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I was about to say, heavy machinery sounds way outside the realm of pottering. I think there needs to be some real discussion about what pottering actually entails.
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Looks like a horse chestnut......
peds replied to Orchardman's topic in Tree Identification pictures
How segmented? My conker tree has 2 or 3 nuts per husk... (I think... ask again in another month or so...) Could we get a fruit dissection photo? -
Also interested in the answer to this, as I've been doing this on a much smaller machine for a while now! I might shuffle repairing the off switch higher up the To Do list...
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Just on the tech specs the 250 is not a lot heavier than the 200 (105kg, 117kg, 145kg),and has nearly the same power as the 300 (60/80mm max against 80/100mm). Probably not quuiite as durable though. This is all far too targeted, and not at all pottery. Should probably redirect to the wee chipper thread.
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Have you considered a magnet on a stick? That's useful, there's obviously a big jump in capability to m400, but it doesn't seem the kind of thing I'd want to wrestle around on my own as much as a 300... and I'm wondering if I'd get away with even the m250. * The wasps nest doesn't exist. There's just a whole pile of them gorging on ivy flowers. I have suggested a number of approaches to my stepfatherinlaw. Complete inactivity seems to be the favoured route at the moment.
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Healthy balanced breakfast.
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That was a roller coaster ride! ...and I agree with every word. Very important wee beasties, absolutely essential to a well-functioning ecosystem, and a total nuisance when they find themselves in the wrong place. Flight path diversion or relocation preferred, eradication a close runner up. Do you already have a suitable forwarding address to send any unwanted gays? Err, sorry, I mean wasps.
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I'd like an AI prompt artwork of the same scene 100 years into the future, please.
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Today I have to assess and take any action necessary on a wasp nest at my mother-in-law's new house, plant a few gooseberry bushes, grind the edge back on to a couple of neglected kitchen knives, hang a couple of pictures, and ideally do a bit of strimming... but annoyingly, I have to go and be social at an RNLI family barbecue right in the middle of peak productivity time. How mobile is the m300? I'm looking at finally getting a wee chipper, the Jo Beau offerings seem to get heavier quickly with incremental grunt increases...
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I was about to say, in the good old days carpets were 100% biodegradable, but it'd be rare to find one of those these days. They've probably already all been composted.
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Any time on this yet?
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
peds replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Oh that's a big question, lots going on. Oak, sycamore, hazel (visible in photo), beech are the most significant nearby, but also sitka and cedar. It's on a regular dogwalk, I'll get more specifics the next time I pass by. What struck me was that he was growing almost with his feet in the water, right by the lake. In the meantime though... how about this little superstar! -
Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
peds replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Lakeside boletus -
Could be a spill seeping through the soil... any other death or destruction around the first dead tree? What's on the other side of the fence? Would it be too much trouble to get a few photos of the situation?
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Perfidious Albion at it again!
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That's certainly the traditional lid, and people have used it without complaint for generations. But here on the west coast of Ireland with this summer of rain, and last year the same, my pile would be soup, or so severely leached as to be worthless. Better to control the input of water if possible, I think.
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I like to think that the near constant rain out here rinses enough salt off pre-harvest, while still on the beach. Steeping in a barrel is definitely the quickest and easiest way to get usable product, but have a look at the options for just rotting it down "dry", and collecting the liquid runoff... you get a thick, dark, treacly liquid that you then dilute to use. Works for comfrey, seaweed, nettle, whatever. Rocket fuel!
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They're all at it, those Celts. There are remote islands up in the outermost Hebrides where it's literally the only significant quantity of organic material available, and I'd imagine they get more salt on the land after a single stormy day at sea than after a whole year of seaweed mulching. Although, that could also explain the lack of other organic material available.
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Certainly here in Ireland, at least, I think traditionally one would have had a few sons 15-20 years before you needed the help. Have you considered this route at all?
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It's absolutely something to be aware of, and I'm sure that if you were to continuously mulch the same spot year after year with copious quantity of it, you'd definitely see an increase in salt levels in the soil. Whether or not that increase is big enough to have any major effect on plant life there is another question, and probably very species dependent. But it certainly doesn't seem to have had much of a detrimental effect in places where they've been using seaweed as a fertiliser on a significant scale for hundreds, or even thousands of years... the Channel Islands, here on the wesht coast of Ireland... possibly others... To be honest, it's not something I've ever lost any sleep over. Hope it's not one of those things that comes back and bites me in the ass in 40 years' time!
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You should absolutely give it a good soaking if it dries out, especially if it's well ventilated. A few days of rain is better than standing there with a hose, in my opinion. Then yeah, a few sheets of cardboard for thermal insulation and extra housing/food for creepy crawlies, then compost bag plastic... black side up, to catch the sun. The 4" pipe is for ad-hoc addition of nitrogen supplements. About a pint each morning, and more in the evening if I've been drinking.
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Seaweed isn't exactly rare for me, I throw it into and under everything. I collect it in 70 litre bags after storm surges, it gathers nice and neatly at the top of any number of nearby beaches, depending on the direction it was coming from. Lovely smelly stuff, the stinkier the better. But yes, you are absolutely right, and I have an IBC and two 200 litre barrels set aside especially for brewing tea in. Empty at the moment, I'm still waiting to get my tunnels built here at the new house...
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First pile of the new house set to cook. Kitchen scraps that aren't appropriate for chickens saved up in the dalek, and then when full to the brim, a pallet bin built around it, dalek lifted, then and filled and tossed about with seaweed, chicken litter floor scrapings, comfrey, and nettle. Left under the rain for two days, then a lid of cardboard and plastic bags. Probably leave it cooking until Christmas or so.
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Always better than the alternative. Rest well, recover.
