees last month. Been inspecting some of the area and it's amazing how many have tubes upside-down or whips caught in the cable ties. Also found quite a few unplanted ones, which I've stuck in the ground but don't hold out much hope for.
  22. spandit
    Yes, there are... I'm hoping some deer do come in (for the first thing you mentioned!)
  23. spandit
    I wasn't being serious...
  24. spandit
    Stihl? No Husqvarna? No Jonsered? No This is the best chainsaw in the world... LiveLeak.com - Need a chainsaw?
  25. spandit
    I got a free Esse range (oil burner). Going to convert it into a rocket stove mass heater as cutting a hatch through the boiler isn't practical

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