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Stere

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  1. Terra preta what biochar idea is from is very interesting, as tranformed very poor soils into very fertile. Terra preta - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
  2. Still enjoyed it even if it was prehaps abit rubbish compared to previous seasons. Liked that the one from trainspotter had a nice fairytale cottage & a doggy at the end 😏
  3. Are you in the US? Managing the Zimmerman Pine Moth EXTENSION.ENTM.PURDUE.EDU Piles of crumbly white sap on branches of pines and spruces culd mean that Zimmerman pine moth is killing your trees...
  4. Only one firewood woodsure supplier listed locally on there, and it just happens to be the same company that I recently tested the moisture % of batch of there firewood that was delivered as seasoned. It was around 40% when delivered. I tested them after a homeowner who I did a job for was complaining they didn't burn. 🙂 Didn't really need a moisture meter to tell it was completely green sikta spruce.
  5. Is this in the USA ? Pictures of the tree would be useful
  6. There a place in north wales does similar to what you planning might give you some ideas.. Tyddyn Teg - Tyddyn Teg TYDDYNTEG.COM In the beautiful landscape of North Wales, between Snowdonia and the Menai Strait sits Tyddyn Teg, a traditional Vegetable...
  7. For her pleasure ReRoot Ribbed - GreenBlue Urban GREENBLUE.COM Tree pit perimeter root control. Says this on the website
  8. Little Twig With Leaves Of The Chinese Redwood Metasequoia Glyptostroboides Stock Photo, Picture And Royalty Free Image. Image 14271068. WWW.123RF.COM 123RF - Millions of Creative Stock Photos, Vectors, Videos and Music Files For Your Inspiration and Projects. Looks the same...
  9. Fun thing to play with Downside is is it will get blunt eventually and it will be alot harder/time cosuming/expense to master the sharpening of it, than the sharpening of a chainsaw chain. Check out this japanese one:
  10. Horse shit from white jodpur lot @ the local pony club stables. Better than woodchip soil fertilizer for veg
  11. Fell I reckon mature sea buckthorn trees iv'e seen always tend to collapse its just its growth habit Sea buckthorn strikes from cuttings fairly well so you could always try and propagate some new trees from it if you are fond of it etc. The berries are a very popular food in some nordic and eastern european countries, but think you need both male and female trees..
  12. Like this I reckon
  13. Oh and all the wong jokes are a bit racist even if you thing he is barking up the wong tree as it were.
  14. Yeah I must be woke as I kind of agree with that^
  15. The walled garden area doesn't look very productive for food compared to what it must of being like historically packed full of flowers and veg ands fruit trees vines etc against all thoose walls etc. Also majority of veg doesn't like shade from trees much.
  16. Bubblewarp or argi fleece over the top of them at night if forcast is cold is useful 2 stop frost in the greenhouse knackering non hardly seedlings.
  17. There other ones around similar design bit look cheapo qualitywise? Black Powder-Coated Saw Horse for Woodworking | vidaXL.co.uk WWW.VIDAXL.CO.UK Black Powder-Coated Saw Horse for Woodworking online on vidaXL ► Free Shipping ► Wonderful Selection of Quality... How about scaff tubing and clamps 26.9mm Hand Rail Tube 2m | Tube Clamp Tube | Pole | Pipe WWW.SCAFFOLDING-DIRECT.CO.UK Galvanised Steel Tube 2m x 26.9mm - for use with Tube Clams and Key Clamps and Hand Rails. Tube Clamps 26.9mm WWW.SCAFFOLDING-DIRECT.CO.UK
  18. Was thinking larch would be ok would need to be seasoned or ok green?
  19. What wood is/was used for the wooden decking planks. Some smallholder I work for sometimes for has ans old approx 22" by 8" that he uses ocassionally with his fordson on that needs a new deck as planks rotted ans missing etc Suppose planks aren't used theese days as ply or metal is alot cheaper?
  20. To get a a meadow to be really sucessefully I reckon you need go through the steps below & have the equipment to do a proper job otherwise will just be still grass dominant..... Alot of goverment funding invovled in this project....
  21. Lattest disaster is due there right wing nationalist anti lockdown populist goverments ignorance over covid. Very similar to how UK messed it up & they have less leeway health capacity to respond being a poorer country. 1 billion people may never reach western standards of living as there isn't the global resources availble for that. More likely UK will end up more like India is now in the future. As for they UK they destroyed India econimic ouput caused mass famines hardly a good track record Economy of India under the British Raj - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG I
  22. Probably a day doing a few hrs now and then Recip saw & mattock and a farm jack Snapped my only shovel steel handle off so need a new one😏
  23. Dug one out that was similar in garden @ home . Then turned it upside down in the hole looks like the pic below now a stumpery. Was a 30" lodge pole pine that was windblown.
  24. Habitat pile brash stack dead hegde along the back of wall as the garden looks a desert for wildlife.
  25. Lusitania was the roman province & tribe Lustani

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