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Constantly scared.
Night demons of my own making on a sleepless night in Corfu.
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Jamie

May 2024

What exactly have I been doing for two years at Treeschool?
The time has flown and my time as a student at treeschool draws to an end...
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Jamie
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March 2024

Three tree workers, two henchmen, two police women, one hosepipe and an oak tree.
Trees can reveal a lot about a person. Especially the nasty bits of their personality and their warped understanding of the UK law regarding what can be…
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Jamie
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February 2024

Update & Video
Exam period has started, I'm now an employed forester, I rescued a cat from a tree and a video... Oh, and I'm now "on the 'gram"
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Jamie
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A biggun'
It was my biggest tree challenge yet - de-limbing and topping a 50ft Norway spruce. But it didn't quite go according to plan...
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Jamie
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Video: Removing another cherry tree!
I recorded the removal of a recent cherry tree that I wrote about. Here's the video.
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Jamie
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Removing another cherry tree
A friend needed a cherry tree removing from a garden. I'd not seen him in years, I'd not met his wife and helping him out seemed like the kind of thing…
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Jamie
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January 2024

December 2023

Felling and processing a medium sized tree.
In this post I detail the felling and processing of a medium sized ash tree using a danish pie felling cut. I also have fun with some mini chainsaws and…
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Jamie
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Qualifications, tickets and experience
It'd be easy to say "just do the tickets" but it is more complex than that.
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Jamie
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Space Bankruptcy
A space cannot be for too many uses. You can try, but it'll end up being useless for all of them. Then you have to admit you have a problem, pay off…
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TRACTORS!
(ages ago in November) I successfully passed my basic tractor skills ticket. Here's a bit of detail about that event.
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Jamie
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