Getting rid of ivy!!

[CambridgeJC]

5 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

What evergreens are you talking about?

Are not Leylandii evergreens?

[Mick Dempsey]

Just now, CambridgeJC said:

Are not Leylandii evergreens?

Yes, are you using Leylandii as an example of an evergreen that has evolutionary adaptation to resist high winds?

[Sutton]

Mick, what's making you ill?

[Mick Dempsey]

Had a cold for a couple of weeks, then the wife caught it, but was more like flu or Covid, really wiped her out, then it bounced back to me, shivers, aching bones, headache, painful kidneys.

Kept testing for Covid but always negative. 
Over the worst now, but still rough, just a painful cough.

[Sutton]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Had a cold for a couple of weeks, then the wife caught it, but was more like flu or Covid, really wiped her out, then it bounced back to me, shivers, aching bones, headache, painful kidneys.

Kept testing for Covid but always negative. 
Over the worst now, but still rough, just a painful cough.

Get well soon

[Mick Dempsey]

As long as I have the internet to argue with strangers I’m happy!

 

Big Macrocarpa gone down in Bude town centre just now, video on Twitter.

People saying it’s a Cedar of Lebanon, I’m trying to get a bite, but so far no luck.

[CambridgeJC]

35 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

As long as I have the internet to argue with strangers I’m happy!

 

Big Macrocarpa gone down in Bude town centre just now, video on Twitter.

People saying it’s a Cedar of Lebanon, I’m trying to get a bite, but so far no luck.

Aha…so that’s what this is all about 🤣🤣🤣

[Doug Tait]

10 hours ago, CambridgeJC said:

Ivy in local trees can develop large cloud-like top growth which acts much more like a sail and has much greater leverage to snap a tree off at its base. Before this the ivy creeps close to the trunk which does not really act as a sail so much. See photos here in Wandlebury. All isolated evergreens will catch the wind but are inherently more resistant due to root structural strength and evolutionary ability to resist leverage forces. Many photos taken before this weekend. Will be keen to review after storms. 

Wish you'd made it clear that you were only asking for "data" that supported your hypothesis, would have saved me some effort.

 

Science indeed.

[CambridgeJC]

1 hour ago, Doug Tait said:

Wish you'd made it clear that you were only asking for "data" that supported your hypothesis, would have saved me some effort.

 

Science indeed.

Please explain yourself 

[Dan Maynard]

Yes, are you using Leylandii as an example of an evergreen that has evolutionary adaptation to resist high winds?

Behave Mick.

I remember we had mountains of softwood for the fire after '87 storms.