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Nessus posted:Thanks for the winter pics! Very peaceful my genuine and continuing pleasure and yeah the colder it is the more still and calm it seems full battery  today was nice and fresh  really hard to get a scale on the size of these trees- can't get far enough away to get them in shot without them disappearing into the woods    another dry few days, birds fed   gutter system got its first clean after the anti leaf systems were installed, very happy so far  brought the wonderful hedge trimmer  made a little progress on the new clearing  but the bulk of the day was wandering about two thirds of the pathways knocking back the bramble a little in places- after nearly an hour chopping the 5Ah battery was still reading 4 bars- fairly impressed so far  some of the variants are really quite fierce, without good gloves, a ripstop shirt and cordura trousers I would have been bloodied  trailcam is being pretty buggy, works fine once it's going but has a tendency to freeze up a bit during formatting cycles so it's probably time to bring in a replacement and run it into the ground  Speaking of running things into the ground, I think it's the end of an era, and I'm pretty emotional about saying goodbye to this beast, but on that note, there will be more, soon.
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DesperateDan posted:prepare for astonishment at my doctrine 
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BORN ON A MOUNTAIN, RAISED IN A CAVE        Sadly, it's time to say goodbye to Suzie, venerable Audi A4, 1.8T quattro sport edition, of 19 years service and one third zipties by weight.      Say hello to Ursula, Skoda Kodiaq, 2 litre TDI 4X4, edition edition Picked it up friday, the Audi faithfully waited until after I shook on the deal to puke coolant all over the forecourt- real sad to see her go but definitely time. The new one should be a real step up in capabilities (especially hauling space) and reliability well you know what I crave- more! soon! also trucking and loving
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the last of barretts privateers  oh the year was 1778   HOW I WISH I WAS IN SHERBROOKE NOW  first time on the mud  cold enough I should have used a fire for this   still no rain well, not rain rain anyway  electricity levels good for the season, label adhesion moderate  anyone misplaced some fox vertebrae? write to the normal address  birds fed  today was very much thrown together at the last minute mainly so I made it down there this week- time is really pressed for me right now but I'm hoping the next visit has some actual work done (even if it's child labour) and that there will be more, soon
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNuMGDp3ph4 latest trailcam is up but the sound seems weird/garbled on some mobile devices so maybe turn it down idk       went to the zoo again but they still wouldn't let me bring home any of the angry kitties or special dogs and that bird bit me good bird
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For a second there I thought you had gone all Tiger King on us.
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Can you hire trailcams? I want to see how or why my horse breaks out at night, but not enough to buy a trailcam.
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Angrymog posted:Can you hire trailcams? Amazon, try it for a couple of nights, then send it back. You'd have to splash out of a memory card and some batteries, but that's all.
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Mega Comrade posted:For a second there I thought you had gone all Tiger King on us. security took away my bolt cutters and catnip on arrival this time Angrymog posted:Can you hire trailcams? never seen them offered for hire but this: spookygonk posted:Amazon, try it for a couple of nights, then send it back. You'd have to splash out of a memory card and some batteries, but that's all. is an excellent option, as is using an old smartphone with a security cam/timelapse/trailcam app or maybe a dashcam
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You might try asking the goons in the Ali Express thread if they know a good supplier. Pretty sure I've seen someone talk about getting one there
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I had a go on this today it's a beast of a machine and cuts trails in no time at all
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Cable Guy posted:You might try asking the goons in the Ali Express thread if they know a good supplier. Pretty sure I've seen someone talk about getting one there There's some good ones available- same as many on amazon but somwwhat cheaper- I was gonna go with them but wanted easier returns/quicker delivery AceClown posted:I had a go on this today Goddamn that looks absolutely great old bones      hello constant reader  supplies brought in, including bone cleaning juice and a new trailcam on it's shakedown cruise  as was my eldest, who is here for bones cleaning and investigative studies of bones (they want to be a veterinary doctor)   Driest february I have known- still probably have enough water for summer even without further rainfall but I expect march through to may will do us all proud and fill it to the brim/force me to make an overflow   Found this bird box on the ground during my rounds- the bark of the tree grew around the screw and forced the box off, will have to bring down a decent screwdriver and see if I can back it out and fit a washer/fix up the damage to the box. Definitely used a bunch so far, glad it was now and not in a month or two when many of our avian friends will be looking to nest up.  Monday for some extended tree chopping or path clearance duties with the younger kid I hope- fatigue stomped me real fuckin' bad at the start of the week and I'm still climbing out from under it- more, soon
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DesperateDan posted:
it's not too bad at all, the sites that we manage are joint owned between the council and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, every once in a while they go "hey we have a few thousand quid spare, what do you lads need?" and honestly it baffles me how it happens but I'll take it few years back we got a couple of these imported from Canada as our trails get fuckin battered with alder saplings and they're a pain in the arse to mattock out 
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AceClown posted:it's not too bad at all, the sites that we manage are joint owned between the council and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, every once in a while they go "hey we have a few thousand quid spare, what do you lads need?" and honestly it baffles me how it happens but I'll take it Those Tree poppers are great, bloody heavy though. If you can get a volunteer work party in they can clear a large area really fast. I'm currently restoring some chalk grass land and those things get the small bastard hawthorns out by the roots. Best thing is, I don't have to treat any stumps with chem afterwards. That mower, is it a flail head as those just destroy undergrowth?
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Catzilla posted:That mower, is it a flail head as those just destroy undergrowth? It's a mower head but it doesn't flail however it's not fully non-destructive and I wouldn't use it on a lawn if that makes sense. The reason we use it is because we're trying to encourage populations of a threatened butterfly called a dingy skipper, they prefer low cut scrubby broken ground so we hit a 2m wide path with the green machine and then sow the edges with birds-foot trefoils. It's also good habitat for other skipper species and the various blue's we get here.
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ngl im looking at tree poppers with my bedroom eyes right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ugrIW0yA2Y heres a short video what I done, was hoping to be there today but fate apparently wasnt as keen DesperateDan fucked around with this message at 11:53 on Feb 20, 2023 |
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kickstart my fart   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJDi5wLKoKk Hi    There's been a little rain and with that bulge  I'm sure we are over 500 litres but it don't count yet   Which is good cause like I said previous, it's been dry here    Had to hike a distance in so not as much supplies as I wanted but I have a lot more balls to come    You got the touch, you got the power  Spangly new stove, old one brought home for overhaul and reserve duty   Also in a quick peek behind the scenes, helpful new boxes from makita and a new fuckin' huge fuckin' rucksack  Did the cooking of the sossig like only IWW locals know how   Then it was work time   even some before/after action this time goddamn  cabin site cleared a little more too but it was mainly pathway poo poo and we really earnt our sossig  Decomp piles doing their thing at 100% efficiency  More branches for these hedgerow generators, plants coming soon  Lots of buds coming into life, birds all hornt up and yelling at each other about it  Wish I had the freedom to spend most of my days like this, but until then you will just have to wait like me, for more, soon!
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schroedinger's delivery  so on tuesday I was meant to get plants delivered so I was waiting around and it didn't happen and wednesday was the same except I sanded and polished up a slice of oak with the sander for practice (not actually before/after but the flip side as representative) and ooooooh it's smooth  and today when I had given up and was about to suppress my social anxieties and ring the nursery to start finding out where the box was the box came so I kinda lost two days to the postal system but hopefully I can shift my schedule around and get these down on the farm tomorrow
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The birds are going mad for your fat balls, Dan!
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Dead Goon posted:The birds are going mad for your fat balls, Dan! with how much I paid for those special posh ones I put out last time they better fuckin well be nearly had a nibble myself tho those things were thiccc
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entwife loot crate  yo  load carrying capacity is cool and all  but when the roads are closed, it's super fun hiking time instead   the water level?  Its going down!    25, including 3 super posh ones   9 in pots for better digging days, the rest went direct to ground  Squirrels gonna be pissed off when they find these gone  Olive oil was frozen up, had to crotch it awhile and think warm thoughts  lol, gently caress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB0XeS5B1sI In video form too  Well it's done for now- more, soon!
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Great updat as ever.DesperateDan posted:
Yeah, that's not necessarily healthy.
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spookygonk posted:Great updat as ever. Ta- and even after I scraped it off it was somehow over salty and I like salt also I ran out of sugar and didn't have any spare sachets in the reserves but I couldn't really explain such tragedies with a picture two other bits of news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA1wKJAy_Ck I made a video featuring fat balls and some lovely pairs of tits and star trek enterprise is pretty fuckin' bad even with a condensed episode guide and a bunch of weed, I hope discovery is better than this and will find out soon-ish
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTp3W9L1SRY new trailcam appears in this one, initial assessment is I'm kinda impressed with the visual/audio quality, more impressed with the light level balance but the real benefit is tiny file sizes- less than half the previous models I have used was hoping for farm based actions today but other poo poo got in the way and I ended up doing a bunch of phone calls and editing video but it does mean I'm all packed and ready for tomorrow, for which there's currently a yellow snow warning lol
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It's been bitterly cold with wet sleet-rain today in Essex, so take it easy.
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spookygonk posted:It's been bitterly cold with wet sleet-rain today in Essex, so take it easy. lol, I concurr, it was, indeed, indubitably cold out of my vulcan mind    balls, tarp, rope- had to hike in from a distance again, hopefully do some proper delivery work soon   fahv hunnert litas  forgot sugar, found some this time, possibly antique  crows tend to chill out above me now, often very quietly unless they let me know they are off to hassle a buzzard  too cold to sow or plant, so spent most of my time wandering in the rain having a little  and some time to exist order of the 219 representhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I428g4TViyQ video too, including robin peeps  when the wind chill factors in for -4°C and you have been out in it a few hours then heated seats are luxurious and there will be more, soon
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What's a spindle when it's a shrub rather than a domestic implement?
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Arsenic Lupin posted:What's a spindle when it's a shrub rather than a domestic implement? its got a really pretty, quite early spring flower that bees love, is good hedgerow habitat and is fairly hardy/long lived- ends up more like a mid sized tree than a shrub if left to its own devices has a rep as a really durable wood but it produces very good carving wood and excellent grades of charcoal for art/fuckin' around with
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To add to this, traditionally spindles (the tool) were made from this shrub, which is why they are called Spindle bushes.
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Catzilla posted:To add to this, traditionally spindles (the tool) were made from this shrub, which is why they are called Spindle bushes. that too  con chorizo       high   first time on the private roads driving Ursula hell yea off-road mode wasn't activated but I thought about it a little  better than hauling any of this poo poo the hard way-  some stuff for making chopping and working easier  some creature comforts and sundries  and super special treats for the birdos   Didn't think it has gone up till I realised it was a 6 and not a 5 in front of the 00's  Deer been eating my good plants again, plants fighting back tho   IWW local representatives in good order and standing, full stomachs and many brews  Lots of bugs out   Got some trees and shrubs into the ground on hedgerow boosting duties  Neatened up the cut logs a little, as well as some pathway maintenance that didn't get photos just pretend we did.... good.  had to patch up the younger one but it's all good  Uncovered this in the copse- hard to tell with it all rotted in half and such but the size feels wrong for any battery type I know of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwIeVndwKEY so this is a thing now I guess   coming up next we got more infrastructure upgrades and/or a surprise tool that will help us later- we shall see what arrives first- more, soon!
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AKZ posted:do tell well for me to have put discovery even in the same sentence as enterprise feels an insult- have been binge watching discovery in my rest times and loving it as a breath of hope, love, diversity and wonder whereas I can remember maybe three enjoyable enterprise episodes, a vague longer term plotline or two and the rest is suppressed painful memories fuk u rick berman operation: get thae bins oot   just a brief delivery, coffee and birdfeeding trip today while I was local and needed to empty the car out  haven't seen this little comrade since last summer, promptly tried to menace my toes bless him  there's parts of a public road somewhere under all this    first things transported that wouldn't have fit in the audi whatsoever, two 330 litre composting bins, using my new infrastructure to build new infrastructure and dear reader, this is going to be a common theme   I have not successfully captured the level of sag exhibited here  Whereas here I cropped out my waistline intentionally but it serves as a visual display of the versatile nature of modern workwear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRtKvWlMjdA crows especially raucous today  Well I'm not one to tease what's on this afternoon's agenda, there will be more, soon!
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Is that an open ceramic coffee mug? You madman. You can get closed-cap thermoses that you can swig out of with the press of a button - I have a Contigo one and my tea follows me around all afternoon while I’m wrangling the kids AND stays hot
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