waterbuoy
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We have a mixture of approx 30-35 Douglas Fir, spruce and larch down the side of our garden - all mature trees, some over 80' tall and up to a metre dbh. The whole strip is used as a daily commute by a mixture of deer - predominantly reds but also some sikas. What with the red squirrels it can look like a scene out of Bambi or Snow White at times I've noticed in recent months that there are some decent sized hemlocks that have self seeded - all from a couple of specimens located at the southerly end of the strip. I've had to cut back the lower branches on the mature hemlocks for access etc, but there was no sign of grazing on the branches that we removed. Not sure how much this helps you, just an observation. It may well be that the deer are spoilt for choice and are moving through to a more tasty meal....
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It'll depend hugely on ground conditions, whether or not the second plantings have been mounded and the volume of the dose. A (very) long time ago I used to do this at weekends with three pals on second plantings here in Argyll (I think against pine weevils). We'd carry 50l tanks on our backs and had to wear taped up pvc suits, wellies and full head protection etc. The 'spray' was actually a sheep dosing gun which was bl**dy hard work on the forearm and hand after a few hours. Typically we would do 10-12 tanks a day (each) when the plantings were buried in the brash, but could manage more than 15 tanks a day if they were mounded. Very hard work, but good money and I've never been as fit!
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Can't help but think that if you plant the trees downslope of the garden area as your initial post suggests, then the nutrients will leach down the slope anyhow without the roots having to 'grow uphill' as you seem to fear. The moisture will certainly head in that direction unless physically prevented from doing so.
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Surely just a Stihl bar cover on?
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Only Fools and Horses gets my vote, followed closely by Porridge
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knitting
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Love the fact he gets his man in to tap the wedges in for him!
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Terminate
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Just to pick upon the threads of a couple of days ago relating to the use of cordwood and cords etc. Yesterday we visited friends in Herefordshire who live in a house on the banks of the Wye. Their house is next to the site of a sawmill which has been in existence for more than two centuries. In their front hall they have an old school desk on which was placed one of the original sales ledgers - this one started in 1813! - a real thing of beauty with full copperplate script etc One of the very first entries was for '20 cords of cordwood', a term which regularly appeared throughout the rest of the ledger. Other uses included '61' of birch cordwood' (why 61? - I have no idea!) and 'x' cords of 'y' timber. My own understanding is that cordwood is roundwood which is not for milling, and that a cord is a volumetric measurement of this. The ledger contains repeated entries which confirm this interpretation, indicating that neither term is particularly modern!
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Stupendous
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?? a? (that was a ref to opponents)
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Omnipresent
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Orientation
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astronaut
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Tree Creeper
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enthusiastic
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hangover
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migraine
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mendip
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Liechtenstein
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treeeemendous
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Agreed Most rivers will be running at less than 2 m/s (or c.4.5 mph) We sometimes rig up the line with a weak link on the far bank so that when the 'floater' grabs hold it will release and bring them back in to the near bank from where they started.
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thingummyjig
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kleptomania
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A couple of images taken from the web showing the difference between the CO2 inflation type lifejackets when inflated, and a standard buoyancy aid (if this works it'll be my first posting of images so please be patient!) When we have had the autoinflate type jackets inflate on us it has occasionally been the case that we have had to deflate with a knife to allow us to get back on board and/or ashore in faster moving water
