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It will take roughly 5 years to remove knot weed by using chemical. Echoing what Wood girl has mentioned. Any fibres of the plant left can regrow into full plants. Save your self a lot of hassle and bring a professional in on a schedule.

They are an endangered species in the Uk. I was just pointing out that the habitat that they choose to live in isn’t always what we expect. Might be worth sharing your findings with your local canal trust and the environment agency.

You’ll be surprised where they do live. In Scotland some live on a football pitch in the middle of a housing estate. I’ve got them on top of the mountains in the Welsh valleys. Even seen them living next to a council tip with a small ditch running by.

And here’s one that been bread at work.

Have a look around the area if the grass has a clean cut at / this sort of angle well more 45 degrees most likely a water vole.

Don’t forget to do soil tests too.

What is already growing there and doing well? That is often the first best step.

There is a lot of Kites around the valleys. They have been here for quite some years now. I think people are just noticing them more because of the lock down.

I thought I would have ago at carving a bird for the first time. As a prototype and practise I used some Scotts I had laying about. I’m quite please with the result and very little tearing from the pine too. Sits well in the poplar bowl.

Some of the burns we’ve had in South Wales

I haven’t made a chair just for the fact I prefer to stand when I work as I’m always leaning over and moving to different angles.

I finally got round to making a bowl carving bench this weekend. I decided to give it a whirl with a chunk of poplar I had laying around. It does make life a lot easier working off something like this. Bowl needs a final sanding just letting it dry off for now.

The inner bark looks like birch.

I used to manage a wetland reserve around 4sq miles. Ok it doesn't sound a lot but on foot it was quite large along with a small spruce plantation added in along with birch oak ash woodland. It was fairly diverse with 3 lakes and 2 moderate streams. Species such as water fowl (grey lags and...

The close dates area for running water I believe so any stocked still waters should be fine to fish still.

Hi Bob its a large salmon from the end of the season last year unfortunately it was too large for my landing net so I had to beach her. My season starts on Saturday I can't wait to get back out.

Not the only one who uses a boot :). Congratulations on the first of the year. The first fish looks like a chub to me but could be its position in the net.

Rather than starting a new thread has anyone had a pair of the steel toe capped muckboots? If so how much do you rate them?

Cheers hamster I'll keep a closer eye. I was thinking maybe a few minutes in an oven but I could end up cracking the woods.

My carvings have been in storage for a few month. Now on checking them they must of some how got damp including my burl woods. They are now covered in fungus and saplted is there any way of killing it without damaging the wood?