Stere
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What do you mean by them being weak?
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As often as not with people who want to keep wood it is still there yrs later as a unintentional "bug hotel" I notice when passing. Often a penny pincher who ends up letting it it all rot.
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A start would be upping regs so atleast making all the new build houses decent.
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I like em: Load of pollards: https://symposiumleitza2017.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/notes-on-pollards-best-practice-guide.pdf I reckon LOTR ents were inspired by pollards
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Is this the wettest (firewood selling )autumn you have known !
Stere replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Im not sure if live wood moisture content changes that much annually can't find a good reference about it online apart from this: https://www.nrs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/nh/notes/nh_5_03.pdf Would be interesting to find more recent research info on it for different species. EDIT https://crojfe.com/site/assets/files/4020/routa.pdf Bit drier in summer^ -
You can still often rectify the form of a tree that young by pegging branches down with string & using a stake to straighten it up gradually with a ratchet strap, combined with some pruning. Could also work but a risk root loss will set the trees back if root ball isn't large enough. Trees may also need the extra of care watering the following summer. Maybe you could try both ways as you say have several trees. Trees on the more dwarf rootstocks that are increasingly popular now tend too keel over alot more readily, than the older traditional larger rootstocked trees esp when the exta fruit load is on youngish trees hence need more supporting.
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Could the bottom concrete panel not just be shortened at the tree end and thus creating a hole for the trunk to expand into without dislogding the top one bridging across above? Like a version of this type of thing:
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New to purchasing a woodland
Stere replied to milkshakespoon's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I think woodland turned out to be a great invesment about 10-15 yrs back when they were relatively cheap, buying one atm less so but who can predict the future? Some one I know bought a mixed former FC, PAW woodland about 30 acres. Think it was about 25k for about 30 acres. Probably go for near 250K now looking at the prices of similar sized woods. Same as houses prices.... -
Is this the wettest (firewood selling )autumn you have known !
Stere replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Was the tunnel second hand or free for £500? Bargin for one that size.... Cover alone costs about that much? -
Does this pear tree have a disease?
Stere replied to ClueLess60's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Need to look at the twigs to see if they are all still healthy/alive to confirm its condition, if they are fine it could be nothing to worry about. Just scrape bark/ bend or trim with sceateurs etc too check if the twigs are still green Also have an apple with similar bark that is still is relatively healthy. But on the other hand some seemingly healthy trees can just die due to unknown reasons without gradually declining, Had a pear do that anyway. It was healthy one summer, but then after next winter it just never came back into leaf. -
Does this pear tree have a disease?
Stere replied to ClueLess60's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Might be dead -
BP want to build a 350MW solar farm locally Maen Hir Solar and Energy Storage (English) | Lightsource bp LIGHTSOURCEBP.COM Will be the biggest in UK by a long way if it goes ahead
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Iv'e done the same, when a old tree was ring barked by canker, now its back prducing a decent apple crop still has some canker but not as bad as before.
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Looks like poor grade of material for weaving rods from the pics, the wrong variety of willow perhaps or plant spacing & coppice age etc Needs to be more uniform like this pic
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I thought all stoves, so the metal stoves also would riadiate heat from a hot surface but just not store the heat for hrs after fire gone out, so only when lit... So its actually is the large thermal mass volume or/plus he larger stove surface area volume the produces the extra riadiant heat of a ceramic stove versus a metal one?
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I remember chatting to someone who was out on a job yrs ago, & him saying he just binned all his chains once blunt, said he couldn't be bothered with the hassle sharpening them & it wasn't worth his time to do so. 🤔
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Theres some similar ones for sale in UK & USA mostly called masonary stoves but they tend to be expensive versus iron stoves from looking on the websites. Some are ceramic tiled some are just plain fire brick. I think its a very good design concept could be a DIY kit with firebricks & plans etc for a more basic one. Masonry heater - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Good article on them: Sunbathing in the Living Room: Oven Stoves and Heat Walls SOLAR.LOWTECHMAGAZINE.COM Oven stoves are greener, more efficient, healthier, safer and cosier than all modern heating systems. Why are they gone... EDIT: I don't understand why there saying masonary stoves produce mainly raidiant head and iron ones convective heat though..... Not sure that parts right?
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Local places now all seem to be selling thoose crates from eastern europe. I wonder if theres actually more profit margin in that than buying in unprocessed?
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Interesting axe. The one I use is a cheap "splitting maul" type with about a 2.5kg head weight with a fibreglass handle. Looks like this^ I prefer the fibreglass to a wood handle less shock & found the head just the right weight Your axe head shape looks to be one designed for hewing hewing+axe - Recherche Google WWW.GOOGLE.COM
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Polytunnel for sale in Romania Tunnels | Sere Transilvania SERETRANSILVANIA.RO Pick a garden hoop house or a professional high tunnel from the Sere Transilvania catalogue. Manufactured from resistant... Moisture meter 4 Pin Wood Tester Sensor Firewood Moisture Meter Digital Damp Detector Timber WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Low battery indicator. Colour: Grey. Digital large size LCD display. Power: one 6F22 9 V battery. Material: ABS Plastic.
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New mule atvs seem both overpriced & inferior in comparison.....
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I agreee 18 months should be ok especially if the oak is split into thinner logs to increase surface to volume ratio, but out of interest you could also get a moisture meter to check the logs % moisture to know for sure. Makita ea6100 ? Shame they are not making them anymore. How much does firewood cost per 1m3? I use a polytunnel as a wood shed so if you do have the space ideal for an extra wood shed.....
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Thought he drove a traction engine?
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Maybe its related thoose guys attacking the boats in the Red Sea, any excuse for a price rise, but they don't go back down after.....
