the 'todays job' thread

[Stere]

Nice to still be allowed to have a big bonfire I thought thet were more  often than not banned now on heaths due to the idea they enrich the soil.

 

 

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

5 minutes ago, Stere said:

Nice to still be allowed to have a big bonfire I thought thet were more  often than not banned now on heaths due to the idea they enrich the soil.

 

 

 

 

Was thinking that as well. Odd seeing a fire these days. 

[AJStrees]

26 minutes ago, Stere said:

Nice to still be allowed to have a big bonfire I thought thet were more  often than not banned now on heaths due to the idea they enrich the soil.

 

 

 

 

Tidy though 👍

[Mick Dempsey]

Last few days dicking around with some lapsed hornbeam pollards. 

 

 

[John Shutler]

love that schliesing 

[Mick Dempsey]

You’re not alone!

[Mark Bolam]

Bigger than they first looked!

 

What’s the craic with leaving the arms on them?

More instant headshape when they sprig up?

[waterbuoy]

That conifer (spruce, or more exotic?) really screws with my OCD in messing up the symmetry of the avenue!

[Mick Dempsey]

3 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Bigger than they first looked!

 

What’s the craic with leaving the arms on them?

More instant headshape when they sprig up?

I just feel that restarting the cycle on new heads is a good idea from a tree health pov for these really old, repeatedly pollarded trees full of hollows and cavities, plus as you say you do get a better looking result for the first few years.

[Mick Dempsey]

6 minutes ago, waterbuoy said:

That conifer (spruce, or more exotic?) really screws with my OCD in messing up the symmetry of the avenue!

Just a Douglas fir randomly planted.