Veteran tree preservation?

[sloth]

Nice gesture Tony, looks a nice tree for sure. There's countless like this, old hedgerow oaks now alongside roads, around me. They seem to generally have enough grass verge either side to be doing ok. I'm sure some could do with a little work to prolong life before they fall apart though. More annoying is two 40-50 foot maiden oaks in a mature tree filled cemetery local to me (some cracking old trees in there) which lost a branch or two each in winds the other week - both now stumps! Seems such a panicky reaction, I'm just pleased not every mature tree that drops a branch in stormy weather is felled, be a pretty baren landscape if it was...

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Nice gesture Tony, looks a nice tree for sure. There's countless like this, old hedgerow oaks now alongside roads, around me. They seem to generally have enough grass verge either side to be doing ok. I'm sure some could do with a little work to prolong life before they fall apart though. More annoying is two 40-50 foot maiden oaks in a mature tree filled cemetery local to me (some cracking old trees in there) which lost a branch or two each in winds the other week - both now stumps! Seems such a panicky reaction, I'm just pleased not every mature tree that drops a branch in stormy weather is felled, be a pretty baren landscape if it was...

 

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Its just due respect Sloth, Karma, Payback etc.

 

Trees gave me the life i have had, and also the friends that I met through that life, trees taught me a great deal about the true nature of it all, life.

 

For everyone I get to help I grow a little myself.

[treeseer]

Pulling sod and soil off stem would come first. Good on you Tony for mulching. Looks like the cable is needed badly.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Looks like ATF probably cant help on an individual tree basis, get all the local stake holders/residents in on the problems and get their approval and that of the local T/A Im going to approach a friend and see if we can get some dynamic bracing at cost I can bring mulch and wood for adding a ring of fencing. Any arisings from pruning will have to be left in the common scrub I can see around the back there.

 

I am more than happy to do this work gratis, just get all involved and backing it then once the leaves are off we can get her sorted out.