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I'm imagining it purely for spruce and conny tops. Lots of those for me to do after Eowyn, people are scared! So that one that you had to get the rope up into after making your cuts... I wonder if that little cone could have fixed the problem instead of rope juggling. I'm sure we've all had a top or two like that, you think it'll go on it's own but then the wind shifts slightly or whatever... it might just be a good backup plan to have available. If you are doing a dozen tops, say, it might make the difference between tugging 6 of them with a rope instead of 9... depending on lean and wind. Djaknow? But I've never seen anyone on here raving about them, so maybe they are a dud, and I'll spend that 50 euro on chicken necks and hashish instead.

This is the official avocado husbandry thread as well.

Steven (if that is your real name... we've still not seen a scan of your passport or driver's licence as proof...), you are just so god-damned patient. Where did you get all that patience? You obviously have children.

There was a brief mention of this thing in a thread a while ago, but no discussion. I was wondering if anyone had any strong opinions either way to share on it. "No more dragging and hitting with heavy hammers! Jonko cone wedge especially designed to use in a tree and to fell small to medium size trees with a slight overhang. Due to one year of field testing different prototypes and different threads we managed to design a good functioning cone wedge. Jonko is the result and can therefore be used in a broad range of applications." Seems like it'd be handy for knocking the tops of spruce and cypress that aren't quite leany enough to use a rope and a groundie... or for overcoming a little bit of a breeze coming from the wrong direction, but not much... I think there's a narrow band between getting a rope out and not needing one in which this would be a useful tool. But is that band too narrow for this to be worthwhile? (It's reduced from 65 to 50euro at the moment, I'm just debating whether or not to drop it in the basket!)

You know what? Fair f*cking play to them. Hope they get rich. I'm going to start offering stumps too.

I don't think so, no, but if they'd brought themselves over 10,000 years ago instead... yes. So there must be a cut-off point somewhere on that timeline, for me anyway. How long does it take for a species to become naturalised? Of course, Irish and British flora, fauna, and feather are so similar anyway, does it really matter? Can magpies here be thought of as invasive when the same species have to deal with them just on the other side of the Irish sea? Big questions that I don't feel particularly equipped to deal with at the moment.

Good man kram. Set aside anything with big rot pockets. Perfect for fairy doors.

Morning all! Another day, let's get at it... ...bruh...

So freaking clever. To be honest, I might try and befriend these ones. Maybe I'll take some shreds of meat up there tomorrow to bribe the younglings with. I've always wanted a corvid army. This nest is very impressive, I have to say. It has a roof.

Sorry to lower the tone again... I know the Harvard thing is a BFD. But I was just wondering... who is making this sort of thing? What are they... doing... with it?

Not as adorable as a clutch of tiny little blue tit chicks or something like that, and not exactly ideal for the local population of nesting birds... especially here in Ireland, where they are non-native originally and brought themselves over in just the last few hundred years; but still fun to see. Four little critters I think, and almost ready for fledging by the looks of it. I realise I don't have a picture of the nest from below. I'll fix this tomorrow morning.

24 hours. Day one!

Ahh, I was just about to ask where you'd planted those, at first glance it looked outsidey, like on a big porch. But then on closer inspection I noticed the window and the rug. I'm just wondering how hardy avocadoes can be. Mine are chomping at the bit to get back outside for the summer.

Hard agree, obviously. Gaybo.

Keep in mind that for doing 2 tunnels instead of 1, you'll have to add 2x the height of the tunnels to the total length needed... which might make the length available impractically short. Also keep in mind that ordering new polythene doesn't waste the old, short sections... you can make very useful mini tunnels out of pallets and waterpipe or electric ducting.

Stick it out for a few years, it's regular work and regular pay, you'll clock up the hours on a saw and all the other tools and put you in a good position to move in your preferred direction when it comes along. You'll probably get to network a bit too. (Window cleaning... for realiously?)

They are doing things now.

Oh, it's not you, it's a stranger. In that case we can drop the niceties and cut to the chase. It's a f*cking stupid idea, he's a dozy c*nt for considering it, and you're a sh*tty friend for going along with it.

Looks class. Well jel. Hey. Hey. I want you to take that negative attitude, plant it in the ground, and grow some helpful suggestions with it instead. At least the tunnel will be well ventilated.