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  1. matelot
    tbh, sending guys down a mine to extract coal seems Victorian to me. It's sad that centuries of tradition are dying out and communities will be devastated, but at the same time I can't help thinking closing coal mines is a "good" thing. On the bright side a lot of old coal mines are used as a power source - they extract methane from them.
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    perhaps starting a thread criticising an employee says something about your people skills? if I was an employee and read on a internet forum that my boss considered me useless I would be furious. It's not fair on the guy if his mates/ college mates read this forum and slag him off about it.
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    But with the £40k/year per wind turbine the landowner doesn't have to invest any money. The wind farm developer just rents a small square of land and gives the landowner rent. There's absolutely no investment from the landowner. Nice work if you can get it...
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    landowners get about £40k a year for each large windmill on their land. it wouldn't take many windmills to provide an OK return....
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    If the text is clear that the price is £25.50 I would be livid. How about going to the guy's boss? Just say you're uncomfortable dealing with someone that backs out on a deal.
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    what type of tube are you thinking of using? I'd have thought for 6,000 trees it might be cheaper using a deer fence instead?
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    the last ten seconds reminded me of the transformers.
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    I'd imagine pulling stumps off a hillside would leave the ground a mess and mean half the topsoil is washed away the next time it rains...
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    I understand you can shoot cats if they are over 200m from the nearest house. Something about them being classified as feral. I have to admit that I can't think of any other pet where it's "OK" for the pet to cr4p in gardens and kill wildlife because it's "natural".
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    nice idea about the small hole drained in the orange pipe to drain it before frosts. I've seen a good way to control the water level in a pond, you have a rigid pipe through the embankment side, then have a flexible pipe connected to the upstream side of the rigid pipe. You then move the flexible pipe up/down to control the water level. It could be an idea if you want to drain the pond for maintenance. Your wheelie bin staff holder looks more intelligent than a lot of chainboys I've come across
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    It looks really really good. But I can see some problems if there is standing water in the orange pipe and it freezes.. It could also be an idea to put some rock rip rap on the overflow from the duckpond - I've seen running water erode dam walls
  12. matelot
    I work in highways maintenance. As far as I know the Highways Agency farm out all their maintenance for the trunk road network. I'd try the companies below. Area 12 York-shire & North Lincolnshire A-one+, Val¬ley House, Val¬ley Street North, Dar¬ling¬ton, DL1 1TJ.Tel: 01325 389991 Fax: 01325 385777 Con¬tact: Andy Jamieson Area 13 Cum-bria, Lan-cashire, North Yorkshire Enter¬prise¬Mouchel, St John’s House, Man¬ches¬ter, M2 [email protected] 8386058 Area 14 Durham, Northum¬ber-land, North York-shire, Tyne and Wear Aone+ Inte¬grated High¬way Ser¬vices Val¬ley House Val¬ley Street North Dar¬ling¬ton Co Durham
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    Have a google for "yield class" it gives typical volumes that a Hectare of land will produce in timber a year (m3/Ha/year). Typically Sitka Spruce will have a yield class of 6 to 24. Oak will have a yield class of 4 to 8. The varying yield class depends on the fertility of the site/ altitude/ weather etc. I'd guess a rule of thumb would be softwoods grow twice as fast as hardwoods. There would be exceptions though, I'd imagine willow would grow faster than yew.
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    I grew up in the 1980's and remember Bob Geldof campaigning about the famine in Ethiopia. In 1985 Ethiopia's population was circa 44 million, in 2010 it was an estimated 92 million. I wish I had spent my pocket money on sweets rather than given it to Bob....
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    We really need a "like" button on this website I used to grow trees from seed, tbh, I found it cheaper to buy trees from a nursery. I also find it a lot easier to carry/plant cell grown trees from a nursery as opposed to trees grown in plant pots. I've planted about 9,000 trees over the last quarter century
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    I wish I stayed closer if I had a couple of thousand hectares to shoot squirrels my shotgun barrel would be red hot. Have you thought of advertising on some of the shooting websites? There must be plenty people that would be willing to shoot tree rats. Ten years ago we would see about 40 squirrels where we go shooting. Nowadays we rarely see any, but we now see lots of buzzards. My theory is that the buzzards are eating the squirrels. It could be an idea to encourage buzzards? I'd imagine a squirrel would be a tasty meal for a lot of birds of prey.
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    I've had good results with live trapping as well. We normally use peanuts. If you had a rimfire I'd imagine smearing peanut butter over a tree trunk would bring them out into the open.
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    Hawthorn? I don't think the tree rats would like the thorns.
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    I think strictly speaking you would need planning permission to process wood, unless you're harvesting all the wood from your smallholding? I've spent more than my fair share of time designing noise fences for motorways if you put a physical barrier between your chainsaw and neighbours house your neighbour will hear less noise. If you pile a mound of earth round your yard your neighbours will hear less, even a couple of shipping containers will contain noise. Could you use an electric saw to cut the wood? When I'm on construction sites I notice electric pumps are a lot quieter than engine ones...
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    It might bean idea to contact the local council and ask for a copy of their local plan (sometimes called area plan). This shows a colour coded map of the area that shows how the council want the different areas used. If your yard is shown industrial you should be laughing What was the yard used as before? If it was industrial/ noisy there is more chance you will get away with using chainsaws. In the mean time how about using quieter equipment? What it says in your lease wont be of interest to the council.
  21. matelot
    if you think the tree is going to fall on a road I would email the local council highways department. let the council decide if it's dangerous or not. I'd keep a record of the email.
  22. matelot
    Most of our land is in the central belt of Scotland. Looking at the John Clegg website it seems that £2k an acre is a rough value of commercial forestry in Scotland.
  23. matelot
    My dad bought a fair amount of woodland/grazing at £400 an acre, for a long time the value remained at £400 an acre. The value of it now is about £2000 an acre. Yeah, it's been a good investment, but looking forward I can't see how the grazing rental/ timber sales can justify the capital value. On our grazing land the rental just about covers the cost of renewing the fencing..... I think buying woodland is more about having somewhere to chill out, and doing something for nature. And for me that really is priceless
  24. matelot
    There's a charity called "Trees for Life", they run weeks in the Scottish Highlands where you plant trees to re establish the Caledonia pine forests. I've planted about 8,000 trees it's magic seeing how well the are growing, the biggest ones are over 30 foot high
  25. matelot
    Hi, long time lurker here I've planted trees amongst gorse with fairly disappointing results. I cut circles into the gorse of about 6 foot diameter, and then planted a mixture of broadleaves. Most of the trees never really took. I don't know if there was still too much shade, it also crossed my mind that the leaf litter beneath the gorse wasn't good for trees. The only trees that seemed to do well were some oak. If I was doing it again I would clear bigger areas of gorse. You can also use the cut gorse as a "fence" to keep any deer out. Depending on the site you could maybe burn the gorse? Obviously not if there are any nesting birds though. Good luck anyway, I've read your other tree planting posts with interest.

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