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Find a new age traveller site and offer the sawdust to them for their compost toilets. Seriously.

I use stove ashes to clean greasy pans and roasting dishes. Put the pan outside and fill with ashes and water to make a slurry, and leave overnight. Next morning, agitate with a brush, and put some sawdust in as well, and then rinse. I have to wash again with washing up liquid anyway, cos there's always grease residue, but the ash gets the most of it. Need a bit of waste ground to rinse out onto though...

Just used my aluminium access tower to top a cypress hedge, some of the stems were 3-4 inches thick as it hadn't been done for a few years. Very "easy" (relatively) working from the tower, if ground conditions allow. Did most of the work with a €150 Lidl polesaw, first time it's been used. The motor was fantastic, easy starts, no problems, vibes not bad. The saw head gave trouble, being juddery in the cut (though smooth with back bar cuts, strangely) the oil cap cracked and leaked, requiring reinforcement with fiberglass resin, the plastic cover worked loose once, the chain threw once, and the tensioner mechanism needed minding. Bit of a headache really, but for the price I was happy. If this thing could be modified to take a pro saw head it would be dynamite.

I do it often, I'll give you real ones are expensive, but you can get one in Lidl for €150 or Pound equivalent. I said small bites mind, like something you could handle dropping on your head. I've dropped lots of stuff on myself, it's no problem when it's small/light and hasn't fallen far enough to gather momentum. Oh well, to each their own.

Doubtless. But still, that branch was so fragile, look how it shattered as it came down. I would have roped it with a dyneema winch rope from the ground, and just broken the branches off with chain come along. Have done this before, there's no stretch in the rope or chain, the branches just snap and fall.

I have a couple containers, very bad condensation problems! What about insulation the inside, tarring the roof for longevity, and painting the outside to look like a shed, with painted windows and everything. A friend did this, and it actually looks lovely.

That's dead tree, hinges are not going to function like normal, it would have been ok with live wood. Should have taken some of the hight out of it in small bites with a pole saw before going for the pull.

Salt is ace, great stuff for health in moderation.

Carefully remove the roof - grind off the nail heads and lift the sheets off. If you're worried about generating dust, paint the sheets with exterior emulsion first. Then use to clad the side of your container or side and roof if there are enough sheets. It will look like the shed had never been moved, no issue with planners etc.

Why do you need to knock the shed? Asbestos is safe when it's undisturbed, ie - sheet roofing

I wonder what % of this policy stems from Brussels...

Bleach poisonig is a bad dose. Cleaned the inside of a caravan with bleach and water, windows and doors open of course. Couple hours altogether. That evening, I started feeling really weird, headache and terrible nausea and exhaustion, shakes, sweating etc. Had to curl up on the floor for a few hours, and it went away. Couldn't figure out what was wrong with me, untill I remembered the bleach, googled bleach poisoning, and there you go.

Yes, the collar or "skirt" is a dead giveaway for the Amanita genus. They look deathcappy to my eyes.

If you're scared of roundup, you could try road salt and distilled vinegar. You know the roundup case was in San Fran California? Everything causes cancer in California. I bought a 16oz Estwing clawhammer and it came with a label saying "This product my cause cancer!" - I shit you not.

I bought the Oregon ones five years ago for €85 and they've been excellent. Need braces with them though

Did the forestry commission guy ever show up?

Zubat 330 curved, not ideal for hinges but it works, and yes, very easy pull cuts. I have 160 battery topper, light, just take it up every time.

Tree motion have just released an updated harness, there's a video on YouTube and here.

The problem with handsaws is they only work well when you pull toward you, if you have to pull perpendicular to your body it's hellish hard, even with small stuff, so battery top handle it is for me. Silky for risky cuts, finishing hinge, very small twigs, inline cuts above me, and so on. Need both, and various sizes of regular saws.

So, update, turns out tree guys are using old antique self retracting fly rod reels in the tree to store their throw line, but only for advancing. It's actually a brilliant idea. There is no progress capture though. The divers line reels do have progress capture but no self-retraction. I believe there's a (small) market there for a gadget that involves both, no crank needed as you could just hand-over-hand haul up whatever from the ground, catches the load if you slip or want to stop, and self-winds keeping your line tidy. A toggle allows free run, for when you self the line down or want to throw the weight over a branch. Could even be mounted to a big shot pole and reel off like a speargun line if the friction was low enough. One can only dream...

Ok, I just found what I was talking about - a Diver's Reel! Check it out

Like that, gonna do it, as I have a spare chalkline! Are the DVDs worth it? Can they be got in the UK? I read his book, would like to get the video series at some stage.

All good ideas, thanks. Steve, fly fishing reels are different (maybe?) the rotation is in line with the crank. I have a surveyor tape, and thought of that. Could just wave the tape in, it's strong, but the handle is very small. For bigger weights, I'd need a serious folding handle. I may end up building something.

I was aloft today, and needed various items passed up via accessory cord. I don't like to use the tail of my climbing line as I climb SRT and most of the line stays in a sports bag on the ground, zippered nearly all the way, so if pays out only as much as I need, going up, and keeps debris out of the bag, tidy etc. The problem with the hank of accessory cord is I have to mind it, coil it, and stop it getting caught on things. I would like a gadget that is essentially a reel of throwline, with a handle to wind it up and a progress capture feature, like a fly fishing reel. One could attach a throwbag and disengage the progress capture, the bag would fall the the ground, groundie attaches whatever, and then you just reel it in, with a crank handle. If you let go of the handle, it holds the load. This would keep the line nice and tidy, only deployed when you need it, etc. I suppose I could just get a fishing reel...but fishing reels are open design, I'm looking for something fully enclosed, like a chalk line reel. (actually maybe that would do). Anyway, does anything like this exist, and if not, would there be a market for it?

You got to slice it thin and grill it. It's a whole different beast after grilling.