What a find.

[David oakman]

I found this meadow that i knew was there but i did not think it belonged to the estate but it does. Take a look at these gems field maple. There was also large pollarded oaks.

[David Humphries]

Impressive find David.

 

Do you know what numbers of Veteran campestre, you actually have on the Estate?

 

 

 

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Edited May 8, 2009 by Monkey-D

[David oakman]

Thousands at a guess.

[tommer9]

Nice one- esp like pics 1 and 3!

[Andy Collins]

lovely stuff there david, reminds me of a lovely old A campestre veteran I found in a woodland, chap I was working for thought it'd be worth more as firewood!! I wonder how many of these old trees are lost every year to the saw?

[David Humphries]

lovely stuff there david, reminds me of a lovely old A campestre veteran I found in a woodland, chap I was working for thought it'd be worth more as firewood!! I wonder how many of these old trees are lost every year to the saw?

 

 

 

Hopefully due to Arbtalk, a good few less than there might have been

 

 

 

I'm gonna start a new AT group.

 

This is the "Veteran Tree Society"

with a theme tune of Quincy Jones' "Getta Bloomin' Move On"

 

 

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[David oakman]

Here are two more from a different meadow.

picture 1 a pollarded elm sorry bad pic.

 

picture 2. A oak tree the girth at breast hieght is 4.6 about 15 feet.

[David oakman]

I would like to pollard this elm this winter or i will loose it to dutch elm disease. I have lots of old pollard oaks that need re-pollarding but there is and never will be money for this sort of work.

[David Humphries]

............... but there is and never will be money for this sort of work.

 

 

 

If there's a will, there is a way.

 

If you've got the energy & time to both; convince your boss and write up an application.

 

Then there is money around for exactly this type of work David.

 

Check this out

 

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[Mark Bolam]

Nice trees David. Good find.