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  1. Paul in the woods
    Have you IDed them yet? I thought No 2 looked a bit like a slime mould but not like any I've seen. Then it occurred to me it could be something like a young hazel porecrust, dichomitus campestris, if it's on a hazel. (Nice name anyway even if I don't have a clue what it is). 5 looks like velvet shank. 4 I'm curious about, it looks like a very shaggy parasol, which can be quite variable, but I'm not sure. Sorry, not much help this time.
  2. Paul in the woods
    On a serious note, what's the output of your existing gas stove in kW? And how many clothes do you have left on with if you have it on full blast? There did seem to be several reviewers of the suggested stove complaining by the lack of heat but that may be down to their house and install.
  3. Paul in the woods
    Just open all the windows, the more 'zero carbon' wood you get through the greener you'll be, especially if you kiln dry it first.
  4. Paul in the woods
    How did the goats get on with the knotweed? Funnily enough, although there's lots of clumps around the countryside here it doesn't seem to spread as much as other places I've seen. Which is just as well as the council loves to spread it about.
  5. Paul in the woods
    It's a bit of a how long is a piece of string question. Anyway, the instructions say typical refuelling is every hour with 31cm long logs. So, you should be able to work out how many logs from a bag you'll get it. I'd guess about 3-4 refuellings a bag, so one bag an evening? This depends on the draw, when it's windy my fire will burn through more wood. It'll also depend greatly on the quality of the wood in the bags. Make sure the bags aren't wet and I'd also recommend a Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarm if you don't already have one. If you like it I'd track down a reliable bulk firewood supplier.
  6. Paul in the woods
    Can you zoom into the leaves of the first one a bit more? Looks more like a lime to me but very hard to tell.
  7. Paul in the woods
    Have you considered the Shaggy Scalycap, Pholiota squarrosa? I can't really tell from the photos as I can't see the gills and stem. Pholiota squarrosa, Shaggy Scalycap Mushroom WWW.FIRST-NATURE.COM
  8. Paul in the woods
    Probably not a moth but a caddisfly, possibly a Halesus of some sort. Halesus digitatus?
  9. Paul in the woods
    I agree with Dan but it may take a fair number of years to get it fruiting well. I've renovated an old tree, first year no apples, 2nd year a few small things and now I'm into the 4th year I'm getting a good crop of decent sized apples which are surprisingly good. I do have the room to plant others trees though so it wouldn't have mattered if the tree didn't make it. This might be helpful if you do choose to keep it: Apples and pears: renovating old trees WWW.RHS.ORG.UK Old, overgrown apples and pear trees can still be attractive and productive features in the garden if brought under control...
  10. Paul in the woods
    Just a tad. It's lovely in a woodland setting but that's a bit much unless it's hiding something worse.
  11. Paul in the woods
    I've got something similar we've inherited with our house. A lapsed random conifer that has far outgrown a 70's rockery. This multi-stemmed beast has been hacked (sorry crown lifted) over the years and now is a fairly tall thing which rocks and sheds branches in the wind. It'll be coming down over winter.
  12. Paul in the woods
    Yes, it's ivy with flower buds. One thing I didn't know until I looked up the Latin name is the climbing ivy is a subspecies Hedera helix ssp. helix and the ground cover is Hedera helix ssp. hibernica.
  13. Paul in the woods
    Possibly. Fly Agaric is a very common cartoon fungi and I remember some showing people eat it. (I remember as I was annoyed at the time!). I have also seen adults pick it, thinking it was edible even after being told it was poisonous. I would hope the risk is minimal though. I wonder what @benedmonds recommended?
  14. Paul in the woods
    Tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera.
  15. Paul in the woods
    I would be careful using a treatment on boards used in a kitchen. Looking at the Q&As on the screwfix site they say don't use it in food preperation areas. https://www.screwfix.com/p/sika-wood-preserver-clear-5ltr/47030 Edit to add, go to the Q&A section and search on 'food'.
  16. Paul in the woods
    Looks like a youngish sycamore log to me. If not that then some other acer?
  17. Paul in the woods
    I would have thought the only thing you could do is warn the school without being alarmist? It would seem pointless to remove them as they'll grow back. I also expect there's something more toxic close by.
  18. Paul in the woods
    I don't know about your stove but on mine you can adjust the door catch. When I replaced the old rope (which had squished flat over the years) I had to adjust the catch a little as the new rope doesn't squish as much. Over time I've also had to adjust the hinges to get a good seal. As for the flue, I'd get someone in if you don't know what you are doing. You don't want flue gases escaping.
  19. Paul in the woods
    I'm not an Arb so can't comment on the tree. For IDing the fungi it would help if you can take some clearer pictures of individual specimens; the cap, stem and gills. Also keep and eye on them and take some clear pictures of how they age. They look a bit like Glistening Inkcaps, Coprinellus micaceus, or similar and there's some good pictures here that might help you: Glistening Inkcap WWW.WILDFOODUK.COM The powdery ‘mica’ covering can be seen shining when the sun is out but this mushroom has no nutritional value so is best...
  20. Paul in the woods
    I don't think it's sulphur tuft as they don't have little groves in the cap and I would expect the gills at that age to be more green. Funnily enough I've realised that a large crop of fungi growing in my chicken run is Coprinellus micaceus but they are beigey brown rather than yellow. Are you able to get any more pictures when the caps have aged?
  21. Paul in the woods
    A bit of a guess but one of the yellow ink caps fits the bill as they grow on old stumps and dead wood. Coprinellus micaceus or Coprinus silvaticus ?
  22. Paul in the woods
    I like my Fenix HL23, simple one AA battery in a fairly robust aluminium housing. I break the plastic head torches too easily. The battery doesn't last ages but you can keep a few spare. The HM23 seems to be it's replacement. FENIX Not Age/Gender Specific Hm23 Headlamp, Black, 69.5 x 40 x 32 mm: Amazon.co.uk: Sports & Outdoors WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Shop FENIX Not Age/Gender Specific Hm23 Headlamp, Black, 69.5 x 40 x 32 mm. Free delivery and returns on all eligible...
  23. Paul in the woods
    This any help? Up to 2.5" - http://www.ashemcrafts.com/products_rotary_planes.aspx http://www.ashemcrafts.com/prices.aspx Looks like you could make a wooden version yourself if you have a suitable blade laying about? Something along these lines? https://www.classichandtools.com/acatalog/Rounding-Planes-Air-Dried-Beech-Rounders-Ray-Iles-RIR.html
  24. Paul in the woods
    I think I've mentioned this before - I've tried asking people not to chip but it's like I'm talking a strange language. I have plenty of room to stack the brash, I'll stack it so just leave it where it falls. I think it's a primeval instinct to chip, that and the fact they've carted a new chipper for over and hour so it must be used. Having watched a large family of stoats playing in an old pile of brash it's worth the effort.
  25. Paul in the woods
    If the tunnels are only in the bark then ash bark beetle seems likely, Hylesinus varius or Hylesinus wachtli. (Note their latin names have changed over the years).

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