extreme - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-29T08:11:50Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/extremeTEAM GB READY FOR BATTLE AT STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN SWEDENhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/team-gb-ready-for-battle-at-stihl-timbersports-world-championship2022-10-21T10:22:20.000Z2022-10-21T10:22:20.000ZFleur Voicehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/FleurVoice<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10846729690?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p style="font-weight:400;">Team GB are heading to Gothenburg, Sweden, to put their axe and saw skills to the ultimate test in The Original Extreme Sport. With the return of the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Team World Championship after a three-year break, they will be taking on the world’s best lumberjack athletes in the Partille Arena on 28 October 2022.</p><p style="font-weight:400;"> </p><p style="font-weight:400;">Spectators will witness the very best in elite logger sports, with more than 120 athletes from 20 countries competing for both individual and team glory across two days of adrenaline-fuelled action. The British TIMBERSPORTS® team will be joining logger sports athletes from all over the globe, including Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada and Europe.</p><p style="font-weight:400;"> </p><p style="font-weight:400;">Team GB is made up of Glen Penlington, John Lewis, Tom Redmond, Terry Hough, and Graham Turner, who all proved at this year's British Championship that they are the best athletes in Britain. Penlington took the top spot and was crowned the British Champion, with Turner and Lewis taking 2nd and 3rd on the podium respectively. The current British Rookie Champion, Jack Morris, will also be taking his place as part of the team.</p><p style="font-weight:400;"> </p><p style="font-weight:400;">Each national team will compete against each other in a knockout system, where four athletes will complete the Stock Saw, Underhand Chop, Single Buck and Standing Block Chop disciplines in a relay race.</p><p style="font-weight:400;"> </p><p style="font-weight:400;">Simon Hewitt, Head of Marketing at STIHL GB, said: “The STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship is one of the most exciting live sports events of the year and the team are ready to represent Great Britain on the biggest stage. It’s sure to be edge-of-your-seat action from start to finish!”</p><p style="font-weight:400;"> </p><p style="font-weight:400;">The Individual World Championship takes place the following night on 29 October. High octane sports fans can watch both competitions via a live broadcast across the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS<sup>®</sup> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stihltimbersports"><strong>Facebook</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/STIHLTIMBERSPORTStv"><strong>YouTube</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/stihltimbersports"><strong>Twitch</strong></a> channels, starting at 18:00 BST each day.</p><p style="font-weight:400;"> </p><p style="font-weight:400;">To find out more about the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Series in Great Britain please visit <a href="https://blog.stihl.co.uk/timbersports/">https://blog.stihl.co.uk/timbersports/</a></p><p style="font-weight:400;"> </p></div>Supplying plants after extreme weatherhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/supplying-plants-after-extreme2013-02-26T15:05:54.000Z2013-02-26T15:05:54.000ZJohn Inghamhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/JohnIngham<div><p>We sell large trees and hedges throughout the year but I have to face the fact that there are problems buying and selling in extreme weather like we have at present. There are obvious difficulties with transport but more subtle, long term problems with hardiness and survival of the more tender species. Last winter, which was tough for many people here in the UK, was even more extreme in parts of mainland Europe including countries where many of our plants are grown. How can we be sure that normally hardy plants which we buy and sell at this time of year will thrive. Basically I'm not sure we can and replacement of failed specimens appears to be the only answer.</p><div>Last year parts of the Netherlands had more extreme weather than we had in the UK with temperatures falling much lower. One result was that some evergreens such as laurels, bought widely for hedging and screening, appeared fine when delivered in early spring but several of them dropped their leaves soon after and appeared completely dead.</div><div>Customers buying these needed them replaced and we, and the nurseries who supplied them, were happy to arrange this. Of course we had to be satisfied the plant deaths were not the result of poor planting and aftercare. The landscapers who bought and planted these explained to their customers that they were bought in good faith and that it is not always possible to be sure from the appearance of plants bought after extreme weather that they are still thriving. Buying deciduous plants can also be difficult as trees and shrubs bought and planted in the winter may not show any obvious signs of death or distress until they fail to thrive in the spring.</div><div>I would be interested, as a plant supplier, to hear whether, and how, landscapers have coped with these problems after previous extreme weather.</div><div>John Ingham IMPACT PLANTS </div></div>