Whoppa Choppa

And thinking about it, how did the FC plant health bloke miss this?!

Seems us and the planting contractor have both had senior moments here. The site is very hot with PR so how on earth did we arrive at DF and S.beech 🤯.

Some clarification, since AHPP has decided, based on an obviously very long lived grudge, and also misquoted me on the recent replanting thread I posted. Lots of comments on here about cowboy / bs / can't be right / vandalism etc. The facts: Not a PAWS site - one post made that assumption with zero knowledge of the site. 90% of the trees and stumps were actually sweet chestnut, not oak. That is entirely my mistake and happy to admit it. Interestingly no-one noticed the difference when I posted the picture for scale so ID police were obviously not here! The whole site is under a SPHN. The FC have confirmed in numerous site meetings (and after deadline extensions) that the stumps are included in the SPHN conditions and must be removed one way or another. If the ground is too steep, they are looking into approving eco-plugs. The only other option is constant removal / spraying of regrowth for ever. That would be a sentence from hell if ever there was one. Plus, would you want to plant / beat-up / weed and maintain a new plantation with that lot in your way when you could have removed them?! I found my circa 5th post and it wasn't terribly rude by modern standards. There was plenty of two-way traffic in that respect. Not sure why AHPP decided now was the moment to bugger up the other thread. Cheers.

Useful derail there - not. Do I abandon this thread or hope there might be some interest or advice?

You're better than me.

When did I say that?!

Hi All, recently we felled a decent volume of PR infected Sweet Chestnut on some of my land. We've thrashed out a replanting list and want rapid establishment and have decided on a broadleaf mix with conifer nurse, pref. DF. We're going for Nothofagus (S.Beech) as it suits the area, geography, etc. Only concern is that both these are listed as "plant with caution" under FC guidance - see attached pdf. Any thoughts? Many thanks.advice_on_replanting_sites_felled_due_to_phytophthora_2017 (003) - Common names added - complete.pdf

Used to do 4 hours commuting a day (B roads); 2 there and 2 back with 8 hours machine driving in between. Good job it was machine driving and not saw work cos that wd have been too much, esp in winter. These days I can hardly cope with 25-30 miles each way which is 45 minutes of country lanes. Do physical work in the morning and machine driving in the afternoon - keeps things safe. OP - couldn't deal with 110 each way even on the M6 through Cumbria.

Why?

Its amenity value was obviously way more than it's best timber value on a good day inc processing into whatever. Hey you could have a sycamore plank on eBay turn up as "from the sycamore gap tree. Own a piece of interesting history, priceless coffee table".

RFK Jr... Wow 🤣👍.

Energy price cap increase / 10% on energy bills. Here we go again. Labour scum 🤣

🥺🤯🥴 Eh?!!! Not much rain?! It's still a swamp here in August! 🤬

There aren't any! Hand cutters. Well there are but they aren't. Dying art. Forestry down south? Are you joking?! You have 90+% of the UKs usable timber crop. All the south now plants is cabbage for the townies. Stick to spruce I tell ya!

ECHR?

https://youtu.be/JKe8ugAeTH4?si=nz08k8UZYYZjv0RR

Left means wanting a better world for everybody???!!! Riiiiight! Hmmm... Karl Marx... I'll just leave that there. 🙄

Left means wanting a better world for everybody???!!! Riiiiight! Hmmm... Karl Marx... I'll just leave that there. 🙄

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Wait until the next scamdemic - personal sovereignty regarding "vaccinations"???!!! It won't be pretty normal to respect a mans / womans right to make their own d*** health care decisions then will it!!

Oh but he knows. Yeah he definitely does. Does he?

Not giving a crap might come to haunt you when you place a high premium on accuracy and truth. In court for a false accusation, hypothetical situation, perhaps...

Does merely being "good" assure you of the eternal though?

Classic historical illiteracy.