Study tour of the Basque region Trees

[Arborist]

This thread is far from boring, I've learnt a lot from monkeyd's threads and hamadryad your posts have been interesting too. I just wish I could communicate as well as you two as id learn a lot more!

[David Humphries]

This thread is far from boring, I've learnt a lot from monkeyd's threads and hamadryad your posts have been interesting too. I just wish I could communicate as well as you two as id learn a lot more!

 

Arbtalk is but a smorgasboard that is the sum of it's parts, we all bring little snacks & titbits that build up the banquet.

 

 

 

 

That is the beauty

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This thread is far from boring, I've learnt a lot from monkeyd's threads and hamadryad your posts have been interesting too. I just wish I could communicate as well as you two as id learn a lot more!

 

Trust me arborist, even the casual observing, even a none arb can say something that is enlightening, i am sure you have a lot to contribute, you just dont know it yet.

 

The day i think i am too big to listen to a newbie, is NEVER going to happen.

[White Noise]

Old Beech Pollards were brilliant .

[Kat1e]

Um... wow? Lost for any other words, fantastic photos.

[David Humphries]

Um... wow? Lost for any other words, fantastic photos.

 

 

 

Thanks

 

Just glad to of had the oportunity to share the experience.

Would of been a pointless exercise to let them rot on a drive at work.

 

 

 

 

 

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[rbtree]

I just found this thread......excellent be it! Thanks for sharing!

[David Humphries]

I just found this thread......excellent be it! Thanks for sharing!

 

 

 

Your welcome Roger, glad it's been picked up further than these shores.

 

Really liking your recent photos btw, great quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Danavan]

Fantastic photo's, inspiaring trees & amaizing informative interesting thread.

Looking fwd to the projects results

[David Humphries]

Do you think some one had started felling one of the trees then changed their mind??

It looks like the put in the gob, then went home??

 

 

I'm sure thats the case Dave.

looks too triangular for mechanical damage or brangh failure.

Must of been a good while ago.

 

 

2 years on & having now had the benefit of Ted Greens wisdom & local knowledge of the Basque trees

(at yesterdays great LTOA quarterly )

I now know that the cuts & incisions in the Beech pollards below, are intentionally made to keep honey bees in the cavities of the hollow trees.

 

Man seeing & mimicking nature in a honeytastic & sustainable way

 

 

 

Guess I should of asked someone whilst I was there

 

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