The avantgardener
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I think the only long term issue will come from the RSPB/ Bird Conservation groups as Martens will predate birds and eggs also. Some of the woodlands near me are completely wrecked by the greys, a healthier woodland would surely increase bird habitat and offset their predation.
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Tin can at 30 yards with a Blunderbuss?
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Tin can at 30 yards?
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Song Thrush I believe.
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Recommendations for a Solar kit for a workshop
The avantgardener replied to The avantgardener's topic in General chat
Thanks Eggs, will take a ? -
I am looking for a solar power kit for my new workshop, I don’t require vast amounts of energy, just enough to run lighting in the Winter months to sharpen saws/maintenance etc after work, maybe a kettle/phone charger/radio etc but not compressor type equipment. Heating will be from a woodburner. Loads on the net but has anyone used one and have good experiences from any particular kit? Thanks in advance.
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removing hedge without killin tree
The avantgardener replied to rafal's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Cut the privet back to ground level and paint neat glyphosate on the fresh stumps. -
I got my 550xpg mk2 last Friday from Haynes Agricultural in Framfield, East Sussex, although I had to wait a bit for heated handle version. Just checked the website and FR Jones are showing them in stock.
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The 362 is crap, not had any issues with my 562 but neither will pull a 24” bar well. The 462 is similar in weight but massively outdoes them both in performance and it will pull 24”.
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ID please
The avantgardener replied to Arbtech Tree Services's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Prunus nigra -
Who has sent me a MS361 and another saw?
The avantgardener replied to spudulike's topic in Chainsaws
Port it and put it in the raffle, who knows, the owner may win it back! -
any millers (bandsaw) near Deal???
The avantgardener replied to se7enthdevil's topic in Milling Forum
James Pepperpot on here has a Lucas Mill and Alaskan, he isn’t too far away from Deal, you can ask him Steve. -
My wood is free and is renewable and local, so my Winter heating is free and I won’t be changing that whatever Michael Gove comes up with. I am pretty sure my Defender which I run all year puts more particulates into the atmosphere going to and from the woods than my woodburner which is running 6 months of the year does.
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Air spade with a Tirfor anchored on a suitable point and axe/mattock, or else, mini digger.
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I think most people who buy a stove as a lifestyle thing are occasional users anyway, mine is my main heat source throughout the Winter.
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I am all for renewables, hydro, wind, solar, waves, but unfortunately I need to keep my family warm in the present, and at present I don’t have access to any of these options yet. I have done both attic and wall insulation, new windows, efficient burner, self supplied wood from renewable sources. I think I am doing the best I can and spend a tiny amount on gas each year, better than making Russian oligarchs richer? Oh, and I have planted the best part of 250,000 trees in the last 25 years.
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I think hitting wood burner users is just a method of trying to guarantee continued tax revenue from gas/oil. All my wood is self supplied from renewable coppice sources very close to home so very small carbon footprint but no money going to the government coffers. On the reverse of that, just along the coast from me at Sandwich is a giant bio mass burner, producing 800 tonnes of chip per day. It’s like an all consuming black hole, imagine Jordan and Kerry Katona combined, its is drawing in wood for bio mass from all over the country to supply its quota, even importing from the Baltic states on the cheap, hardly “green” but government backed.
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I know guys who are great Arborists and Foresters who are terrible at Business and have never really got ahead. Utilise your business skills and hire in professionals to help you develop, you can learn along side them and slowly take over the reigns. Good luck.
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I have friends in Birmingham that would quite happily peel your face off your skull for such remarks!
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I can’t think of a reason why a skills based points system cannot be put in place, I have also never met anyone who is apposed to one. It makes you wonder who the present system benefits the most? Maybe we should lobby our local MP’s and get the points system put into their manifestos. I think the Lib Dem’s would be back in business with the Tory vote swing if they had a points system in their plans.
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Depends on how many of them are GP’s.
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Of course population increase affects the ratio, this report simply states that the recent drop has made the ratio the worst level it has been. May I point out also that the population increase is not purely down to immigrants, British people breed as well and we are also living longer.
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In this instance the drop in GP’s is the reason for the report, not the rise in population that has been happening globally that everyone is aware of, but the first thing you post are immigration figures? I am referring to lying shitbags like Mr. Farage who will see this exactly like you do.
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No one is contesting that the population has increased, it has on a global scale. This report simply stated that due to the recent quick decline in GP numbers and the time it takes to train as a GP, the ratio of GP’s to population at its lowest, why can you not understand this simple report? Is it because it doesn’t confirm your idea that everything is the fault of Imigration?
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No, just simple maths. Taking into account the population increase, if the GP numbers where not reducing so quickly they would be at an acceptable level.
