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Acacia dealbata/Mimosa health check
AJStrees replied to John L's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Not looking good. Potentially could have been fine in a more sheltered spot to be fair. Have had similar this year with younger ones. Whereas one is a protected bed is looking good. So probably an unfortunate. -
Quite mild for a cold day. Bit of rain and snow on the way......
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I have a lot of wisteria to trim back every year. Its about 4 or more metres high up the side of a building. To be fair the least time consuming way to do it is on a ladder and secateurs. I have the ARS long reach secateurs and they are great and very light weight, however you then spend more time getting hold of what you want to cut and it gets a little bit annoying after the 100th cut. Therefore I just do the tripod ladder and secateurs. Pole saw as others have said will be too harsh on small cuts like that and will tear more than cut small branches. @Stere makes a good point about lowering your pollards so you don't have to get up so high. That might be the game changer. 👍
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A few of the birds on the pond the other day. 👍
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I think you will find garden birds are mostly what you are seeing. Woodland birds differ and the different habitats in different parts of the country get different birds. I get lots and lots of dunnocks, sparrows come by occasionally and jackdaws, but that is close to woodland area. But by the pond I get grey wagtails and woodpeckers, etc... a lot of the wild birds are pretty shy. If you look in the right places you will find tree creepers, goldcrests, greenfinch, goldfinch and a host of other birds, but they won't come for bird food too much as they like to eat other things in their natural habitat. On a different note. A male kestrel came swooping in today and picked up a worm off the path. That's what I see. Occasionally great spotted wood peckers come in for the feeders. 👍
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2015 GreenMech Arborist 19-28 refurbishment blog
AJStrees replied to GA Groundcare's topic in Large equipment
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Teeth look a bit hammered as said above. Also that file may or may not be doing the job. Get a new file for about £1.50 and then give those teeth a really good going over. 👍 Hope the resurrection goes well. Sounds like a fun project.
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Lawson Cypress or Western Red Cedar?
AJStrees replied to Clutchy's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Well could be WRC would have to see scales or what have you. Or is it crypto japo? -
Did a bit more on the oak. Onto the next section.
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Crikey. I guess there’s two of us out there. Nah definitely not me. 👍
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Overall it works pretty well once you are used to it. No never been to the Balloon pub mate. 👍
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Yep it’s the safety cut out. Bit tedious if you hit it as you feed stuff in. But otherwise it chips up good 👍 I suppose one could easily disconnect the safety option, but that would defeat having safety on it 😂
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Crikey 👍
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That's very cool to see! 👍
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Haven't used them but they do the same petrol mowers as the commercial lawnflite push mowers, they last a long time so if their handheld stuff is as good then probably a winner 👍 What sort of warranty do they have for commercial work.
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Maybe buy a timberwolf or greenmech, now that you have the forst socks. 👍
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Had the lumag out again after replacing the blades. Good job chipping up a few piles.
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I know you were asking Andy but I would imagine the wood is a lot more fibrous thank oak. Makes it much harder to mill. Milling oak is a dream with a chainsaw compared to more fibrous stuff like pine or poplar. 👍
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We had a poorly fox on the estate, we asked a local group who take care of foxes if they would help. They came and took her away, she came back a few weeks ago and looked much better. The same charity do work to help about 1000 orphaned fox cubs a year and they are always looking for places to let them out in the summer time. Looks like foxes need help at the minute. I see one or two in our woods very occasionally.
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Carried on with milling oak today. Using the 881 and 42” bar and chain. Nice bit of timber.
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I've probably got 30 or so, maybe more hanging up. Trouble is many different saws and different chains needed for those. Plus milling chains. And also it seems a good thing to get different chains and try them out and see which is best for what job. imho. I quite like a number of the different oregon chains for one saw, have recently bought some Archer full skip chains to try them out and some times one needs a good stihl milling chain or a lo pro milling chain to get the job done. Sorting them one day wouldn't be a bad idea, but then you have to keep them sorted. so I find it easier to just hang them up and find the one you need when you need it. Although in most cases I just buy a new chain when I feel the need. 👍
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Did wonder about that. 😢
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Must have hit something hard on the wee Lumag chipper. One of the blades cracked. Was a bugger to get the fifth bolt out. Lots of heat, Impact Wrench and one of those turbo sockets got it out at last. Put a new set of blades on. Looking pretty peachy now. Runs a goodun.
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Sorry to jump in on the boat/sailing thread. Did some nice oak today. Well started on the first 10’ section. IMG_1521.MOV IMG_1517.MOV IMG_1520.MOV
