Tree's failing?.....So move the target.

[SteveA]

I see nothing wrong with leaving the occasional fallen/ heavily leaning tree where it is safe to do so. A fallen tree is a great environment for inreasing biodiversity.

 

We leave some of our big fallen trees dotted around the farm to use as work benches, work areas, eg; like this old oak:

 

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[SteveA]

....struggling with putting up multiple photos from the ipad.

[JLA Arborists]

that is nonsense, but I think the fallen tree could prove to be a point of interest over the years. The limbs touching the ground might root and the canopy adaption might develop into something...

The exact comment I was going to make

Our local park had some older trees taken down, it's completely changed the characteristics and the new (10yr old ish) have been vandalised by the local yobs

[SteveA]

a few days after having looked at the trees (on a still late autumnal day) the second tree has now gone over as we expected it would.

 

Although it suffered a number of severed roots, much like the first subsided tree (which is still root intact & happily maintaining its canopy in its new orientation) I imagine that the second one will do likewise.

 

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Personally, i think what you are doing here (or should I say aren't doing) is great. It's very easy for humans to step in and tidy things up but it's much harder to leave things alone.

 

Nature produces some amazing and unpredictable results, but only if we give it time to do it's thing; whatever that may be?....

[treeseer]

Its a sorry looking sight.

 

Perhaps just chill a moment and give it some tree time and that tree may grow on you!

 

Any cost/benefit study has to factor in the value of the lost benefits if felled (which is a strange term to use here, as it clearly has already fallen). How many years til a replacement contributes the same?

 

Do the math. Adjust your aesthetic. Give trees a chance. Please.

[skyhuck]

Perhaps just chill a moment and give it some tree time and that tree may grow on you!

 

Any cost/benefit study has to factor in the value of the lost benefits if felled (which is a strange term to use here, as it clearly has already fallen). How many years til a replacement contributes the same?

 

Do the math. Adjust your aesthetic. Give trees a chance. Please.

 

I'm just glad the Victorians did not think like that, they looked to the future and we reaped the benefit.

 

These are not natural woodland trees, they were planted deliberately to create a vista, I feel we should do out bit to maintain that vista for future generations.

[David Humphries]

The vistas still there Dave, it's just a little wider than it used to be

 

 

 

 

 

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[MattyF]

I think the vista will look so much better for future generations ... Some of my favourite trees are on there side and have re grown to form an amazing new canopy

[Hedge hunter]

I think the vista will look so much better for future generations ... Some of my favourite trees are on there side and have re grown to form an amazing new canopy

prehaps your sideways preception is a little better than others...

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

David, a long shot maybe, my friend / neighbour is a first class fabricator and could make you some classic / original tree guards worthy of these vet trees. He's just set up on his own and would jump at the chance of such an artisan / prestigious opportunity. I'd pretty much guarantee he could compete on price too (even with shipping) A rough sketch or phone call to discuss requirement all he'd need and boom, you'd have craftsman, British made quality product and be supporting a rural micro business! Or, there's always the Chinese, imported rubbish made from dismantled Royal Navy warships, made by peasants in dreadful conditions and paid peanuts! Good thread!