Dual cab pickups ....

[sime42]

To revive a previous, somewhat contentious topic; there's an awful lot of Ivy in that photo. Virtually every tree is afflicted. Surely that ain't right?

 

 

[Stubby]

4 hours ago, sime42 said:

To revive a previous, somewhat contentious topic; there's an awful lot of Ivy in that photo. Virtually every tree is afflicted. Surely that ain't right?

 

 

What ever happened to that guy who was the " Ivy Police " ?

[peds]

5 hours ago, AHPP said:

Bleuet, surely?

 

In a nod to my previous existence when I was resident in France?

 

4 hours ago, sime42 said:

To revive a previous, somewhat contentious topic; there's an awful lot of Ivy in that photo. Virtually every tree is afflicted. Surely that ain't right?

 

Ash trees with dieback.

Contentious opinion: they aren't afflicted with ivy, they are afflicted with dieback. Ivy doesn't kill trees, it helps dying trees down to the ground. On healthy trees it forms some sort of... not symbiosis, as such, but certainly a non-malignant parasitic relationship, and it reaches a certain limit that the tree is able to deal with.

It is just more noticeable these days because we have fewer trees in general, and a lot of those (certainly here in Ireland) are ash with dieback. Prime real estate for ivy.

 

I love ivy. Great plant. 

[Peasgood]

38 minutes ago, Stubby said:

What ever happened to that guy who was the " Ivy Police " ?

Shown the door I think.

[Stubby]

Just now, Peasgood said:

Shown the door I think.

Ah . Ok .

[AHPP]

Oui, peds. The whole alpine bum thing. Snell’s field, dinner on the bleuet, jumpers for goalposts. 

[Johnsond]

8 hours ago, peds said:

The ground is dry at the moment, but even so, I'm not sure the Passat would make it out of here at the end of the day.

So what you are saying is 4x4 is a requirement 🤷‍♂️

On a positive note I hope it works out well for you and you  realise “ why” . 

[sime42]

1 hour ago, peds said:

 

In a nod to my previous existence when I was resident in France?

 

 

Ash trees with dieback.

Contentious opinion: they aren't afflicted with ivy, they are afflicted with dieback. Ivy doesn't kill trees, it helps dying trees down to the ground. On healthy trees it forms some sort of... not symbiosis, as such, but certainly a non-malignant parasitic relationship, and it reaches a certain limit that the tree is able to deal with.

It is just more noticeable these days because we have fewer trees in general, and a lot of those (certainly here in Ireland) are ash with dieback. Prime real estate for ivy.

 

I love ivy. Great plant. 

 

Ummm, maybe. I'm more convinced if you say all those trees are afflicted with dieback.

 

It just seems more prevalent these days, and I'm sure not only on Ash. Maybe because we have less trees, sicker trees or because we have less managed trees these days. When there were far more people working the land in general, perhaps there was more work put in to keeping the Ivy in check.

 

I don't love Ivy, though I recognise it's high ecological value.