Lapsed pollards

[garth mc garth]

Cavities!

 

Why on Earth have you got a miniscule ladder stood up in the back of your Navara?

 

ladder????? wtf! thats the aerial for the telly in the dash board

[Mesterh]

no idea....no way of guessing in their condition either...couldn't even make a guestimate based on the estate either as thats years old

 

No worries was hoping there would be an old master Ted knocking about who fathers fathers dad! woulda have planted them.

 

This kinda guy [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGBTrCZObyA]YouTube - The Fast Show -Ted and Ralph, drinking game. in full[/ame]

 

Looks like a nice place to work too:thumbup1:

[Steve Bullman]

Back to this site today 9 years after the initial repollarding. Took 2 out today that had given up the ghost. Overall the avenue is coming on quite nicely.

[Steve Bullman]

 

 

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[Gary Prentice]

Great when you get back to work from yrs back.

[swinny]

For the condition of the trees and what they were and whats been done to them has given them an extra lease of life.

 

They look really good steve! Love to see an avenue of trees

[Steve Bullman]

We are going to start a management plan moving forward, repollaring 4 trees each year to avoid having to hit them all at once again. They could be let grow larger, but I don't think some of the trunks are strong enough to sustain much heavier growth. Be a shame to see more go as they are host to all sorts of wildlife, including several owls nests.

[chuck norris]

Looks good.

also have you been using a mewp or have you been climbing them?

[Steve Bullman]

Climbing

 

 

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[David Humphries]

We are going to start a management plan moving forward, repollaring 4 trees each year to avoid having to hit them all at once again. They could be let grow larger, but I don't think some of the trunks are strong enough to sustain much heavier growth. Be a shame to see more go as they are host to all sorts of wildlife, including several owls nests.

 

Good update

 

Personally I think even the dead standing ones should be considered within the management plan. Those are the ones with greatest biodiversity value for habitat. Is there no scope to move them from the avenue and resurrect, or habitat pile them somewhere else on the estate?

 

 

 

 

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