Today's Job.

[Tom10]

Crown thinned this willow - gorgeous weather, hanging over a river watching the ducks chasing eachother about and going 'quackers' - whats better? certainly no office job for me...

 

No 'before' pic for comparison, The contractor who I was climbing for said the customer wanted it thinned and not re-pollarded (as you can see its been done before by another contractor)

 

Came out lovely, shame the comparison cant be seen - lot of dead wood removed and bulky weight (3/4 of a transit of chippings) and kept a decent shape. Growth coming from the previous work is coming nicely in places but I think a re-pollard may be due after another year of monitoring it. Hard to reach the extremities of the branches with its weeping low bendy branches - all good fun though...

[AlvinD]

I love these Weeping Willows! Its kinda hard to make a judgement based on no previous pic but it looks really well so I can only guess you did a good job

[Tom10]

Yeah, I really wish I had photographed it before - but since it was pollarded you can imagine the epicormic growth and all of the dead wood behind hidden behind it! Looked a staggering amount better for it - shame you'll just have to believe me due to the fact I forgot a photo!