Kveldssanger

Wow that stem is so fluted it looked like a Robinia at first glance! Is that a load of G. applanatum upon the stem?

There we go! July is the second half of the year. We'll class that as "later".

Classy! If you're from further north, I think there's one of these being held in Glasgow by the AA Scottish Branch later this year.

Well what can I say. It's been a good run...

Anyone here going? I'll be there, so would be nice to see some of you guys.

(don't reveal your secrets)

I bet he calls every tree an oak. TPO? What's that?

Hey now! I watched a contractor do a job today, solely because I needed to point out the exact branches of the line of five maturing trees to remove. Does that make me a bad guy?

DF Clark?

Potentially. Time flies...

Sucks! Had some thefts around the Chelmsford area in the last few months, too. Think one contractor got done twice.

Just found this. Looks good. Green Infrastructure: Incorporating Plants and Enhancing Biodiversity in Buildings and Urban Environments. Out July 2015. [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0415521246?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00]Green Infrastructure: Incorporating Plants and Enhancing Biodiversity in Buildings and Urban Environments: Amazon.co.uk: John W. Dover: 9780415521246: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511OvLA6tlL.@@AMEPARAM@@511OvLA6tlL[/ame]

I have five shelves filled with books, plus maybe one more (once these two arrive). Spent far too much to be fair. Then again, books are great to have. Only just started with the AA, so my first journal will come through soon (the one that literally just was published for this year).

Indeed it does, considering the description says they have built up the existing concept. I know that paper a few years back critiquing CODIT rustled the jimmies of some arborists. All in the name of science, eh! Looking forward to reading that. I'm out of shelf space. Resorted to stacking books on top of one another. I really need some book shelf dividers to separate my bookshelf into sections for different types of tree books. Any ideas where to nab something? Else, DIY it is.

1. The CODIT Principle - Implications for Best Practices 2. Mark Johnston's 'Trees in Towns and Cities: A History of British Urban Arboriculture' May be of use to some of you.

Just nabbed this. New as of probably this month or last? The CODIT Principle - Implications for Best Practices £48.00 - Arboriculture and Trees - Arboriculture Books on botany from Summerfield Books Also nabbed Mark Johnston's new book. http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/trees-in-towns-and-cities.html

Great post (above). Food for thought... Perhaps it's intentionally overpriced so to remain exclusive?

I dread to think how many microchips we could have planted within us in the coming decades... Dystopia!

The rule is from the point of birth. Examiners will be present within the hospital ward, issuing fines as appropriate to newborns not abiding by the regulations.

Pure gold!

I have decided that, after considering the potential ramifications, it is justified to suggest that one must acquire a license, that must be renewed annually, for the art of breathing and then subsequently exhaling. Until such a license is acquired, one must not exercise their ability to breathe, else face severe consequences punishable by nose pegs.

This is what I have written on it for notes (can provide references if needed): "A sapwood exposed strategist, this fungus gains entry via small to large-sized stem and branch wounds [3] [23] [24] [48]. It colonises primarily on sapwood and ripewood, with decay eventually leading to cavity formation via heartwood degradation [2] [3] [49]." "In many instances, decay is confined to small zones surrounding the wound that provided entry [1] [2]. However, if decay establishes via numerous wounds, or extends with ease due to zones of dysfunctional sapwood, assimilation of the multiple decay zones, or single large zone, can form significant cavitation [1] [2]. As decay progresses, failure can occur through both ductile and brittle fracturing [3] [12], particularly if the infected stem or branch has less than one third of its diameter in-tact and healthy [2]. However, such failure is confined predominantly to hosts with extensive wounding [2]." "As decay is usually localised to the point of wounding [1] [2], ensuring any pruning wounds are kept small, minimal and above the collar can aid with prevention of significant decay instances. Where infection is evident and pruning wounds are massive and severe, inspection of the extent of decay [1] [2] is necessary and remedial works might need to be undertaken to reduce risk."

Monolith it. Leave the standing stem for habitat. (seriously)

Hahaha it happens to us all. It's a good book. Bleedin' massive, and very detailed. Some of it way above my expertise right now, I must admit. Essential material, nonetheless. Off to the Ancient Tree Forum's ancient tree guide at Bushy Park, London tomorrow. The AA conference is too far out for me, unfortunately.

Absolutely agree! Nothing beats a good book, used or new. Older books I adore picking up for good value, particularly. I despise PDFs. I even ordered Common Sense Risk Management of Trees in paperback just so I can actually read it without feeling like my retinas are being gouged out by an intense and everlasting white light. Anyway... thank you based f.lux.