5thelement
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That’s right, Navins crew took it down, they did a good job of it too. Totally pointless removal when all said and done.
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Forestry England aren’t much better than The National Trust when it comes to these decisions. They had the ‘Old Man of Kent’ felled at Bedgebury Pinetum , all 55 meters of it, due to excessive decay and the risk of failure. I ringed up the entire stem and took it to the yard to be made into play grade chip so the Tunbridge Wells kiddies don’t get their Gucci clothing dirty when they are on the swings. It was solid all the way to the main fork where one of the three leaders had previously blown out in a storm, inspection of this revealed a small rot pocket and honey bees. Just drove past this lovely Black Poplar in the grounds of the Deal castle, oddly enough, the frequent residence of The Duke of Wellington. English Heritage must have thought, feck it, let’s butcher our trees quick whilst everyone is looking the other way at The National Trust.
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Greed and corruption are the main reasons nothing is completed on time or on budget. It’s easier to blame Swampy and all the other soap dodgers though than hold these t***ts to account for this pointless and costly wildlife crime.
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They are replanting with a Sitka.
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I live in an area which has hundreds of turbines dotted around, yet the bird life is incredible, never seen a dead buzzard, crane or eagle yet, maybe they have good eyesight?
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That’s because this is an urban myth that was debunked decades ago.
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I burn at least 10m3 in just the one woodburner.
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The AA released a recall notice about this saw on 2nd August, not sure if it was posted on here. Should be able to read it at trees.org.uk
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Up to 760mm.
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And it wouldn’t pull the skin off a Rice Pudding.
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You could order a 20” chain to suit. 👍
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Leave me out of it, this if firmly the fault of the 10 year old Chinese kid who produced and packaged the piece of crap.
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The centre of London is at the statue of Charles 1, just south of Trafalgar Square, there is a plaque on the floor.
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Unless you know a scouser. 👍
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You would think with the years of development Stihl put into the 500i, someone would have noticed this ‘need’ earlier.
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Is that the thing you use to measure the size of the fence panel you need to replace?
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Never seen a tree surgeon sned in 30 years. 😂
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We already operate a points based asylum system, it just takes months or even years to process people, all the time they are in limbo and a financial drain, can’t work but not deported either. Speed this up, get legal people working or illegal gone.
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The people you voted for as in The Conservatives, they are still in charge aren’t they? Thankfulky ‘geniuses’ like yourself will set the record straight and vote the same bunch in, well done. 😂
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Wasn’t Brexit supposed to put an end to all this, regain control of our Borders and other such bo**ocks? Ive said it before, the likes of vegan Karen down the health food shop do not have any say over what the Royal Navy can do in the channel, that’s down to the people in charge, the people you voted for. Wouldn’t it be better to hold them to account rather than continually pointing the finger at everyone else?
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Posing the question on the local Facebook groups seems to be the most effective way of getting a positive result for non French speakers here.
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Should have voted for Brexit. Regain our Borders. 😂
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Why are Horticultural professionals SO devalued?
5thelement replied to Trailoftears's topic in Landscaping
I started my Forestry/Arb career after working in the landscaping side, design and build, for a number of years, largely due to a lifelong interest in plants, trees, nature and biology. I never once made any career decisions based on financial reward, if I was money orientated I would have gone into advertising, media, IT or Politics. If you want to make money from horticulture, hire a lockup and fill it full of skunk. -
I think it’s still worth a phone call as they are so convenient to you. The website seems to indicate access to good sites, see what you can pick up about the course, who is running it at what their background is, they may hire freelance instructors in specifically to run them. Interesting that they aren’t showing dates for CS32’s in the pipeline though.
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I have my doubts wether many chainsaw trousers, no matter what the rating, would stop a full chat 500i on an 8 pin sprocket, running a 15” bar before an injury occurs, combine that with the poor balance and potential for ridiculous kickback and you have a recipe for problems, hence I wouldn’t be happy accepting a saw set up like that on a basic felling course/assessment on grounds of safety.
