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  1. 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 ?
  2. 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...
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    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
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    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.
  5. 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).
  6. Paul in the woods
    Are the cones actually off that tree or has someone collected them from a different tree and left them there?
  7. Paul in the woods
    Bit of a Halloween look about it.
  8. Paul in the woods
    Neither am I but I'm not sure I'd ask professionals to give me a free complete guide to felling a tree! I am curious though, why do you need a winch? Is it likely to damage something if it falls the wrong way? Do you have a photo of the tree? As someone who does like to do things themself, it does sound like a job you need to get someone in on.
  9. Paul in the woods
    I would agree with Chicken-of-the-woods, Laetiporus sulphureus . I've only really seen it to be a deep yellow and also earlier in the season but it is often pinkish orange as in the photos and still about. Here's some good pics, plenty of the pinkish ones. https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/chicken-of-the-woods/
  10. Paul in the woods
    Possibly this thread:
  11. Paul in the woods
    I've got this on some WRC boards I'm seasoning for bee hives. The wood was poor quality with a fair number of dead knots, ok for me as I don't need long lengths. I assumed the trees were grown on a wet site and so the timber was wetter than usual, but I'd be interested to know for sure.
  12. Paul in the woods
    I don't know if you've already looked at the RHS advice but they have a good list of susceptible and resistant plants here: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/pdfs/honey-fungus-host-list general advice here: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/garden-health/disease/Honey-fungus and how to manage outbreaks here: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=1015 Interestingly is shows privet as very susceptible and we have a fair bit of it growing well in the garden and a fair bit of honey fungus as well. I'm trying to get on top of the fungus by cultivating the soil. First year of growing spuds was a little worrying as the fungus attacks the tubers but subsequent years have been much better.
  13. Paul in the woods
    How healthy does the new tree look? This is my understanding as a woodland owner with a large amount of honey fungus about the place. In your pic the honey fungus is likely to be decomposing the old oak roots so I doubt there's much you can sensibly do. In a garden situation you are told to remove old stumps and roots and leave the area fallow for a year or so, but as the new tree has been planted I don't think there's much that can be done other than look after the tree.
  14. Paul in the woods
    Any idea what they are? The snouts look a bit like pink beefsteaks and the face has a hint of dryads about it but I'm just guessing.
  15. Paul in the woods
    Looks like Sulphur Tuft, Hypholoma fasciculare.
  16. Paul in the woods
    Good luck, I have wondered how the powers that be will enforce the new legislation, i.e. how will they test your logs. I assume it'll be trading standards, who seem to always claim they are too busy. I have a cheap pin moisture meter and it is specifically sold for use for firewood testing. No idea what basis it uses but when I've compared it to oven testing it seems to be wet basis. As it's for personal use it doesn't really matter much.
  17. Paul in the woods
    You've missed a * 100, so Mwet = (Mdry / (100+Mdry)) * 100. But yes, I was wrong, as I was only thinking about the 20% wet basis limit. So the OPs moisture meter can still be used, just need to convert to wet basis. If it reads under 25 dry basis the wood is under 20 wet basis.
  18. Paul in the woods
    Can't you just multiply the dry basis reading by 0.8 to get the wet basis equivalent? In all this new legislation does it ever mention what basis, wet or dry, is used? Just curious as I've never seen it mentioned.
  19. Paul in the woods
    Have you checked the tip site directory? https://arbtalk.co.uk/recycling/nearby-tipsites/
  20. Paul in the woods
    Possibly confused with the Asian Longhorn beetle, but that's black with white markings I think. Is your green longhorn a musk beetle, Aromia moschata?
  21. Paul in the woods
    Would it be possible/easier to raise the log somehow? I've tried a similar setup but on a much smaller scale for milling a few alder logs I can managed to lift. I've just used old fence posts for the frame and after the top cut I use 4x2s to lift the log up 2".
  22. Paul in the woods
    This is our current hornet nest in our woodland next to our house. Not causing any problems at the moment to us or our bees, I can stand a few foot away from the nest without problem. My bees are far less tolerant. A couple of years ago we did loose a few bees to some hornets but the hornets didn't bother the hives last year. We'll see what happens this year. We often get the queen hornets in the house in the spring as they hunt around our roof a fair bit, I just open a window and encourage them out. I've also noticed them chew a particular ash tree, I had thought it was to get pulp for nest making but perhaps that tree has particularly sweet sap?
  23. Paul in the woods
    Until I see the yellow Y I cannot be sure but I would say buff tips. I've had them on goat willow bushes in the garden a few times and they stripped sections of the plant very quickly (you can even hear them eat!) They also look like a large caterpillar considering the small size of the moth. The goat willow had no lasting effects the next year.
  24. Paul in the woods
    You can zoom in on the photo but I can't find many good pictures of OPM caterpillar to compare them to. I would assume they are OPM until you can prove otherwise. To me they look more like buff tip caterpillars, Phalera bucephala, and if you can look at their heads they should be black with an upside down yellow Y. Following link has a pic of the face. Buff-tip BUTTERFLY-CONSERVATION.ORG When at rest, the wings are held almost vertically against the body with two buff areas at the front of the thorax and at the...
  25. Paul in the woods
    I think they are similar to wasps and bees in that they can be fairly variable in their markings. As yours has several yellow segments on it's abdomen and it's thorax and top band is a dark browny orange rather than black I'm sure it's a native.

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