Dan Maynard
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Maybe, but also very common. It's the end result of our society having lost the link between what we grow and what we eat - impossible to exactly match industrial scale food production to demand, and we don't like to see shortages in the supermarket, so there has to be a percentage excess which needs disposing.
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A really good soak every two weeks would be much better than a little bit of water every day, you'd be helping a lot and especially with a good layer of mulch to help it soak in rather than evaporate. I guess fingers crossed and keep and eye on the tree.
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These people are into compost and biomass, worth talking to I would have thought. They also have a stream for waste wood eg fencing, no idea about MDF though. https://www.envar.co.uk/biomass-production-and-supply/ Only other people I know in related field is Janbor, at least you could talk to him about what you need or potential markets https://www.janbor.co.uk/
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The negative is it spreads all over the place and the roots are about 3 miles deep so it's really difficult to get rid of.
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It probably be happier in the ground to be honest, although it's late in the year to plant now.
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I took down some leylandii for a Chinese couple, they reckoned to cultivate some mushroom on the wood. They said so many different types of mushroom, some will be ok.
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Oooh the plot thickens.
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That's a lorry load of aubergine next to a lorry load of flowers, you could tip 5 ton a week of sawdust here and they wouldn't hardly notice - as long as it's clean.
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Composting seems the best choice, round here they are pleased to mix wood in as it adds fibre to the waste fruit and veg.
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Photos of you/your work from days of yore.
Dan Maynard replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Picture Forum
Ah I see there's only two of you, I thought there'd be "tree" fellas! (also heard circa 1984) -
Better start riding then!
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Top one could be birch as well, young branches are dark.
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It's not what you want to hear but it needs watering really to get through the first summer. This is the most difficult time for it because the heat increases, rain decreases, and roots are not well established. Can you get there with a caravan water roll type thing? A good soaking once a month would be better than nothing.
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If you are watering it, how much are you putting on? If you dig down a few inches (not too near the tree) is the soil damp? It's got to be a good soaking to get down to the roots, maybe scoop a bit of a hole and pour several buckets full there - people are often surprised by how much water is needed.
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Before we had a dog we used to have a bowl of cat food down in the kitchen, the chickens found it once and from that point on they were always trying to sneak in the house any time the door was ajar. Got quite long memories too. They're now fenced in away from the dog so no longer a problem.
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And I wouldn't get the rope guide as I prefer a multisaver, but either way that cambium saver is limited. Having said that, I'd take a step back and ask why choose a set if you don't know what you need - is this for starting out, rec climbing, to take on a course? The Treehog to me is the most uncomfortable harness I've ever sat in so not a great starting point in any case. Take time and work it out, rather than buy a load of stuff that's not useful.
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.. and second as said above, keep your ear out on local ads / village FB etc. We've got quite a few hens that way and I've also helped move chicken runs which people had got and didn't want any more.
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Ours are in an old shed, I made a bit of a nest box inside. Honestly they aren't fussy about your woodwork skills so just crack on and have a go, you'll get better with practice - it's about being self sufficient after all. The roosting rails in mine are stood on metal bars, when there's a touch of mite I just chuck them and cut a couple of fresh ones rather than trying to clean the wood.
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I've got K&N air filters on my Spitfire which are washed and then oiled, agreed the point of the oil is to make them catch the dust but obviously lot less of it around there.
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Jam
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The NPTC certs don't really include the tree biology that is in the ISA cert. I guess more equivalent here would be level 2 arb.
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I wondered how they work for this reason, I think the tooth geometry is completely different so the sharpening can be done from the top, and because it rubs on the way round the sprocket the raker will stick out and have a chance to be lowered to match. I've not used one but guess it's better than a blunt chain, so for domestic use taking the skill out of sharpening may be worthwhile.
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Mind you, he never has to struggle thinking of present ideas for his wife. Only thing is when she takes hold of the heavy gun shaped parcel she's a shrewd idea what is under the wrapping paper...
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East Anglia, south west corner of Cambridgeshire near to Northamptonshire.
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Most around that field are fine but an older one on the other side isn't looking well - but is that just drought?
