Steven P

'Wild Sling'. Only saying.

'Wild Sling'. Only saying.

I've got one of the long handled puller things which knocks them back for about a season. If you don't kill off all the roots they come back. A proprietary spray should work but I always worry that I am also killing off the good stuff - soil is full of handy bugs and bacteria and of course, the biggies like worms - I prefer the harder method of digging up what I don't like. Speaking of roots - for the hippies - can make a nice tea like drink, don't expect a strong taste. Need organic gardening with that. Also just now round my way are Hawthorn leaves (better taste than nettles) and wild garlic leaves

I thought all that was sorted out, hostages returned weeks ago, I know they have cause Trumpy promised all hell breaking loose if they weren't and no hell has broken loose yet.

I had some Boron from these people, I had a powder to mix up but haven't seen that there for a while. Go 10% strength (can go stronger with the powder!). Info on their website matches my pest controllers thoughts, As far as I was told these treatments are surface treatments, the worms will only get killed when they chew their way out, but also on the way in, so they won't get out to breed (and if they do, won't get in again). The lava are the worms of the wood worm beetle! Small black beetle, 1mm diameter (depends on the breed, the size if the exit hole). Freezing should also kill them off, about -5 deg for a few days (obviously all the wood has to cool to that and not just surface temperature), not sure about heat treatment, never looked at that, just shoving stuff outside in winter, would that work kind of thinking. They don't like to chew through varnish and paint, so if they are out and about are likely to find other wood - your varnished dining table will be OK but they will go for the floorboards. Last thing for now is they have a 4 or 5 year lifecycle, quietly eating away for 5 years before they come out to breed, a bad infestation might be a few generations old. I'd be tempted to cut it up, and put on a few liberal coats on a surface, let it run into all the holes and dry - more penetration is good, then turn it over and do the same to the other side. Make what you want and then treat the new cuts the same. Not sure if soaking the wood overnight would be a problem or not. Pest controller killing things was his special interest. 'Organic Guy'.. not sure if all the treatments on offer are organic though Woodworm Treatment Shop WWW.WOODWORM-INFO.CO.UK Woodworm Shop for Boron based Woodworm Treatments - safe, no smell, no solvents

Cheers for finding this one out YourNameHere - taken a couple of smaller trees out the river this winter so handy to know I was mostly on the right track. Learning points for The Boys will pulleys and more knots.

FYI the link checked out factually, the poster is not known for posting politically biased or misleading links. No need to comment further.

Put your details into the tip sites above, you might get some success there,. Enquired with a couple of arborists, might be worth following up with a phone call or looking to see who is the most local to you. Remembering in both cases that local firms might have arrangements in place for their 'waste', so might not be successful, also note that everyone wants logs at the moment, you could be on the list to contact but be near the bottom of the list. Might be that you keep an ear open for the sound of chainsaws - a friendly face enquiring has get me the best results generally rather than an anonymous e-mail. Obviously pick your time to ask, not when they are half way up a tree for example. Don't be picky what you ask for. Oak logs are never going to happen, everyone wants oak, but if you are happy with softwoods that no one wants you might get lucky too. So for me I had a word with some local land owners, local tree surgeons and the odd email and that does me OK.

Linkedin and The Telegraph. Must be well considered and true!

Ahh, I was meaning UK supermarkets, not US supermarkets, sorry. No I don't think that US meat matches UK or European standards in hygiene or production. Like you I would prefer UK (and Irish) meat.

Likewise, if the hygiene standards are up to scratch then no problem, however in many countries I would be making sure the food is properly cooked. Noting that a lot of UK supermarket meat meets Halal and kosher standard. They also meet UK hygiene standards. Surprised you missed that, it was a big thing in The Daily Mail a while ago

My take on chlorinated chicken is that it masks poor hygiene practices in the food chain. There was a report I read ages ago, so no linkm that often the chlorine reduces harmful bacteria but doesn't eliminate them, those with a reduced immune system could still be at risk from food poisoning. I don't think the UK should go down that route, far better to keep the hygiene standards high

Was just looking at that - it isn't 100% but pretty good TOW Feature Min Height Min Area Max Area Lone Tree 3m 5m² 350m² Group of Trees 3m 5m² 1000m² Small Woodland 3m 1000m² NA

Fairly confident that in the next 3 3/4 years (or 3 1/2 till the next US election) that consumer prices in the US will be higher than they are today... even with the usual "accounting for inflation".. that might have to be another one I come back to and say "I told you so". The US business model is make as much money as possible. I think it is fair to say that if an importing direct competitor puts their prices up and without their cheaper price to moderate the market you'd put the prices up to capitalise. Could you in all seriousness - and you are not an idiot Gareth so I usually assume your thought is considered - in all serious could you stand up and be counted to say that after a short period of price increases brought on by tariffs, once US manufacturing and production kicks in US goods will drop again to their starting price (plus inflation). ** Inflation... of course I am assuming normal about 3% inflation and not inflation brought in by price increases caused by tariffs

Oh, folks it is an option to fill in the details!! Cool. Stubby, current role is not really a secret, more an irrelevance. Ability to read the news and the internet is more useful in some threads.