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  1. Paul in the woods
    My apologies, I thought you were having a go at the storey not the council. Still, it's an older storey than Brexit.
  2. Paul in the woods
    If you read the 11 year old article they seem to be having a go at the council for deciding to remove the tree.
  3. Paul in the woods
    Velvet shanks? Flammulina velutipes
  4. Paul in the woods
    Wrong. Someone has dropped some Scotch pancakes. They look like some form of funnel, common of tawny possibly. An underside pic would be helpful.
  5. Paul in the woods
    Do you have any other aims other than dividing fields? I've done something on a smaller scale but more the forest garden side of agroforestry rather than agriculture. If you want food rather than fuel from the hedge you'll be planting different trees and shrubs. I'd also avoid ash and chestnut due to the various diseases. You'll shade out part of your fields, I know the farmers round here like to shave there hedges within a few inches of the ground to gain as much ground as possible. My wide hedge is really to provide a wind break but I've managed to mix in damsons, myrobalans, crab apples, hazel along with hawthorn, field maple etc. Hopefully we'll get something out of it if the wild life doesn't beat us to it. My main problems has been slow growth as the soil if fairly poor, along with wind and deer.
  6. Paul in the woods
    Sadly our land is too acidic, These people might be worth talking to if you have anyone wanting to grow truffles. Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd | Worldwide Truffle Plantation Establishment PLANTATIONSYSTEMS.COM Our approach to truffle cultivation is different. We want you to be successful and we want to be part of your journey. We...
  7. Paul in the woods
    Depends how you use the forum. If you use "Todays Posts" then some days the Brexit threads are always up the top. I agree that many people just seem to use FB these days but many people moan about that so I would have thought a more active forum would be useful. It's a bit chicken and egg though, the more people who post the more it encourage others to post, and visa-versa. Anyway, nice bear, Wisewood, what wood is the yellow carving?
  8. Paul in the woods
    If you look on this site: https://one.network/ you can zoom in to an area and see a summary of roadworks. There is ash dieback removal in your neck of the woods by Euroforest if I remember where you are.
  9. Paul in the woods
    Going even further off topic there was a bit on a recent Gardeners World about growing Monkey Puzzles in the Highlands. It might be of interest, about 26 mins in... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00095tb/gardeners-world-2019-episode-31
  10. Paul in the woods
    When I looked at these sort of blocks they were infilled with a coarse material. Just having a bit of a look online and crushed stone/rock is used such as: https://www.bradstone.com/products/jointing-aggregate---fixing-products/
  11. Paul in the woods
    It's the fruits you see at this time of year, pink on the outside with orange seeds. The flowers are tiny white things in early summer. Worth noting the plant is toxic. I see a fair bit of it in gardens and native wood plantings but I don't recall seeing it wild, i.e. self sown. Steves example looks to me a bit like a cultivar of some sort.
  12. Paul in the woods
    Spindle isn't it?
  13. Paul in the woods
    Worth checking if it bruises or oozes. If it's the saffron milkcap the gills should bruise green and if cut the fungi should ooze an orangey sap. Lactarius deliciosus, Saffron Milkcap mushroom WWW.FIRST-NATURE.COM
  14. Paul in the woods
    The first couple of pics could be some type of lactarius, possibly a saffron milkcap. I'm going on colouring as they don't look like great examples for an id but might give you somewhere to start. Mycorrhizal on pines if it is.
  15. Paul in the woods
    I've been doing this on old rusty tools as well. Works well on old bits for a brace and bits, axe heads, hammer heads etc. Not sure how it will affect any special finishes and it does stain any wood black. Wilkos sell citric acid fairly cheaply. I can also vouch for the need for gloves if you have any cuts on your hands...
  16. Paul in the woods
    £300k fine for the developer and £120k for the felling contractor. Tree priced at £66k. That works out at less than £4k per house... Developer and firm fined £300k for illegal felling WWW.BBC.CO.UK A 176-year-old giant redwood was cut down to make way for new homes, a court hears.
  17. Paul in the woods
    To clarify this I would still try and use the Consumer Rights Act (it replaces sales of goods etc) as if I was a personal consumer. Just be aware that there are differences for businesses. https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/consumer-rights-act
  18. Paul in the woods
    Depends on your council, ours are very unhelpful. You do need to be careful with these laws as they don't give the same protections in business to business transactions. There is plenty of advice online from Which? and Citizens Advice if you're a personal customer.
  19. Paul in the woods
    Plenty of various fungi about down here at the moment. I found (smelt) a good example of a stinkhorn today, dripping nicely from the trunk of an alder.
  20. Paul in the woods
    It's not a positive id but I'd go with puffball, possibly flaky puffball, for the first and parasol for the 2nd.
  21. Paul in the woods
    Is it not a young and/or poorly formed beefsteak fungi?
  22. Paul in the woods
    I'm currently trying to sort a planer sled, using a small Bosch planer. It's not easy as there's no simple way of securing the planer and it will only plane a couple of mm depth. With a router you can simple bolt the base to something and the router bit can be adjusted down a few cms. I've currently removed the back base of the planer and mounted it on a piece of ply the same thickness as the base. It almost works but there's still too much movement for a seamless finish on a slab. A piece of aluminium as a sled would be better. If anyone wants to try a planer take a good look at the planer and see how you'll mount it and keep it fixed in place.
  23. Paul in the woods
    Without knowing the full details of the case and T&Cs it's hard to see who's fault it is. Your contract is normally with the supplier, not the delivery company. No idea if this link helps and it may not necessarily apply to a business. If you nominated a safe place and it wasn't left in that safe place then you can argue it wasn't delivered. This may be obvious, but it's not be left somewhere else? I've known of cases where stuff has been left at the wrong address and even received parcels myself where the recipient hasn't bothered to collect. In hind site never get anything of value left without a signature. How to complain if your parcel was left somewhere or stolen WWW.WHICH.CO.UK This advice applies if your parcel hasn't turned up, were left somewhere outside your home and stolen, or left with a...
  24. Paul in the woods
    A quick google comes up with the "LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1976" and this is taken from Dorset Council, https://moderngov.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/s6023/TreePolicies.pdf
  25. Paul in the woods
    Do they smell of aniseed at all? At first glance I would suggest horse mushrooms, Agaricus arvensis. As you say, I'm not saying they are edible but that's where I'd start. This might be useful to look and watch: https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/horse-mushroom/

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