the beauty of standing deadwood

[sean]

Thought I would share these and hopefully inspire. We are all probably aware of the ecological benefits of standing deadwood. These are micro eco systems in their own right developed over a great period of time. Their complete removal means their destruction. But secondly.....they actually look great too......living sculptures which the likes of landscape artist David Nash (check his wood sculptures out ) would be proud of.

 

I'm fully aware that it is only possible to leave dead stands in a minority of instances but hopefully we can all think about the benefits of this practice more!

[gibbon]

Great stuff!

[Mozza]

Awesome again mate, Becoming slightly jealous of your work place :thumbup1:

[sean]

Awesome again mate, Becoming slightly jealous of your work place :thumbup1:

 

sorry mozza!!!!! shall i stop posting??

[Charlieh]

mmmm ready to burn this winter,

 

 

 

sorry got side tracked, looks ace, nice to see standing dead wood about, did they die after the last pollarding attempt, or have they been reduced for saftey reasons?

[sean]

mmmm ready to burn this winter,

 

 

 

sorry got side tracked, looks ace, nice to see standing dead wood about, did they die after the last pollarding attempt, or have they been reduced for saftey reasons?

 

As you can see from the last photo's these are all lapsed pollards. Some have collapsed whilst others as you have rightly pointed out have been reduced for safety reasons and also to prevent further collapse.

[Heads up]

I'm a huge fan of standing deadwood i think its beautiful, its just a shame we remove so much of it.

[Mozza]

sorry mozza!!!!! shall i stop posting??

 

Hell no mate, Keep it coming, Looks a lovely place, You keep putting up these awesome pictures, I might pay you a visit next spring!!

[sean]

Hell no mate, Keep it coming, Looks a lovely place, You keep putting up these awesome pictures, I might pay you a visit next spring!!

 

you're very welcome......glad you like the photo's

[David Humphries]

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