Tree of the month....The Ash

[sean]

As the title suggests this thread is intended to focus on one tree a month. It will hopefully be a celebration of our Native Trees in order to aid us all in learning as much as possible about them.

 

Our experiences working with them, fungal associations, pests and diseases, photographs, myths, legends and their place in the arts and culture. As said before a celebration and learning resource.

 

I thought we could use the Celtic Tree Ogham calendar as a starter whose origins lie with the Celtic tribes who migrated to Britain around 700 – 500bc. Trees were venerated by the ancients for their many gifts which were a mainstay of peoples lifestyles. Everybody was born under a particular tree (the same as our own zodiac sign) of which this months Tree ‘The Silver Birch’ was the first in the calender falling between 24th December and 20th January.

 

Hopefully this thread will work and we can collate all sorts of useful and interesting information about our native trees. I hope there are a few of you who feel the same.

 

This months tree covering the dates 18th Feb-17th March is

 

Ash....(Fraxinus Excelsior.)

 

Once again...photo's, facts anything Ash related.

 

Please feel free to add to previous months trees as an ongoing database

 

 

 

Cheers

[sean]

Ash pollard on a wall in Cornwall......Nice.

[armchairarborist]

couple of fraxies from last year, oh never climb past a daldinia concentrica guys..

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

couple of fraxies from last year, oh never climb past a daldinia concentrica guys..

 

Not for love nore money!

 

Ash deadwood is just way too brittle for climbing on.

[sean]

'Realm of the Ash Dryads'

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

'Realm of the Ash Dryads'

 

your a bit of a pagan arent you sean,

[sean]

Not really no.....unless it's well hidden. I just love trees, looking at them, working on them, using them. They are powerful things and we utilise their energy whether we are aware of it or not. We need them.

[tommer9]

Norse legend has it that Yggdrasil was/ is a giant ash that shelters and links all the 'universe'. Its name translates as 'The terible one's horse', and has various other names too...Ask Yggdrasil, Hoddmimir's Wood, Laerad and Odin's Horse. More can be found here Yggdrasil

It is one of my favourite timbers, and from the tree that got me into saw milling I have a stunning olive ash worktop in the kitchen, made from a single slab:thumbup:

[dangerous brian]

Wht you been smoking,its good burning end of.

[tommer9]

Wht you been smoking,its good burning end of.