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  1. Paul in the woods
    Sounds like a good deal for him. I burn a fair bit of alder but even when logged fresh it burns much quicker than say ash. When it's been down a year it'll burn even quicker so I'd only value it at half the price of ash for firewood. On the other hand where are you going to get some similar logs from.
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    Anyone else keeping an eye out for storm Arwen? Just noticed they've upgraded the weather alert to red down the eastern coast and amber down here. Unusually for here winds coming down from the north so I expect some more bits and bobs down than usual. UK weather warnings WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK Met Office UK weather warnings for rain, snow, wind, fog and ice. Choose your location to keep up to date with local...
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    Not overloaded but related to this thread. Seems rather an insignificant punishment considering what might have happened. Destroyed Tesla's owner criticises HGV driver fine WWW.BBC.CO.UK The car's owner says he and his wife could have been killed when a lorry shed its load of slabs.
  4. Paul in the woods
    Wish I had a shed, still digging out the foundations.
  5. Paul in the woods
    Looks like a grizette, Amanita vaginata, and ectomycorrhizal apparently.
  6. Paul in the woods
    Not surprising as Logepole pine is Pinus contorta aka twisted pine.
  7. Paul in the woods
    The link needs editing as it doesn't link to your survey, (works if cut and pasted into a tab) I'm not sure what I would class myself, not a pro user but I've built up some experience over the years. When you mention safety device I tend to think of those tip protectors that I would think would just get in the way and perhaps cause problems in themselves.
  8. Paul in the woods
    I've got quite a few oaks about of various ages and they've produced at least some acorns every year before this. Not noticed a single acorn at all this year. Round here it's the jays that spread the acorns about, when they can that is.
  9. Paul in the woods
    I would like clearer pictures of an individual fungi including a picture of the stem and gills. But it looks like one of the honey fungi to me, as there does seem to be a ring on the stem.
  10. Paul in the woods
    The other stove install has a problem and the liner has split/doesn't go all the way up/has a loose connection or whatever? Stranger things have happened and it can't hurt to get it checked out. Personally I can usually tell the difference between smoke and a lingering tarry smell but without being in the room it's a bit of a guess to know.
  11. Paul in the woods
    They look like roots growing from the tree. Some trees do this such as the Pōhutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa). Finding out what tree it is would help, I assume it's not in the UK? They could also be roots from a climber but they do appear to be growing out the trunk.
  12. Paul in the woods
    Still looks like Pholiota squarrosa to me. There's a good photo in the description of the Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholiota_squarrosa Did you see this old thread? Discussion of what it might do to the tree.
  13. Paul in the woods
    Are you confusing it with Elder? That has a lot of myths associated with it, bad luck, witches, goblins etc. Not heard anything about alder apart from it was sought after for charcoal for gunpowder so perhaps more treasured in past times.
  14. Paul in the woods
    What fuel did you use, was it dry and what's the flu arrangement?
  15. Paul in the woods
    Do you use the powder much? I've grew a plant from seed about 10 years ago, it's been left in a small pot so has stayed small and fruits every year. (Probably flowered about 4 years after growing). However, the fresh husks have always been a bit too stange for me to use, not just in flavour but in sensation. Must try them cooked. I got my seeds from here but there's several different Zanthoxylums about : Zanthoxylum schinifolium – The Agroforestry Research Trust WWW.AGROFORESTRY.CO.UK
  16. Paul in the woods
    The first pic could be Pholiota squarrosa - Shaggy Scalycaps. There's some good pics here: https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/shaggy-pholiota/ It would be worth doing a spore print as honey fungus will show a pale white/cream print and the Shaggies a rusty brown print. (If you only have one cap put it gills down on half white paper/card and half black and leave for a couple of hours).
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    I've not got round to doing it yet, I've got the saws sorted but not felled much of the alder (ash dieback has taken priority). I've done a little alder, and cut some for firewood, and the spalted alder does go soft quickly. The stuff I've got is much softer than the spalted beach. @Squaredy lovely floor. Must try and mill a few test pieces this winter.
  18. Paul in the woods
    Probably down to the warm weather we seem to get these days. We had a bat flying a few days ago, plenty of flies and moths sill about for them to feed on. As for feeding blackbirds, a large pile leaves would help as it'll encourage all the small critters they eat. You may have to keep tidying it up after they rake through it.
  19. Paul in the woods
    The tops do look a bit like Polyporus Squamosus – (Dryads Saddle/Scaly Polypore) but you can clearly see gills in the fist pic and not pores. I can't advise on what it'll do to the tree, there's some old threads that may help.
  20. Paul in the woods
    They look to me to be old Shaggy Scalycaps. Pholiota squarrosa. Worth looking at a stem and ideally a younger specimen if you find one. Pholiota squarrosa, Shaggy Scalycap Mushroom WWW.FIRST-NATURE.COM
  21. Paul in the woods
    And many of us use those 100 companies and have shares in them, your point? I don't expect you to do anything (well, argue) but I was surprised you said "you'd rather carry on as we are and see the death of hundreds of millions within your lifetime"; when they may well be your children.
  22. Paul in the woods
    Thought of entering politics Andy? I was more interested in your thoughts of the climate change of your loved ones. I've not heard any stories for a while but what if the north atlantic drift stops in 20 years time? Seems possible?
  23. Paul in the woods
    How many children do you have? I was going to mention children when you said you'd rather carry on as we are and see the death of hundreds of millions within your lifetime? I was going to ask if you seriously thought that if it was you children or grand children who were going to perish. I understand if some of the worst predictions come true it's not just going to be remote places that suffer but fairly catastrophic impacts across the globe.
  24. Paul in the woods
    I don't think you need to inform people but I do, just a simple "I'm recording this conversation for my records". If anything it helps them focus their mind a little. I prefer using email but some companies always seem to want to phone you rather than reply to an email.
  25. Paul in the woods
    No app, just a digital dictaphone. We use a land line for most calls so just put it on speaker and record away.

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