the 'todays job' thread

[AHPP]

Doddle. My arms are like pipe cleaners.

 

Worth throwlining above it or just grit your teeth, clench your back and and flip?

[5thelement]

A mixed bag to end week before heading over to Kent to do some training. 
Two reasonable sized Blue Atlas Cedars and a Small Leaved Lime to remove, a large lapsed Lime pollard to knock back to restart the cycle.

Two small Ornamental Cherry Trees shading out the solar panel. 
All material suitable for firewood was cut and stacked in-situ, all branches chipped and left for future use as wood mulch. 
The property is going through extensive renovations, including a complete refurb of the patio and pool area. 
Final tree, just a stunning old Sweetchestnut I drive by a few times a week. 

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[woody paul]

Today's view in large conifer hedge.Not been toped for 3 years. Back next week to do some more, takes 4 day to cut top it's 200 metres long. 

Edited October 17, 2024 by woody paul

[Mick Dempsey]

  On 17/10/2024 at 16:22, woody paul said:

Today's view in large conifer hedge. Back next week to do some more, takes 4 day to cut top it's 200 metres long. 

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Quel cauchemar !

Edited October 17, 2024 by Mick Dempsey
Nightmare is masculine it seems.

[5thelement]

  On 17/10/2024 at 16:22, woody paul said:

Today's view in large conifer hedge.Not been toped for 3 years. Back next week to do some more, takes 4 day to cut top it's 200 metres long. 

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Foook that!!

[Rich Rule]

  On 17/10/2024 at 15:53, AHPP said:

Doddle. My arms are like pipe cleaners.

 

Worth throwlining above it or just grit your teeth, clench your back and and flip?

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Should have said a grown man’s arms and not the noodles you’re carrying 🤪

[Rich Rule]

  On 17/10/2024 at 15:53, AHPP said:

Doddle. My arms are like pipe cleaners.

 

Worth throwlining above it or just grit your teeth, clench your back and and flip?

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The latter.  If I had throw lined it I would still have had to climb through the curtains or I would have been a metre away from the stem.

[woody paul]

  On 17/10/2024 at 16:24, Mick Dempsey said:

Quel cauchemar !

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Have cut it for the last 20 years think I would have learnt by now, but always do a too good of a job. 

It one hedge I would love to ground level. 

[Dan Maynard]

"You seem to have built an enormous raised bed across the middle of the garden since I quoted"

"Ah yes. Will that be in your way then?"

 

I didn't know what to say really, went for "well at least its not a greenhouse ". Rather than "FFS, we'll just rig everything into the postage stamp size drop zone we have left"

 

 

[peds]

If only they hadn't have filled it with compost already, you could have stuffed it for them hugelkulture-style as you go.