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Why not timber house on stilts/pillars? To expensive?

Hygeine hypothesis, maybe east german kids played outside more so exposed to more: "infectious agents " https://www.nhs.uk/news/pregnancy-and-child/growing-up-with-a-dog-reduces-childhood-asthma-risk/

How about theese bonfires: ?

Will the ebay one bend like a banana? Haven't used one since did the c31/c32 This bison looks fancy: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bison-Profiline-Felling-Lever-With-Cant-Hook-Prefessional-Made-in-Germany-/223283400391

I think this a simple 30 min job. Step ladder, silky, pry bar, & loppers, cut all ivy round trunk, just leave rest above & it will drop off on its own eventually or am a missing something? Try this first & if it all doesn't die then so what though probably 90% will, & you can always go back to the tree again etc if some rogue piece has rooted in a hollow & stays alive or just leave that.... Or if you want to make big job out of it spend ages removing it all...... Beware ivy dust can be is nasty/itchy or maybe thats just me ....

Never heard of them before anyone use them? https://gabrielhemery.com/how-to-use-a-wedge-prism-relascope-to-measure-basal-area/ https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/products.php?mi=13911&itemnum=59018&title=JIM-GEM® Rectangular Cruising Prisms

Is it not possible to cut though the ivy abit higher up trunk than shown in pic above the butress? Pry bar sometimes very handy to lvr it off trunk

There are ways to better flail hegdes that don't produce a knuckle/stresses the plants so much. Cutting every year at same height stresses the hedge. Varying the height cut, not cutting so low, cutting a V shaped top.... http://nigeladamscountrysidemanagement.co.uk/pdf/hedgelink-hedgerow-management.pdf I actually do cut a section of roadside native hedge row on 3yrs cycle in the garden. It looks untidy but since I stopped the yearly cuts & started doing it every 3 yrs hedge is alot healthier than before. Previously I cut it the same height every year for so long then the hedge started to look like the picture I posted... Now it looks untidy but healthier. Neighbouring farmers probably think im just to lazy to cut it. Some are cutting there hedgerows 2 or even 3 times in 1 year? Whilst others are never cut at all for decades then they sometimes eventually flail it when its this stage: Why do hedges have to look tidy its still doing its job marking boaundary if it looks untidy or tidy. Allowing 3yrs or 2ys growth won't encroach on fields much & is only a problem on very narrow lanes with no verge.

I remember them there was a lovely avenue just along the road from where I live trees like in this pic on both sides of road for nearly 200 metres Alot of hedgerows used to look like this, now the whole countryside locally is more barren/bleak and windswept in comparison with miles of flailed hedges with alot fewer trees. I think people have forgotten just how dramatically the whole landscape has changed because they have got used to how it looks now, as being normal. Next to go will be the ash which is the predominant hedge tree left locally. Enviro schemes encourage new woodland planting & hedgerow planting but few seem to consider hedgerow trees. Also best practice is to flail hedge every 3 yrs not every year or even several times a year which seems common....so you get more hawthorn berries etc for wildlife etc Alot of hegdes look like

Seen some sycamores worse than that. over 2ft diameter cuts they ended up looking like muntant a baobab trees. Cut to the "homeowners spec", & repeatedly cut every few yrs. Now some have died after the repeated abuse.

Isn't the current increase in homelessness directly linked to goverment failure with regards to affordable housing. Also alot of the benifit payments now go to millionaire slum landlords, as council houses were sold off. Also most benefits go help the working poor nor the unemployed as minimum wage is too low too afford a place to live.... Rise in homeless https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41241021 Working poor: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/dec/04/four-million-british-workers-live-in-poverty-charity-says Or if your a tory its beacuse there all feckless workshy drug addicts who get what they deserve. ?

I think a hydro turbine need a higher head or water than traditional water wheels to be worth while.

If you are really fond of the variety you could take a cutting from the tree and graft it onto new rootstock.

Most common thing I see is over pruned trees , causing a mass of watershoots, or on the other extreme zero prunning/neglected. Anyone got experiece renovating over pruned trees? I think they are harder to do than neglected ones.

Seen similar on a local tarmac cycle path in 100's of places like that. Its being the same for decades with no repair work done, doesn't get alot worse (only gradually) of seem to harm the trees much as is probably small % of the total root area. Trouble with bridges/raised decking etc is that they require more ongoing maintenance. Local Fens have miles of of wooden decking boardwalks, they don't & last cost loads to maintain as boards rot fast and not very eco friendly imo...

In Sweden & other nordic countries apparently heat pumps are really common now even though they have loads more wood than UK, and colder temps mean a heat pump is less efficient than in the UK.

Look at the local met office weather stations for average monthly temps: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate Then you can guesstimate the middle during an average year for different locations dependent on the temps/ which month etc you first you light the stove at etc.....

Says ea5600 is for farmers & semi pro so not sure how it differs from the rest.

Summary from the results of alot of studies: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/tools-and-accessories/biochar-its-notall-black-and-white/

Never understood the difference between biochar and charcoal. Sometimes biochar is called activated charcoal. supose to have more surface area or something for soil microbes to inhabit than regular charcoal. Some infos...... https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/how-charge-biochar Iv'e tried to research it bit its very hard too wade through all the bullshit to find the real science behind it. Like said already I think the original idea comes from the creation of terra preta in the Amazon by the natives. Biochar costs alot more than regular charcoal becasue its trendy amongst yoghurt weavers who, bleat on about mung beans and permaculture design courses.

6 Stoves lit all at same time

Had to google fagging hook ?

Leaves wrong shape? Maybe Japanese honeysuckle

Looks like USA?

Knackers ?