the 'todays job' thread

[Mark Bolam]

It is a gunnera.
I strimmed one once thinking it was a weed, that didn't go down too well with the new manor residents!
Luckily it came back with a vengeance.
There's a few really nice specimens down here.

[Steve Bullman]

Just now, Mark Bolam said:

It is a gunnera.
I strimmed one once thinking it was a weed, that didn't go down too well with the new manor residents!
Luckily it came back with a vengeance.
There's a few really nice specimens down here.

Apparently they are hard to get established, conditions need to be just right 

[scbk]

Think they like the damp, there's one here about the size of a large van!!

[nepia]

Just to pee on the parade Gunnera are actually pretty common as plants of damp ground, mainly as marginals.  But very impressive nonetheless.  There is a garden somewhere - no idea where - that has them big enough that you walk under leaves.

[Marula]

Why’s that? 
At the moment the furthest we go is about 30miles for the national trust, but we tend to leave the kit there till we are done with the contract

I was just wondering, 30 miles is quite some way to travel with a tractor. They make for a much easier day that's for sure if they can be got to site.

[John Shutler]

It doesn’t take much more than an hour to do 30miles, 99% of my work is within 10 miles of my yard

[PC Treescapes]

Got called to clear this from the road today by owner's neighbour as highways tree guys couldn't do it today. Back tomorrow with timber crane to clear remaining stems and canopy from bank and neighbours garden. Bad inclusion failed on twin stem despite being reduced three years ago to reduce wind loading and weight. Did have some really strong gusts in early hours today mind.

[Gray git]

Had heavy winds or was it a random failure?

Some really big gusts about 5 this morning, tree was in a poor state so not surprising.
Winch power made things a bit easier.

[carlos]

4 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Bits and pieces today, mostly raising trees around a moat to improve the view.

 

 

@Matt McAulay in action 

 

 

customer has had this unusual plant, our main job was to avoid it at all costs.  Think it was called a gunnery or something

 

they will probably regret trying to save that as its invasive and hard to get rid of, looks cool though. 

[Gray git]

Bit of a workshop day today, added a storage box and somewhere to store/transport the arbor-trolley out of the way.