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2 weeks ago there were 20+ in the wood over the road from me. Today there is only 1 young immature inexperienced male left. The Grey reapers and the pox got em. At half past a sparrows fart this morning the little fella(i've named him 'just the one ticket please') was up the beech tree munching...

Remember guys don't overharvest one tree or area as thats greedy. Leave plenty for the animals as they don't have a fridge full of food or a macd's round the corner. The tree rats as someone has called them continue the true wild oak, hazel n beech populations for the future benefit of the...

Hi There John, Cracking pics there nice 1. Nice to see the old hexy burner there! Aint seen 1 since my uncle came back from the falklands in '82. I can still smell the blocks to this day. My uncle used to bring back loads of blocks from training excercises etc n me n my bro would be off up...

Littlebiglane is that a previous tap wound in pictures 3 and 5? Looks like it. The wood looks buggered even in that little hole and weeping from the bark n cambium. Thats all it takes to kill the tree fella slowly but surely or quickly depending on what fungus gets in.

Will probs get roasted for saying this especially by the equipment salespeople. If you bore into a tree and then plug the hole with either another type of tree branch or even a branch plug made from the same tree, it still leaves the tree badly open to infections, fungus, rot etc. Once you've...

Yep you can drink it and its rather nice. Just like other saps don't drink loads or you'll get eased stomach flows. ;)

The sycamores and maples have finished here in cumbria. Poked a downy birch last week and the week before and it produced. Folks say don't bother with downy birch but it tastes ok. Had none from silvers and i've been checking for the last three weeks. End of feb 1st two in wks in march as a rule...

Just wack a lid over it mate or a large leaf or even some bark.

Hi Mark, I live just down the road in workington. Bought a few things off you in the past. Never knew you were flogging off flood damaged stuff! Thought you would of binned it all as an insurance job. What stock you got classed as damaged? I'll bring a shopping trolley through with me from...

Hi all, Just joined. Woo Hoo. Great site and nice of everyone to share all the info. Bout 5 years ago me and my bro kipped in bivvy bags on a fell next to scafell n scafell pike in lake district n we got a cracking view of the northern lights 2 nights on the trot! :) If you get the timing...