Stere
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I hate thoose franchise companies that do this they charge the homeownwe £50 a month etc for less than 10 minutes work spraying the lawn. I like moss & daisys in lawns rather than monoculture unnatural looking grass.
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Sounds wrong to prune so severe twice, Over prunning equals mass of water shoots very common
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This guy was just in the news: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/tree-surgeon-convicted-of-shooting-murder-after-trying-to-pin-blame-on-his-son-36874178.html
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One of theese velomobiles faster on flat roads than normal road bikes, other than that a TT bike. Did about 50 mph on the road bike down crimea pass once or twice.... The strava segement: https://www.strava.com/segments/4029136
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I did that for the first months after the course as its what they taught to pass the assessment. They would probably class it as a bad habit not doing that anymore?
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Could of being frosted maybe, new growth is tender.
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Do spruce reach 5ft 6 dimeter in 90yrs? Any pictures?
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Alot of charcoal made in Somalia funding terrorism: http://www.faoswalim.org/article/charcoal-scourge
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Noticed a local farmers has just flailed a few 100 metres of hedge. How about topping all thoose 20ft wide leylandi monsters in gardens is that not allowed? Sorry Mrs miggins can't do it till Septemeber?
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Bulldogs one no good as too big? https://www.farmforestry.co.uk/forestry-tools-equipment/spades/a-thorn-and-cell-planting-spade Can't find any other brand of spear in stock apart from this one: https://www.tudorenvironmental.co.uk/Tudor-tree-planting-spade
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Found this paper explains pretty well the need for air flow in a solar kiln. http://repositorio.lneg.pt/bitstream/10400.9/1585/1/Towards a competitive use of solar - paper.pdf
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the future for food, farming and the environment
Stere replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in General chat
Sounds like you want to intensively farm every last strip of land and no mention of enviroment impact. I don't think the enviroment is "pretty good" loads of species in decline, bird & insects, soil degradation, unsustainable fertillizer inputs, river pollution.... Actually the report mentions some of this. I don't know that there are solutions for theese issues but I think things could be alot better. -
the future for food, farming and the environment
Stere replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in General chat
Hill farmers or LFA getting 91% income from CAP. Without CAP no economic sense or possibility in farming hills. George Mobiots rewilding idea would of already happened decades ago without CAP as farms would of gone out of buisness? -
the future for food, farming and the environment
Stere replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in General chat
Sounds good but the devil will be in the detail. Im not confident as goverment policy is controlled by big buisness lobbying. Intersting thanks. seems chickens made money. -
How did they carry thoose ladders up Would be an interesting youtube video to watch
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Tie point broke also...
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Funny how jabba's always say there not fat its all muscle or they are" big boned", must be loads of that 1% extrme atheltes around Alot of people are in denial. Fat is the new normal so healthy people stand out nowadays as unusual. My Local lidl I reckon about 90% of peolpe shopping are fat, but in nearby waitrose say only say 50% fatties. Alot of variation between class.
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Reading about the method on wiki its sounds very interesting, but im having a hard time finding the actually guide to the practical techniques used on that Aforestt website behind the marketing gloss. Looks like very dense planting like what happens when a tree seeds naturally? (e.g sycamore regen) & planting pioneer species (e.g sliver birch) I can see some advantages it working well in tropics as dense planting forms a leave canopy fast blocking weed competition & stops soil drying out eroding by wind rain etc Better info here: http://urban-forests.com/en/ If the site it large its going to be alot of work/expense to raise & plant that many seedlings to plant at such a density. Also won't the trees evetually be stunted being so close, they don't mention any thinning?
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Samurai v silky zubat would be a good test. or Aldi v stihl cordless long reach trimmer Aldi trimmer is £59 including batteries v sthil hla58 £385 bare unit
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You could shed out of timber and clad in vistulux http://www.arielplastics.com/~/media/Ariel-Plastics/Files/Installation-Guides/Vistalux-Installation-Guide.pdf Dunno how overall price would compare to a polytunnel though
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Seems a good price for a big silky, no sheath though.. https://www.fine-tools.com/kobiki.html Second one down is a silky in the picture though not listed as one... Should cut rapid but probably a coarse finnish with that low tpi Longer version. https://www.silky-europe.com/alle-producten/pruning-saw-genki-temagari-500-3-5
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Thats not a tree looks like small shrubbery 5 minute job with a silky. Impossible from pictures to tell what is really, might br a cotoneaster, apple tree or could be anything.... Different speices respond differently to heavy prunning etc... Looks like its being topped before lvl across above the blue bird box.
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Trying to compared cordlesds against petrol saws..... The makita rear handle DUC353Z is rated at 1.1kw on the spec sheet http://www.makitauk.com/Productinfo/temp/productinfo_DUC353Z_18_4_2018_9_48_53.pdf This stiga is 1.6kw: https://www.stigalawnmowers.co.uk/sc-80ae-80-volt-lithium-ion-cordless-chainsaw-2 So do theese figures mean there about the same power as petrol saws of same ratings? (e.g a stihl ms 170 is 1.2kw) Also weights: Makita DUC353Z 4.6kg -5.5kg Sthil MSA 200 without battery 2.9kg - plus with with AP200 1.3kg or AP 300 1.7kg extra Anyone know the power ratings of the cordless stihl saws I can't find the info?
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I bought this makita/blue dolmar from germany https://www.svh24.de/makita-benzin-kettensaege-ea4300f38ckit-38-cm-7561?campaign=pdm/idealo & has free tin box. Over budget but i reckon good value.
