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Rushes

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  1. I can recommend Kania traps for squirrelts. Fast and quick. BTW if you have any greys, they reds are gone - the greys carry a pox that has no effect, it kills the reds.
  2. Rushes

    Toads!

    Lead it back. Make resin with chili powder in it, put it over the top. ?
  3. Note that the work is recommended to be undertaken in 3 months, without this there is danger of greater damage.
  4. I am interested in the results of using this as fencing. It feels like it should resist decay from the oil. Any experience out there?
  5. I can't be doing with them, they take too much wildlife. It is clear to see that there are some much loved kitts out there and many very loveable. Still can't stomach the myself.
  6. That is so normally the case. There are exceptions. It is unlikely but worth asking. this is the location of honey fungus that found the right spot, right time, climate, genetic variability and no doubt other things: https://www.google.com/maps/place/44°28'34.2"N+118°29'05.2"W/@44.4828943,-118.5105176,5266m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d44.4761694!4d-118.4847694 And described here: www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_033146.pdf An interesting case, and worth bringing to attention. I have seen it take 100 year old wisteria and give up, but on the other side decide differently. All curious as to why and how.
  7. Can some of you other more expert express a view if this might be honey fungus taking hold after the tree had a bad year in 2018. The lack of airborne damage points me to look underground.
  8. I Would check that your 3rd party insurance is up to date, that all your neighbours are aware of how dangerous this is, find yourself a translator and get this tree down. If you do this you will have protected yourself, protected your neighbours and made a few more friends. It will help you integrate with where you live showing that you care
  9. A good Question - what would you consider a good quote for insurance? I think your post suggests that you wish to pay twice what you currently are taxed. I did a quick google and saw that health cost a UK person $4k per annum and a US person $10k. So if you were a victim of the Vegas shooting it would have costed you more and if you had no insurance it costed you what you were billed to bunkruptcy. In the UK it cost you what you had always paid. I still say that I am so grateful for the NHS. It isn't perfect, it accommodates saving people and it is free when you need it and costs half of what the US charges [but if you are rich it probably doesn't matter] I don't understand your post or reasoning.
  10. Reading this topic I am so grateful for the NHS. Remember that nutter in the States that shot from a window in Las Vegas and killed 58 and injured hundreds more? Well if the injured can prove the hotel was negligent in letting him stay their insurance will pay - otherwise better hope your insurance is good enough. Here you can get hurt through others stupidity, bad luck, your own stupidity or your teams and still you get fixed up . No having to sell your house because the insurance thing didn't quite work out.
  11. Rushes

    Rats

    You can have all the firearms in the World, but if there is food available you will have rats. If you can't feed the stock without leaving food around then all you can do is control the numbers. Reduce the places they can hide, ensure that there is no other food than the hens they can eat and get a decent ratter, cat or dog and learn to live with the bu££ers.
  12. Rushes

    Flu...

    Is there a chance that you have Lymes? A tick bite in the last few weeks / months that went away. If there is any chance then the Dr. should understand Lyme borreliosis in French
  13. Ring your bank, do not do anything with the number.
  14. If it is subsoil then you need to bring the soil to life. It will need a solid lump of topsoil / muck heap on top and ideally a year of growing anything that will to bring life to the soil - usually annual deep rooted crops that will break up the pan. You can try and build a hole that has good stuff in it that will feed the tree for a year or two, but if you don't attend to the soil then you are trying to grow trees in a pocket of goodness encased by dead matter - think a clay pot. Look to the soil, until you see worms / fungus you don't have a place to plant a tree to survive. If it's on a price - stick them in but don't offer a guarantee for replacement without the previous treatment.
  15. They grow in free draining soil so will be particularly prone to rotting. To try and strike them I would try different things, so maybe go back and get some more cuttings? From where it grows keeping the bottom dryish with a relatively humid atmosphere seems the best way of trying. If you have ever tried striking cactus you will know that they loose little moisture from there shiny/spiky surface - which is a lot like monkey puzzle - and will put roots down into sand with little moisture. Most important is to try lots of different things, because you have more chance. I realise that there is only one leader, but if you take the tops from a branch you may get lucky.
  16. There is a problem that needs to get resolved. Latest version of Firefox sees a problem. Will do some more investigating. I do not use this password anywhere else, if I did I would change it. I recommend that if you do you change the other places that are important that use the same password.
  17. Rushes

    Nhs

    The NHS is expensive and rubbish, until you consider the alternatives. All of this is free at the point of delivery, you may have to wait, but you get it even if you can't afford to pay. Personally I don't have £10k in a bank account for a new knee. I am rather keen on the NHS.
  18. If I am honest, it would be better to offer the first 10 chains free to those buying a stihl or husqvarna and asking them to compare [probbably repeat customers would be best] Ask them to give unbiased critiques - this is of great value to manufacturer and they should pay you for it. What is then written on an open forum will move things forward faster. Just my thought on this.
  19. This is the best of arbtalk, a true geeks corner. Love it, keep it coming. Learning so much about apple rootstocks more than I knew before.
  20. Rushes

    Spider ID

    Wear gloves when handling the wood.
  21. This is the obvious answer: [ame] [/ame]Let it dry for a day or two and collect a hay, much easier to cart away.
  22. Rushes

    Help

    The best way to invest your money is to work with someone doing the same course. Meet regularly for study sessions and finish with a beer. It will make the studying sink in and your learning will work better for you in the future. My recommendation, find a study buddy.
  23. Stuck record here, use Kania traps. They set easily, trigger well and no guilt about poison, live then dead. http://www.pestcontrolcanada.ca/Mini%20webs/home-page-row-01.jpg
  24. A tree under stress has little ability to fight back. It's shaded, reduced water and compacted with low oxygen / fungal activity at its roots. It won't do as well. You can try and make it better but it will never have as good conditions as the other tree and will always look poorer, it will die sooner. It's not small, near the house, let it die and put a shrub in.

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