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  1. Paul in the woods
    I think it has an almost unlimited number of uses but I don't think I've ever seen it listed as something you would grow for fire firewood. For those who are curious: https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Sambucus+nigra
  2. Paul in the woods
    Yes, if it's seasoned. Although the witches and goblins will get you. (Elderberry is associated with lots of folklore so you will read that it can't be burnt, shouldn't be burnt or it's bad luck to burn it but plenty of people do burn it as a quick search will show).
  3. Paul in the woods
    I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to resort to shooting indoors, although I've only done that with rats. As for the mice, have you positioned the trap correctly, i.e. with the baited end against a wall? When I've done that I occasionally get a mouse caught that's running over the trap rather than actually feeding. You may need to put the trap into a pipe to stop the critter from volting over the trap...
  4. Paul in the woods
    He's just bringing the thread back down to earth.
  5. Paul in the woods
    That'll be the carbon monoxide. Is it just me or does the original photo look like car body filler?
  6. Paul in the woods
    Some more idle thoughts.... Do you get any power cuts there? If so does the noise still exist? This could narrow it down, if the noise stops its electric, if it continues it could still be electric but someone with a backup supply. If it's a bad winter you may get quite a few rolling power cuts to help you... Is you water on the mains, if so I wonder if there's a pump on the supply somewhere that's could cause vibrations which is also affected the connectors. You can get devices to listen to the water pipes for leaks, might be worth trying one to see if you can hear anything?
  7. Paul in the woods
    Yep, looks like honey fungus and it is parasitic, but often causes death of trees. Armillaria mellea, Honey Fungus WWW.FIRST-NATURE.COM
  8. Paul in the woods
    I've just planted out some Leylandii.... I'm planting a large mix of trees for future uses. The Lawsons I took down had produced far more wood than any other trees planted at the same time and I've managed to get a good number of fence posts out of it. Not everything grows well down here or will grow to a useful size in a reasonable size.
  9. Paul in the woods
    Thanks for the link, I don't think I've come across that before. I suppose the seed hasn't gone dormant yet but I've plenty to try a few methods with.
  10. Paul in the woods
    Does anyone know the best time to sow Lawson cypress seed? I've collected some from a tree I felled in my woodland and a test shows its viable. Should I sow now and over winter the seedlings or wait until spring?
  11. Paul in the woods
    The instructions say 20cm I think. I would also wonder about a hearth, even if it doesn't need one the first time a burning ember falls onto the floor you'll wish you had something.
  12. Paul in the woods
    Just an evening fire here for the last couple of weeks as we cook on it, heat water and it keeps the damp away. Not using much wood up which is good.
  13. Paul in the woods
    Does the black gunk smell of anything? If it's tar it'll smell strongly of tar (strong smokey sort of smell of you've not smelt it before).
  14. Paul in the woods
    I know it's obvious but it might be worth checking your fencing is ok. I don't own any cattle but one of my neighbours has then in her woodland and they often escape into mine. They seem used to roaming free and now just tend to wander through mine literally to pastures new. I don't really mind them there but they do make a mess of the paths and slopes.
  15. Paul in the woods
    Do you think in a decade or two we're going to be able to store a few weeks worth of wind/solar energy for all our needs? I'm still to be convinced we'll not need the new nuclear stations to live in a way we've become accustomed to.
  16. Paul in the woods
    It's that time of year again...
  17. Paul in the woods
    Well, when I had mine done in a neighbouring London borough the roadside kerb stones were replaced by larger stones that were sunk several inches deeper than the old ones. It's not just a dropped kerb, it's a vehicle crossing which is going to remove soil and grass, dig down a few inches to install a subbase before adding a surface layer with the top typically being an inch or two lower than the old surface. I expect the council is working on best practice so is assuming the loss of 6-8 inches of soil, even if the contractor only digs down a couple. I also don't doubt if the council wished to do something like this for their own reasons there would not be a problem. Having said all that I would have thought some of those parking grid structures to offer a solution, if the council will listen. The OP might need to find someone used to installing them and dealing with councils.
  18. Paul in the woods
    I had an ash pan with mine when it was a multi-fuel stove, I removed the grate and installed the wood only catch bar. The multi-fuel setup had its own catch bar and the door catch caught in a similar hole. Something like this: https://www.hunterstoves.co.uk/product/hhr08083/
  19. Paul in the woods
    I've got a double door Herald 8 and the door is just held in place via a small tab on the end of the door knob grabbing the spot in the middle of a catch bar. Here's the handle assembly: https://www.hunterstoves.co.uk/product/dch4/ and the catch bar: https://www.hunterstoves.co.uk/product/hhr08112/ if that helps. It's a shame Hunter can't make you a replacement.
  20. Paul in the woods
    Do you have any more pics, one of the top of the cap? It could be a slender parasol but I'm always wary of white gilled fungi if I'm considering doing anything with them. Slender Parasol WWW.WILDFOODUK.COM A fairly common, tasty mushroom on alkali soils in grassland, woodland and even occasionally on sand dunes.
  21. Paul in the woods
    Would it be rude to ask roughly how much that load cost? It's just out of curiosity as that lorry would have no chance getting down our road but it's nice to drool occasionally.
  22. Paul in the woods
    I think the problem with letting nature take its course is that we don't / can't give it enough room. Take the pond for example, when there wasn't anyone to get in nature's way there would have been ponds filling in along with new ponds being created. When rivers used to be allowed to meander they would often create new lakes but we don't leave rivers to their own devices now. We also extract vast amount so water and drain land so ponds don't get the water they used to. So in may cases there is no option left but to manage what's left. If we could leave nature to it there would be no need to plant trees (and no need to import trees and new tree diseases from abroad).
  23. Paul in the woods
    Looks like corn smut, Ustilago maydis, a sort after delicacy I gather. Seems to be a fair bit about this year.
  24. Paul in the woods
    If you search for young specimens they can be light pink/grey https://first-nature.com/fungi/daldinia-concentrica.php However, it still sounds like a slime mould to me, Reticularia lycoperdon which now seems to be called Enteridium lycoperdon aka false puffball. This pic looks a bit dangly https://spotwild.org/en/type/chPEiZ/false-puffball
  25. Paul in the woods
    Looks like a slime mould, possibly Reticularia lycoperdon.

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