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Thought the old brands - ones like brades and gilpin etc that they don't make anymore were regarded as the best? Called them slashers with long handles Morris ones are still around but heard the new ones aren't of a very good quality, and the blade needs re profiling from new? The japanese make some nice billhooks (and hand tools generally) tempted with one for triming hazel rods. https://www.objectsofuse.com/products/garden/saya-nata-right-handed-hatchet Other german branded ones: Nordforest Bush Hook with a 40 cm Aluminium Handle WWW.CHRISFORESTRY.CO.UK This really useful Nordforest Bush Hook with its 40 cm aluminium handle is a great tool for tree nurseries. It has a... Sickle Bush Hook WWW.CHRISFORESTRY.CO.UK A particularly light and versatile design with an additional blade on the back edge. Comes fully sharpened and ready for use... Now the test of sharpness would be if it can trim a hedge like this:

Cider or wine vinegar is alot nicer to use in pickles than the malt or pickling vinegar imo but its abit more expensive. Korean Kimchi is abit more trendy than kraut cabbage but basically the same i've nor tried fermenting methods only done pickles. Have a shit load of cucumbers atm keep meaning to do some more pickles feeding several cucumbers each day to the chickens. This time of year always have a glut in the garden always end up with way more than can eat corgettes going crazy all broadbeans and french climbing beans and peas have come ready at once etc.

I am not surprised one looks dead after being dug up and the roots disturbed Im not sure clay soil being waterlogged /poor drainage was the problem but hard to say for sure without knowing how wet the ground was in winter. More likely being too dry is the issue atm but it maybe its both too wet in winter and now to too dry in summer. Trees that size need alot of watering a mulch to retain the water and any grass excluded for a few yrs until they get established.

Bark looks more like pine or something?

Dawgs attacking it 😄 Like this one 😏

I'd not bother about a few harmless bugs.

Even a book about it: The Shock Doctrine - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Isn't it a zero sum game though? Sure possible for some to make money but at the expense of the majority? Fuel is a flat tax which always harms the poor more.

If its its a loads of docks and nettles it etc means nitrogen is high and is often down to human input somehow even so though they are still a good habit for the insects nature etc. Wild flower meadows need cutting once a yr and the hay removed to reduce soil fertility which helps favour the flowers over grass to maintain them in some kind of statsis, . Uncut will gradually turn into coarse tussocky grass then bramble/ scrub thicket etc . Having yellow rattle also helps as is parasites the grass.

Trouble here is nearly every bank and many lawns are cratered all over with rabit scrapes. Didn't used to be so bad but last few yrs populations have exploded for some reason.

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Mexican peasants had the right idea in cowboy films all white cloths huge Sombreros 😄

It is not dead but, better remove the tree imo, as the brown section but won't regrow so will always look ugly.

Yeah workers village looks more prison gulag than "cyberpunk" which seems the look they are aiming for Neom if it ever gets finished seems MBS is a big sci-fi fan.

Anish Kapoor’s scupture/ helter skelter the longest and tallest tunnel slide in the world apparently

Totally bonkers and surreal. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-mbs-neom-saudi-arabia/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

Why Are Toads Climbing Trees in the UK? - EcoWatch WWW.ECOWATCH.COM Citizen scientists in the UK went looking in trees for bats and dormice and found toads hanging out as high as 10 feet up.

Are batteries really that dangerous to fiddle with? Short circuit could happen somehow if internal parts come loose damaged / bridged by something conductive? Also suppose water isn't any good for battery fires as lithuim burns in water.

What type of wood is that greenhouse frame raised beds etc all locally milled stuff etc or stuff from builders merchant? Saw a really nice similar one that was made from larch and vistalux sheets .

Think that lean must be due to the prevailing wind or shaded on that side?

2 girls one cup style cup 🤨

Its all over UK in wild bird pops atm 1000's dying etc in larger numbers than in recent yrs. Im not sure what will happen in future with commercial and domestic with regards to regs & free range birds. Kept my domestic hens inside for months when advised to but no one else local seemed to bother. Think what you said is sensible.

200 quid for new motor if thats whats knackered but it may well be something else.... cheaper too replace? Husqvarna Motor Assy 540ixp - 5984025-01 WWW.DIYSPAREPARTS.COM

Battery is the way forward for hedge trimmers Never using petrol again for hedges as battery is just better in all respects also for the dinky topper 18v mak chainsaw

How come your selling all that cordless gear?

Sometimes handy to stop small logs spinning on saw horse