carving living trees

[TrollSpiel]

he knew the camera was on him too.. quality pilot none the less.

[GardenKit]

he knew the camera was on him too.. quality pilot none the less.

I've never tried it, nor am I likely to, but it looks a great way to spend an afternoon off. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.

 

By the way, I had never even thought of the pro's or con's of carving living wood, but I now totally agree with you. It seems just wrong to it, and there appears to be no need for it.

[TrollSpiel]

I've never tried it, nor am I likely to, but it looks a great way to spend an afternoon off. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.

 

By the way, I had never even thought of the pro's or con's of carving living wood, but I now totally agree with you. It seems just wrong to it, and there appears to be no need for it.

 

You know mr, there is a very fine line with things for me. Its just not what I would personally do.

 

I know this forester, he lives for razing woods to the ground. when he is not at work, all he is interested in doing is killing things. if there was a 1500yr old yew in the way of where he wanted to put a chicken shed, it would come down.

 

the other camp - those silly hippies who live in trees and say they should never be touched, protesting about roads being built - but they'd be the first to whine when their tofu didnt arrive in the supermarket.

 

I sit mid-way. i take a practical approach to life. I dont see the point in doing damage when I dont have to. call me phlegmatic.

 

the other side of the coin i guess, is a "specialist" will always find a way to justify his actions. Well im not one of those either, im happy in my ignorance and not carving live

[delabodge]

Must you always resort to belittling or insults when your argument looses ground???

 

As for killing for survival come on, we eat far more meat than we need, most of it for pleasure not survival and many live without ever eating meat, some don't even take dairy.

 

I don't carve, so won't be carving living trees, but I see nothing wrong in someone choosing to carve or have carved their own trees.

 

As for not wishing to argue, this is a discussion forum, so debate is pretty much the whole point, its only your attitude that makes it unpleasant.

 

PS, trees don't heal, they seal

 

well said!! :thumbup:

[TrollSpiel]

shall I?

 

naa..

 

choosing between cascamite or PU right now, is far more important than sewing circle politics & allegiances (cluck cluck cluck)

[Hodge]

shall I?

 

naa..

 

choosing between cascamite or PU right now, is far more important than sewing circle politics & allegiances (cluck cluck cluck)

 

Do you actually get on with anyone? I have read this thread am baffled as to you attitude?

[TrollSpiel]

Do you actually get on with anyone? I have read this thread am baffled as to you attitude?

 

simple fact is mate, ever since another criticised bodges work, and I tried to expound on that in case he was made to feel bad, it had the opposite effect, and ever since he has been behaving like a little bitch with a skinned knee towards me. and im a bit tired of it.

 

ages ago, i mentioned this forum to a timber merchant, and he threw his head back and laughed. im starting to understand why.

 

i dont come to make enemies, but if a man cant give a solid opinion, without it turning into playground antics, which is always does - he's gonna make them sometimes. And I can live with that.

 

and on that note. continue squabbling amongst yourselves. Im gonna chat to the wife, who ive not had an argument with in the 12 years we've been married.

 

and tomorrow, a good hearty laugh with that timber merchant.

[delabodge]

its your attitude,,,im well aware by posting my products, (hopefully to give some ,creative ideas) that not everybody will like my style, i personally hate resin, but chose to keep that to myself,as I know plenty do,,,so never said nothing,

It is better to keep ones mouth shut and appear to be stupid,than to open it and remove all doubt!

[Tom10]

Strange no-one as commented on the science of a tree

 

My opinion:

 

If a tree is to be entirely removed, why not carve something cool into it that people will admire, it would of only been removed anyway - the key is ensuring loads of other idiots don't attempt to copy it on unsuitable trees

 

If a tree just needs to have one limb removed I don't think I would be carving into the face of the cut. I like to think my target pruning is good and wading into it with a chainsaw to make a picture is going to have an adverse affect on the entire reason I cut back to the branch bark collar / ridge.

 

As with the cedar mentioned on this thread earlier - see no harm in that, its dead wood and could have been removed, it wont take any harm - the younger owls beneath (in live trunk) are debatable though. A lot of cambium layer has been removed, thus a lot of zylem and phloem so this isnt ideal, but I personally dont think the damage is bad enough for the stem to die, the carving might be sealed in years to come with callous wood though

 

Going to town on a live tree to make a picture out of it is a bit daft, but to utilise something that would otherwise be cut off the tree, or down to the ground sounds good to me, as long as the person doing so understands basic tree science and how the tree will react to his actions.

[Roni Macdonald]

The idea of the thread was to find out if there was any factual evidence to proof that carving a smallish area was any more detrimental than a considerable reduction.