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spookygonk posted:I hope storm Eunice doesn't crap over everything you have going on there. It's now a red weather warning here, poo poo will happen and I'm just gonna have to show up in a few days and hope it wasn't anything too expensive/didn't leave anything too big for me to handle
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Eunice by name, Eunice by nature    Bright, clear and sunny on the way in. Drove in so I could dump stuff off and then hiked in myself   Trees down- wish I had gotten more pictures, especially of one that came down on the neighboring farm- told myself I would do it on the way back out and forgot  The one I was especially worried about last time fell most of the way but is now caught up in another tree and still a big risk- I think I can handle it, gonna do some reading and thinking- it's right over my main path in, so it's gotta be dealt with somehow   Office got hosed up too -Or- Goddamn shelterbench, drunk and angry again  I think the shelterbench is heavier than me at this point, so restoring it included levers and piles of rocks and such and very few pictures because doing it solo while slipping around in the mud and sharp things was double plus special funtimes!  After a bit of thinking and a lot of sweating everything was back to shipshape and bristol fashion- some damage to a table and the old bench but fixable- everything else was just light cosmetic damage   Then I went off and collected my supplies- plenty of water of various grades, birdfood, a bunch of simple meals, seeds, jeyes fluid and other random housewares stuff  Lots of deer around, always when I haven't got my phone to hand    Right. So. Storytime. An old plastic sandbag which had a bunch of other similar heavy duty bags inside, had blown into the pond. I fished it out with a branch, and these two different types of newt (the brown one is a smooth and the dark green with the funky head a palmate) fell out while I was draining it off- both alive but sleepy  So I put down some straw around them and laid the bag over them and carefully secured the bag with rocks and as such I think I have given them the best possible shot at things. No idea if they were in the bag before it flew into the pond or if they got in after- it's a bit too early for them to be out but that's the case for all nature down here right now.  The birds were really impatient by the time I fixed up the office and grabbed supplies and had a double newt encounter, but goddamn what a treat for them- the mealworms are starting to smell pretty good to me  Solar panel was torn away, wires rent- seemed to still be giving voltage, stashed for repairs in the future  Really was a hell of a few storms, pulled some of the reinforced eyelets right out of the tarps. Spent a bunch of time stocking the caravan up and then tidying up a bit, taking stock and dragging out a binbag full of crap  Well the storms have caused some work but that just means more, soon!
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I've enjoyed keeping half an eye on this thread for years, thanks. What are you doing with the downed tree's, leaving them as habitats or tidying up? We've had trees down in the garden, but it's hard to leave it messy with limited space.
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Megabook posted:I've enjoyed keeping half an eye on this thread for years, thanks. What are you doing with the downed tree's, leaving them as habitats or tidying up? We've had trees down in the garden, but it's hard to leave it messy with limited space. I will clear out the pathways, which includes dealing with the massive one blocking the pathway in, others that are in the woods will be left alone, or used to plant some stuff around for hedgerow creation if there's a good spot Will be using the bulk of the wood cleared for habitat creation (laziness in not wanting to haul it around as well as a sense of care for the environment) but will probably take some firewood too- much is old, dead and quite dry hardwood- or any suitable lengths for constructing another wall or two on the office
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What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs, and over your neighbor's dog?  Got run literally half off the road today on a narrow country lane and the side of the car has even more scratches now and also I think my arsehole took a bite out the driver's seat but look at the pretty flowers   Love standing and watching them flit around and feed    After a coffee, the before pictures  Long term viewers have seen this bit of pipe before! I kinda wish I had robbed it to use elsewhere as it had been turfed up by the fall but it's part of the habitat again now   4 whole makita batteries didn't last long today, a lot of hard-cutting   The wood was variable between rotten and long, long dried to the point of coming apart in sheets with a feel between balsa and styrofoam- but none of it was wet wood, a fact much lamented as I only had wet wood blades  I spent a long time walking around the bigger fallen tree and swearing- mainly cause I couldn't figure a good place to start, so I found the safest place to be, and spent a very long time cutting through this with the bowsaw at a weird angle then yelping and fleeing into a holly bush when the bark gave way and everything started moving    On inspection, the larger section was rife with longterm signs of animal activity and it only seems right to be laying these bits down to rest as habitat once again I'm still robbing a little bit for tinder tho  Most of the top of the tree is caught up in other trees off to the top left of this picture and the whole thing was under weird tensions from the rot and drying out and acting very strangely- and I spent a long time putting weakening cuts in and jumping up and down on it to bring it down and lodge it somewhat against the ground/other logs to make it a bit safer before moving in for the big kill   With the weight now taken off either side and judicious use of a wedge, this cut wasn't too bad- which was good, because I had stupidly pushed way too hard and not stopped to eat and rest, and as a result had a big ol' flare up of ME/CFS symptoms    The after pictures- had wanted to do more and get things cleared out more but didn't count on how much work it would be  Here's one just over the borderline, and beyond my responsibilities   The pond got bigger and the entrance to the northern section is soon gonna need a boat to cross the ditches and the shallow seas beyond  The temporary newt hotel is now a temporary newt submarine  Having the paved bit in the office is really nice and safe and comfortable but there's still a mud problem just moved over a bit so I guess I need more slabs and to do something with the approaches to the slabs to dry em out a bit  Guess who's finally getting a motherfuckin' chainsaw  . More. Soon.
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gently caress yeah  Won't ever be that clean again, time to make it earn it's keep  The rudest dudes in town, presiding    Real nice day for it too, shame some parts are so muddy but we can fix that later in the year  salesman told me that if I encounter god, god will be cut, provided I use the approved bar and chain oils  Started with some nice and easy practice cuts while laughing maniacally before moving on to clear some pathway    The rotten bits were interesting to cut, and made excellent biodiversity habitat that was already pretty biodiverse  Made a nice little pile to rot down ontop of an area already used for a long time to break down wood  Flies landed in this at least twice, if it happened more than twice the number of eaten flies today will increase correspondingly       Lots of logs built up. Lots. Had to start hiding them all over the place and was pretty drat tired when I was finally done with it     some before/after action- that pathway is clear   Was gifted some spare onion sets so chucked them into a bucket of compost to see what happens  There will be more, soon.
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Happy springtime DDan! These pictures are good for the soul. Hope your health is kinder to you this year.
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Maugrim posted:Happy springtime DDan! These pictures are good for the soul. Hope your health is kinder to you this year. Thanks buddy, you too!  between the meds and the occupational therapists regimen things have gotten pretty tolerable/predictable compared with how it was- other stuff in my life just keeps happening at the moment and getting in the way of my plans of visiting twice a week but that's just how things are sometimes
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DesperateDan posted:
A few tips, take it slow and work from the crown back. Depending on how long it’s been over, the root plate may fall back into the hole once the weight starts to be removed. Also, the tension and compression could be all over the place and it’s very easy to get your saw trapped, so again take it slow and keep an eye on what the cut is doing. This is literally what I’ve been clearing over the past couple of weeks!
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Catzilla posted:A few tips, take it slow and work from the crown back. Depending on how long it’s been over, the root plate may fall back into the hole once the weight starts to be removed. I've put a hugeee root wad back over on a big cottonwood that fell. Absolutely a good tip
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Catzilla posted:A few tips, take it slow and work from the crown back. Depending on how long it’s been over, the root plate may fall back into the hole once the weight starts to be removed. Harry Potter on Ice posted:I've put a hugeee root wad back over on a big cottonwood that fell. Absolutely a good tip I thankyou both for your advice and caution but that particular tree is not on my land and I'm glad of it cause I'm not ready for that yet- I expect as it's off the pathway it will probably be left alone, but not my circus, not my monkeys with enough 5 amp hour batteries I could probably conquer earth     the smell of the place is amazing right now and theres signs of life all over   while wearing the chainsaw chaps I often sing tracks from the popular video game fallout new vegas while swaggering around acting like a cowboy but what else is a fella with a big iron gonna do i do it without the chaps on as well   First up was some path clearance   Only harvested a little for firewood, the rest became stored carbon deposits/habitat  I had wanted to fell the two trees to the middle of the picture, finishing the pond edge clearance project- wind was gusting too hard to do it safely (especially with limited chainsaw experience) so these two are gonna get a reprieve till at least winter because the bees were all over the fresh blooming flowers so the sap is probably in full flow now   pond got destumped with some interesting challenges to the newbie chainsaw slinger     So then I started work on sorting my building wood from firewood from previous cuts and the stumps from the pond, and cutting it to suitable length for both building and fires- gonna have a nice new office wall, coming soon    Firewood storage is now properly full and I need to split and bag and make some delivery of older stocks to make some room  The clearup and stocking was tiring but it was nice to get it sorted out- now ready for a log wall build  Weather is meant to be sunny for a week in a row, will be interesting to see if it can dry up some of this rasputitsa   Before from a few months ago/now- not the whole bit I wanted clear but most of it is good enough for now  The game is afoot! More! Soon!
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spookygonk posted:That's sterling work, Dan. Thanks- that pathway is part of the main route in but I don't tend to use that segment much and maintain it as backup so it's a lot less muddy than the others right now- it gets lovely sunlight at sunrise/sunset because it's running headed pretty much directly south, and it's a good place to spot deer- I should probably shift the trailcam there next time round
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kin     so my dear old auntie came down for a look around today- she sends her warmest regards. Not really much of an update 'cause I was being a polite nephew and providing coffee and answering questions and such but hey I was here and taking photos so you might as well take a peek too    Afterwards we walked up and had a look at the old ww2 AA gun position- seems much as the last time I saw it More, soon!
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 I asked them so politely to go back to bed and assured them it wasn't time to wake up yet but they didn't believe me   Between hard cracked earth and boot grabbing mud, less than ten metres. Unseasonably warm and I'm hoping for rains again.  55 plants    About a dozen or so were used next to the pathway near the entrance, berberis and cotoneaster and such for this sunnier patch  A little further back I arranged some logs into a vague guideline for a hedgerow wall    Make holes either side of/inside the logline, stomp plants into them- quickthorn and blackthorn and dogrose, hardy staples of the undergrowth. More old logs/branches to be added.... whenever.  Had to go back for five more to help bring us to a nice round figure (normally my round figure is the result of bacon double cheeseburgers)  And here's the after picture, which might as well be the before picture because 50 odd additional sticks among the crowd don't really stand out too well  Did a check on the plantings of yesteryears- this maple is doing me proud, and the vast majority of things I checked today were thriving   If you only count numbers, then I'm near halfway done planting- in reality most of the easy ones have been done and the real digging work still awaits. More. Soon.
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AKZ posted:I recognize a morakniv when I see one. Beautiful work too. We started developing a private blufftop campsite last summer and I can't wait to get up there shortly. Thanks- I don't feel complete over there without my mora now- good luck with your work, get stuck in  come rain, hail or snow- won't stop the show  When I left home it was bright and sunny and when I got to the village it was snowing and I had to hike double distance in, due to road closures (for roadworks not snow) https://i.imgur.com/YRlmxXG.mp4 Photos didn't really do the snow justice so here's part of my walk in throught the miracle of motion pictures hopefully   birds appreciated the feed a bit more than normal I think  About as much more as I appreciated the coffee and my scarf/jacket/gloves more I guess   Checked on some blossoms around the place to see how bad the cold snap gets them- fingers crossed for little damage    Decided to properly test/fix the solar panel, this end was fine, the other end of the leads was damaged to the point the wire was snapped inside the sheath providing a dodgy connection so I had to trim a few cm off the cable to make good    Stuck it to a window. Could have done better, especially on angle, but at least its up and providing power- filled two mouseholes on the front panel as well, will see if they eat 2015 era knock-off no more nails and add steel wool/expanding foam as needed   And we are back to power- luckily the little internal panel was still giving some juice to the new battery while the big one was ripped off so it had stayed alive. Checked the fan was working but kept it turned off till next visit to let the system get a nice charge going (hopefully)  Door of the caravan was marked with blood, maybe 12 to 24 hours fresh- could find no trail away nor fur nor feather to identify, and I don't think it's Passover for another two weeks so   I bailed just as the weather got nice again- got a lot on my plate right now but I'm still hopeful that there will be more, soon. DesperateDan fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Mar 31, 2022 |
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the lightly soiled dozen comradeship through joy (about the seeds)   Grabbed a dozen for some hedge- mountain ash and silver birch, walnut and dog rose   fresh roots galore, worms a' wrigglin   partial before/after- the whole dozen went in on this stretch of pathway on the edge of the northern swamps  still got power, fuckin' awesome  you know what else we got? ONIONS MOTHERFUCKER      only had the energy for that dozen- ended up spending a long time sat enjoying the place and resting a little- but as the roots be shooting hard I'm obliged to make plans for more, soon
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Lackmaster posted:How’d you learn to do all this, Dan? You just pick up the Mora. It'll guide your hand.
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Been going through the trailcam footage and I would bet the contents of my wallet that one of the muntjac is heavily pregnant Unfortunately reputable betting establishments won't accept an old train ticket, a novelty oversized paperclip or an expired condom as legal tender Lackmaster posted:How’d you learn to do all this, Dan? It's been very gradual with lots of small bits of learning spread out over a long time of doing things- fortunately things are often very hard to properly/permanently gently caress up, and unless you get deep into the science of things, it's not very complex to understand either. There's been a few bits on youtube that I picked up stuff up from but my go-to resources are normally the RHS plant guides and a bunch of DG Hessayon books Most of it is just following nature- certain plants favour certain conditions, so I look them up and do my best to provide for them while picking new varieties to suit the lay of the land. Animals and insects generally want to be left alone to exploit the habitats. Work like cutting wood in winter and planting in spring happens because it makes it easier and gives better results- main thing is just to keep turning up to do all the small things and the big bits just fall into place TLDR: I hosed 'aboot and found 'oot endlessmonotony posted:You just pick up the Mora. It'll guide your hand. And also this
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SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:Ducks! And they were there again today, but left me with nothing but flaps and angry quacks and a magical feeling endlessmonotony posted:I meant to give a more serious answer to this, but I ended up sorting my knives instead. these posts brought to you by mora gang I really need to take a few hours for some sharpening- both for my knives and for my wellbeing. I could spend a whole bunch on a really "nice" knife but even if I spent £2-300 I don't think it's going to be noticeably better than the £10 mora two sources of knowledge I forgot to mention last time- I was an air cadet in my teen years and the significant first chunk of woodland survival I learnt was trying to hide out in the woods to drink and smoke without the officers finding out- the other is getting a bit more than halfway through a astronomy/physics degree before having to stop (gently caress the tories) and having a real good sense on the angles the sun should be at at various points of the year etc as well as a chunk of chemistry/biology hedgerows against capitalism episode eleventy seventy whatever   popped to the shops, then took a drive somewhere much more lovely   brought in various bird foods, flower seed and gas and such and refilled the stocks- lucky birds today    bluebells coming through strong now  shifted the onions up to keep the solar panel company, morale is the hidden variable to boost wattage imo    got another dozen in the ground, including the nice new apple- the rest went into hedgerow needs. really wanted to do more but made myself stop and given how fuckin' wrecked I am now dear and constant reader, it was a very good call    The dessert and cooking apples are coming through, crabapples a bit slower or maybe I missed em    Really hope I can finish planting by the end of the month 'cause I got some other projects I want to crack on with and also the ground is getting hard- more, soon!
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Is anybody any good at identifying orchids? Location is SW England. Or do we have a more appropriate thread somewhere for this sort of thing?
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DesperateDan posted:I dunno if there is another thread but google lens says it's an early purple or a green winged orchid, I would favour the latter because of the bulgy parts that I would know the name of if I had watched enough crime pays but botany doesn't Does look more like an early purple orchid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchis_mascula Edit: also had this turn up on my Google targeted: https://www.wildartpoty.com/a-wild-read-blog/orchids-of-the-uk-early-purple-orchid spookygonk fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Apr 29, 2022 |
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I looked on the BSBI map https://bsbi.org/maps and there don't seem to be any green-winged orchids around here, so early-purple it is then, I think. There was no spotting on the leaves, but Wikipedia only says 'sometimes'. Thanks! Orchids are hard.
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