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Pirates used to raid Europe including UK for for slaves to take back too arab Africa probably less well known slave history. BBC - History - British History in depth: British Slaves on the Barbary Coast WWW.BBC.CO.UK Their untold story, by Professor Rees Davies
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stem plus any nails left for millling...
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All thoose hand carwashes run by slaves surely easy for police to check as ther stood in plain site for 14hrs everyday dressed in rags/old dirty cloths. 8 of then there with one old cavaran parked round th back ? Kind of wonder if police they just turn a blind eye to it.
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More slaves globally today that any time in history and estimated 10,000 in UK although UK is probably alot better that most places.
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What grade tarp is reasonable last one I got disintergerated after 2yrs plastic bits everywhere ? Was one like this: Waterproof Tarpaulin Green | Mid Grade Tarp | Temporary Cover WWW.TARPAFLEX.CO.UK Our Green Mono Cover Tarpaulin are ideal for use in horticulture, agriculture, roofing and industrial applications.
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Maybe the UK should plant more....
Stere replied to Squaredy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Is much willow for biomass still being planted or gone out of fashion now? -
Locally here they use granite 3/4 to dust for a proper job of sub base as that what the rock round about in the quarries are. Trouble with gravel it gets mixed with soil eventually so tonnes of gravel soil mix to remove and then replace with new. material.... Probably enough material is there already but not efficient to sieve it all ans re-use...
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People tend to remember Boris saying stuff like "piccaninnies" with "watermelon smiles" And the windrush hostile enviro thing etc Thus asscociate tory as racist
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No point doing anything unless you deicide what you want to do with the land. Must be very fertile & phosphate enriched so I don't expect a fast conversion to a meadow or woodland species. Meadows, grass and pasture WWW.LOWIMPACT.ORG Meadows, grassland, pasture - what are the differences? Learn how to manage each of these on your smallholding to...
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For max conservation value its probaby best to do nothing at all.
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Maybe the UK should plant more....
Stere replied to Squaredy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Where did you buy all the euc from tempted to try a few dozen. Seems ireland is funding euc planting.... https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/forestry/grantandpremiumschemes/2015/AfforestationSchemeEd2190315.pdf -
Thanks Stihl has there own versions now also. New saw chain from Stihl! | Forestry.com WWW.FORESTRY.COM In 2020, Stihl will release a new saw chain with a .325” pitch and a 1.3 mm gauge. The name is Stihl RS or RM, with the... For the 562 did you have you change the sprocket?
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What is the biggest saw that would still "suit" 0.50 over the 0.58? 60cc? What are the disadvantages sawdust/chip clearance from cut bar durability?
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I imagine the elephants and giraffes could grub out a few trees if let into orchard.....?
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Abit suspicious about motives when that one of the scienctists is a UKIPer and Dearlove a brexiter/Enoch powell type.
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Looks half rotten so may be rubbish firewood. Alfreds cake on the 3rd pic so thats ash?
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That petrol saw in comparison seems to have a blunt chain and probabaly some 60 quid ebay job? ?
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Bike pulling lecky trailers with 150kg bio waste by beardy hipsters maybe will be normal in future ?
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Maybe the UK should plant more....
Stere replied to Squaredy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Isn't it a gamble with frost? Had two eucs in garden yrs ago both got but by frost one has coppiced other died. Trees were over 15yrs old still got them. Was probable this exceptional cold spell Winter of 2010–11 in Great Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG -
Maybe the UK should plant more....
Stere replied to Squaredy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Think provenance choice of species planted is important as so much variation within species prorbably often overlooked? Mentions a late flushing walnut cultivar that reduces frost damage: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiSnKvc2OXpAhVRoVwKHaBlDtIQFjABegQIBxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forestresearch.gov.uk%2Fdocuments%2F967%2Ffcin082.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3VotZA-AvR1QVo3Kkfh68k Also the selection of a seed source from a cultivar of a species selected for the timber quality plus climate and soils. -
Polytunnel looks to small to fit the wood in.
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Long-reach polesaw and hedge trimmer options for serious garden use?
Stere replied to MisterBoy's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
12m think you need some decent ladders or reduce height alot. ? Width is always an issue also sometimes people don't realize this when they get hedges 6m across the top. Leylandi doesn't grow from dead wood so may look ugly after a severe reduction though if it is just topped may be hidden. Makita battery garden stuff it good . -
Why is it always "must be a hornbeam"
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Maybe the UK should plant more....
Stere replied to Squaredy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
What wrong with non natives if they grow well and provide useful timber. I'd like more sweet chesnuts coppice plantations but maybe climate isn't viable for them in north? -
What wood is it, and what are & how are thoose steel base plate things connected? Fancy doing a log shed like that seems an ideal way stopping the legs rotting off.
