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    Dolmar

    https://www.maruyama.co.jp/products/20/pdf/J-06-N19-008.pdf
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    Dolmar

    Dolmar in disguise? Chance they will live on or a last hurrah? mcv6200: MARUYAMA MCV6200 62cc Blast Chainsaw 50cm Bar Easy Start WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for MARUYAMA MCV6200 62cc Blast Chainsaw 50cm Bar Easy...
  3. Id just let it be for now unless you want a topairy ball no more prunning
  4. "You shouldn't eat it either - just saying" Dunno why but that bit was funny. Like a real life wallace from wallace & gromit 🙂
  5. I reckon a branch logger might be useful for a hazel coppice. Alot of neglected coppice about & hazel sticks burn well as kindling.
  6. Round here roadside its definetly stella cans that are most common, still alot of energy drinks l also - monster seems as popular as redbull.
  7. Yes Any ones that mention it like this one does. Though I assume theres an official list somewhere.... G222 Salix Roth Cheviot ‘EU 38326’ Bio fuel *sold under PBR – West Wales Willows WESTWALESWILLOWS.CO.UK
  8. I had one that the top died but then it resprouted from the stump.
  9. RHS have a big list https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/types/trees/smaller-gardens
  10. Plastic milk crates and scaffold boards are good for lower hegdes Or if you wanna be the fancy theese:
  11. If your going to plant willow for biomass may as well imo try & source some rods of the biomass cultivars as theese specially breed biomass willows grow alot more rapidly than most normal ones. Some are actually illegal to self propergate though 😏 Mulch or black plastic really helps rapid establishment
  12. Have a hendon 3 leg adjustable one. Not used the henchman vesion so dunno how they compare with each other with regards to build quality but henchman do 2 versions standard & heavy duty Have a read on the Niwaki website Think they popularized them first...and have some info on there.
  13. They could do really well i reckon on lowland or upland heath soil type where billberries naturally grow. Alot of that type of soil in Wales and especially on some local Wildlife trust and Natural Wales owned reserves but never heard of anyone trying blueberries on it Seems others have had similar ideas.... Paludiculture – the future of farming on peat soils? - Natural England NATURALENGLAND.BLOG.GOV.UK News and updates from Natural England https://www.greifswaldmoor.de/files/dokumente/GMC Schriften/2022_Abel & Kallweit_2022_DPPP_Holarctis.pdf see p398 of above doc
  14. Tried peat free compost gone back to "evil" soon to be banned stuff with peat atm though trying to use less. Got some blueberries in large-ish pots need to refresh the soil & root prune and repot. Some conny bark to top dress & supress weeds/conserve moisture. Sulphate of Potash feed. Blueberry potassium can be complex | Farm Progress WWW.FARMPROGRESS.COM “We found that nutrient levels were often fine in the soil but deficient in the plants, and vice-versa. Soil analysis is close...
  15. Any pictures? I have thet same makita 18v topper but so far im mostly using a silkly zubat type samurai saw with a jap tripod ladder. Also use a samurai saw on a short pole and ARS wire type pole lopper. Recommend the ARS its alot nicer to use than the wolfgarten string pole lopper. Regular petrol chainsaw & cordless one used to chop up any larger branches once removed from trees. If it was a bigger orchards making more large cuts might I would use the cordless saw more but the largest orchard a do is only about 25 trees. Im prunning to my personal taste so leaving trees taller dependent on there rootstocks as I prefer how they look, a more natural shape - not more than 1/3 removed at one time. Some large diameter cuts to initailly renovate negelected trees then its less often needed.... All the apples aren't harvested anyway probably only less than 5% buy the customer.....so don't care that much if some can't be reached that easily. Some cider guy comes and picks (free apples) in return for a few bottles etc but most are left to rot. Its amazing how much volume of apples a small orchard of about 25 on trees on larger rootstock produces. Probalby a few tonnes.... at least? Can hardly see the ground in autum covered in fallers... like in this pic from the internet... Kind of beautiful if also wasteful.
  16. Sounds & looks like a Cherry plum?
  17. Couldn't find one but you could try making your own from a broomstick Youtube instructions customizing it to your arm length & reach pretty neat
  18. Gonna stand on the flat roof with pole saw? 🤨
  19. Looks near the same as this one
  20. The older ones all have the extra S? They must have dropped it at some point bit odd.
  21. I get the reasoning but often storm damage & unhealthy trees are still is cleaned up when alot more could be left - then you get others going out to re-create it but only probably re- creating a small % of what was removed. Different landonwers have different priorities I suppose..... Id think as % of habitat humans are just tinkering at the edges with this atm the compared to impacts such a grey squirrels and general storm damage reponse? The amount of hardwood estate woods about that are un-managed is maligned but looking in some that haven't being touched for yrs they look very good for habitat. Alot of fallen phoenix tress deadwood etc that are often the first things cleared up when a woodlands is managed
  22. Didn't relalize a sealed plastic container was that permable? Is this only for aspen as Iv'e not noticed with regular petrol or 2 stroke?
  23. I dislike loop handles even for 25 mins I think cow h gives me better control and more precision than loop . Disadvantage of cow h is they takes more space in back of the van and prob costs abit more. Only time when using it is akward is if using it in a very confined narrow space down the side of a building between wall and hedge etc. Some strimmer have a choice of 3 types of handles U shape cow horn or loop handles. Got this battery one is very good apart from the short battery life only does about 15 mins on a 5.0 amp battery x 2 DUR369A - Brush Cutter LXT® WWW.MAKITAUK.COM Product 1kw motor so decent power clears brambles easy with the oregon mulch blade

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