Welshfred

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Theres are a list of all the likely planted tree species in the UK and their pathogen threats. Only 2 (!) have no perceived threats - Field Maple and one of the Abies sp. I've been planting Field Maple but Noble Fir is an annoying weed for me so won't be adding to that problem. My point though is virtually nothing is a safe bet, my opinion is site appropriate complex mixtures are the way to go and something will probably do ok. There's some FC publications about planning planting for future resilience.

You need an arrangement with the country you're sending people to. Can't legally just dump them in Calais. Labour are trying to make such an arrangement with the French. That would deter boat crossings imo. Coupled with a safe route option for people with a genuine reason to come to the UK. Such an option doesn't exist currently, hence the lure of the boats.

Hard to disagree. Do you agree the transition has to happen at some point? Even if you ignore net zero issues we will run out eventually, they don't make that stuff anymore. Sunlight, wind, tides, green hydrogen should all be available for a long long time, providing energy and jobs for as long as there are people probably.

Did you only read the first 4 paragraphs then? When I said "in depth" I was warning of a quite lengthy read if you can get past phrases that irritate. I thought it genuinely interesting to the very end and as I said, pretty well balanced. The issues discussed will affect you more directly than many of us I would think, although the wider impact affects us all one way or another.

Quite an in depth, I reckon balanced article on a fairly popular topic North Sea oil decline: ‘We can’t have a repeat of what happened to 80s miners’ | Oil | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Unlikely alliance of unions and climate groups call for ‘clear and funded’ transition plan for communities reliant on dwindling industry Always good to see previously opposing groups reach common cause

Last year was the only year since ADB arrived here that I've seen any flowers or keys on any Ash trees. It was a bumper year for hazel and oak too. This year I have noticed a small number of very young trees, again for the first time in some years and I can only think of one individual sapling as big as 6 feet tall. This is near a healthy tree. If I recall last year correctly it was only the healthy ones that flowered and seeded...

Interesting. I've not seen any improve but would like to believe it's possible. This year I've actually noticed something of a second wave, mostly in 20-30 yr old trees that looked fine until this year. Mature trees that have looked ok still look ok. Those that have been declining over the last few years look really bad this year and I've seen a few go over with a rotten base (below ground). There's one mature tree here that looks like it might be fighting it off, a slight halo and quite a bit of epicormics but stable as such over a number of years now.

No, not that one... Of course it could have been Bob's quote, I'm really not sure

Keeping the threads separate working well then... A Vic Reeves quote springs to mind....

Scots is pretty durable I think, Corsican and lodgepole are appalling outdoors in my experience.

Goats.

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I'm sure there'll be another opportunity...

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