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Terana caerulea is pretty interesting. Not seen that and the G. species is also pretty interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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A very happy buddy by the looks of it. Great colouring he has.
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Well that is on the site I work at. I wish I could own such a good thing. But having worked here for 20 years or so I sort of consider I own it a bit. At least I can look after it and know I helped. It's a 2.5 acre pond manmade as a boating lake back in the day. Trouble is there aren't any boats anymore and at some time someone took down the old boathouse so some of the historic features aren't there anymore. Maybe one day I can get the boat house built and get a few boats back on the pond.
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Quite right. Well I hope it all works out well in the end. Despite all that though you will have a pond. Do you fish?
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What is the world coming to. Or maybe it has already come and will end soon. There has got to be a better way for the canine fecal matter disposal. I think an inventor needs to bring it into the 21st century. I also think we need to overhaul the keep Britain tidy campaign.
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With all the heavy rain over the last few months we had to lower the level of the pond as it was getting way too high. You can see how much water was coming in on a regular basis with this photo.
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I see. No contract of works to make sure he did do what he was supposed to do before paying? Only asking, not trying to wind you up further to be fair. Some things are just better done by yourself even if it takes a bit longer. But if it isn't lowering noticeably now then hopefully its not too bad. On another note there seem to be differing ideas of what is good or bad to have in the pond. Back in the day there seemed to be no understanding of the value or logs or other things being in the pond, but in fact for biodiversity reasons logs and other things in the pond make quite a big difference to what species and insects end up being able to live in the pond and surrounding area.
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Clay ponds are good if done well. Not that I have ever built one. I look after one and the dam needs some good repair and with the recent continuous rain some of the dam washed away so had to do clay repair to stop the water running out. I take it you had a contractor in to put in a clay base and make it water tight? It will I am sure become a good place for an improved wildlife population which is always a commendable thing to do for the environment.
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Taking the privet down about a foot. Using the EGO 65cm cordless hedge trimmer we bought last year for not a lot of money. Did a great job on high speed. It was far better than my top of the range Husqvarna hedge trimmer. I was impressed and it makes work easy.
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Okay thanks. Yeah I have had quotes and looked at the prices online previously. I am guessing its not going to get any cheaper. Once the funds look a little better than present I will see about getting a mixed pallet.
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Nice pond there. Is it a clay base or rubber sheet to hold the water in? Or a natural pond?
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I can understand that. Yep seems like lots of paperwork to be able to put in a pond that is only going to benefit the council by improving the environment and biodiversity. I wonder if you would get more help if you had asked for a Countryside Stewardship Grant.
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Agreed, yes seems things a less distracting or something. I managed to do a hedge I have been meaning to do for 3 years.
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Right oh. The new 24" Allett is very nice, but very pricey too.....
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What ever happened to your Allett?
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Considering this post was 6 years ago. Did you sell it? I am looking for a 20-24" cylinder at a good price in good condition.
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Who buys bulk Aspen, where from and how much and what cost? Just trying to find the best deal on a pallet load it all seems pretty pricey but obviously better to buy in bulk than a few bottles at a time.
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Well with all this COVID 19 going on, gotta keep the hygiene in. So thought I would clean it up a bit. Bit of petrol, diesel and elbow grease worked wonders, besides its a fairly new bench to be fair.
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Yes that's a good point. But is it unsweetened organic almond milk or sweetened and would it not be bought at Waitrose rather than Tesco's or Asda.
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That is a good point. I hadn't thought about that. Glass and steel are less likely to burn until it gets to become a very hot fire. But what about all the polyester in the clothes shops?
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Well it was probably upper class as it just happened to be a big bag of Alpen probably bought from Safeways.
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Well said. Yes I am pretty sure the rats are already everywhere, its just that with people not in their shops and streets without people, the rats will probably get a little bit more adventurous. I don't live anywhere near a city. I just don't particularly want the plague to start over again. Or the fire of London.
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Interesting I had always thought the black rat as the sewer rat and the brown rat as the countryside rat, but seemingly I was wrong. Which I am quite surprised about, I have only been wrong twice before in my life, so this will be a day to remember. No but seriously. Growing up in the country and finding what looked to be the largest rat I have ever seen with what seemed to be large red eyes, nibbling through a large bag of muesli in the pantry was quite a shock at the time. These days you see them on farms or poisoned by the pest control bloke. Didn't realise the black rat had been taken out by the brown.
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Hedge trimmer needing a sharpen. Given it a good going over.
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One thing that concerns me, is if shops are all shut and roads cleared in cities. There will inevitably start being a rat problem imo. Once rats get the idea that human action has stopped then they may well start taking over in cities especially, they stay away while there is human activity, but once quiet there could well become a fairly large rate infestation. I don't mind rats myself, out in the country the brown rat abounds, but in cities, the black rat is always hiding in some dark alley. Just a thought.
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