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  1. Paul in the woods
    Will you not just be fighting with the saw, either being pulled to the log or the log to the saw?
  2. Paul in the woods
    Any pics of the flowers or any young fruits? Looks like a crab apple, malus, of some sort to me.
  3. Paul in the woods
    I thought the general rule is to cut the grass once the seeds from the wild flowers have set and had a chance to fall. Then remove all the clippings to gradually reduce fertility. The time of the cut will depend on the wild flowers youre growing, your location and the year - many things seem to be a week or two late this year. Obviously don't add any fertiliser. The RHS has a useful guide: https://www.rhs.org.uk/lawns/wildflower-meadow-maintenance
  4. Paul in the woods
    Personally as someone who lives on the edge of a woodland I wouldn't worry about all wildlife. If the logs came from a local farmer the beetles are about anyway. If you dry off the wood and keep the rain off that should stop the logs from being eaten any more. The orange log looks more like alder to me, if it is dry and feels light it's likely to be alder, if it's heavy then oak is more likely.
  5. Paul in the woods
    Fraying is rubbing your antlers against a tree, to scent mark and possibly remove the velvet from new antlers.
  6. Paul in the woods
    The trunk just looks like the apple tree started to produce roots where it touched the ground. If left it should just heal over and be fine, you may wish to keep it weed free at the base to keep air circulating.
  7. Paul in the woods
    Any signs of new life? I've got a couple of Evereste crab apples in my orchard and they leaf out very early. This year we had some very strong winds, 80+ mph, and they look terrible. All their leaves were burnt off and hardly any fruit survived. They are showing some fresh leaves now and should recover.
  8. Paul in the woods
    Roe buck fraying by the looks of it.
  9. Paul in the woods
    Did it have any smell? Closest I can think of is a deformed Clathrus ruber, basket stinkhorn.
  10. Paul in the woods
    This might be worth a read, go down to the bottom and it covers nitrogen robbing. Basically unlikely unless the plants are shallow rooted. https://www.rhs.org.uk/soil-composts-mulches/woody-waste-using-as-mulch
  11. Paul in the woods
    My seed came from Chiltern Seeds, sadly they dont seem to have any mixed hardy seed but they stock a few others.
  12. Paul in the woods
    @sandspider have any of your Eucs flowered? I've grown a packet of mixed hardy eucalyptus and was surprised to see many flower within a few years. We've not lost any to frost but they get their tops burnt off by the wind as we're exposed. They've grown ok for our soil and would probably do much better elsewhere, I've just no idea what varieties we've ended up with.
  13. Paul in the woods
    I thought motomix does use ultra: "MotoMix uses STIHL HP ultra-premium oil for exceptional engine lubrication and extreme cleanliness. It’s fully synthetic and biodegradable for optimal performance and long service life. MotoMix is user- and engine-friendly thanks to fewer emissions (free from ethanol; almost no olefins and aromatic compounds)."
  14. Paul in the woods
    That doesn't look like wind scorch to me. Mine got badly a scorched by the wind last year and the tips went brown and the leaves at the end of the branches went brown and blew off but the large mature leaves remained green. They recovered well. To my uneducated eye that looks like the tree has died, possibly too much of too little water? I wouldn't rule out herbicides either. As others have said though, if that tree had established well you'd need to cut it back every year, they can be rather rampant and not ideal as a small tree. It might be worth talking to the nursery you bought it from to get their opinion?
  15. Paul in the woods
    Do you have a photo of the tree? I'm curious about its history, was it pot grown or rootballed at all? I've grown quite a few types of euc from seed and they all seem to have very vigorous roots that seem to want to get out of their pots and establish. I would have thought a large pot grown tree would need care to establish and last year was very dry. It might also grow from the base, I gather gunni can be coppiced when young and it will throw out juvenile foliage.
  16. Paul in the woods
    That's interesting, I planted some in my woodland between some Scots in acidic soil and they've done very well. Don't get much fruit though as the birds love them. Ones at home are growing in large pots with acidic soil and chipped Scots as a mulch and they do well with a good harvest when netted.
  17. Paul in the woods
    I agree now, I meant when the questions were first raised so around the 1980s ? Or investing in our own gas supplies rather than relying on imports whilst renewables become more reliable. The current prices are hardly a surprise and we've been very lucky to have such a mild winter far.
  18. Paul in the woods
    I can see a ban on the legal installation of efficient wood burners but not much done to stop the installation of something dodgy or the use of open fires, bonfires etc. I can't help wondering if the successive governments had done a better job then energy costs would be much cheaper and the need for stoves much reduced. By that I mean things like investing in nuclear much sooner if you're going to stop using our own gas and actively encouraging energy efficient buildings rather than paying people to waste energy like they are doing now.
  19. Paul in the woods
    I thought it was to allow some movement so the tree develops a stronger root structure.
  20. Paul in the woods
    Out of curiosity Are we talking about the dead nettle relative, Glechoma hederacea, or the ground dwelling variant of common ivy, Hedera helix ?
  21. Paul in the woods
    I think people are looking at the fact sheep love to escape the wrong way. If it's anything like here just leave your gate open and within a few days your field will be full of someone else's sheep. Or cows. On a more serious note is there a small holders association near you? Our county has one and they run courses on sheep keeping, boat keeping etc and have wanted and sales.
  22. Paul in the woods
    You can these days.... plenty of vegan pancake mixes out there.
  23. Paul in the woods
    Single shot and 2 1/2" cartridges? A section 1 would be fun although I don't need another 410....
  24. Paul in the woods
    This supplier of pop cuttings and plants lists Beaupre as a pop with a parentage of P. trichocarpa x P. deltoides. See this page: https://www.bowhayestrees.co.uk/willow-and-poplus-varieties
  25. Paul in the woods
    If a 5 year warranty is important to a new purchaser I'd check, it still says "Registration of ECHO products and servicing are necessary to validate the warranty" on Echo UKs site.

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