Giles Hill
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I know where you're coming from John, I also hate seeing old ditches filled and hedgrows removed, unfortunately a lot of custodians are either completely ignorant of the non-monetary value of these things, or they would rather not have the constraints that trees place on their land. More importantly they often have every right to remove them. Your pear trees were probably removed for a good reason - it's just the reason might not seem good to us.
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It seems a shame to end 200 years of history just because the tree was not straight enough. On the other hand it looks like everyone had fun and if the landowner prefers an open view then it's up to them - they're the ones most affected by the loss.
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I think Beech might do better than laurel because it is likely to be dormant when road salt is applied and therefore the salt can be leached out of the soil before it is taken up by the tree.
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It'll be dead soon: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/8148-robinia-problem.html
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Thanks for the replies, I'd not heard of Josta berry, but now I know it's a currant / goosberry cross - amazing what you learn on here. So Ribes is the prime suspect... I thought the leaves were too large, but that could be explained by it growing in a shady area. The leaves do smell as described by nepia. All this has promted me to look out for some gooseberry / currant bushes, to add to the margins of a native hedge I've planted in the garden.
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Good vid Sean, Is that a drainage channel it's growing on? I'd guess the channel is influencing the length of the root growth from the base of the tree and that there will be a shorter length of roots in other directions, away from the channel? Probably a silly question, because you're not going to dig the rest of the roots up.
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Does anybody recognise this? I came across it at the weekend in a native woodland area... It's a suckering shrub about 1M high, I thought it was some kind of native currant, but I'm not at all sure. The leaves are quite big - that's an A4 sheet of paper in the picture. I didn't notice any thorns. I'm not convinced it's native, but frankly I don't know!
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Thanks Drew, to be fair you have to be impressed that the work is being carried out to such a high standard and in strict accordance with what has been agreed. Over here, a lot of agreements seem to be forgotten once planning permission has been granted.
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I appreciate the tying back of branches while machinerry is moved about, but installing artifical sunlight and rain seems to have overstepped the thin line between good practice and completely bonkers! The tree is now located next to a building rather than thin air, so it seems odd to put in a system that will artifically encourage growth toward the building - particularly given that you will then have to remove all the growth. What's the point of that?
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Do it like this: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EmWkOO_BDo]YouTube - tree 012[/ame]
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Thanks Sean.
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Good choice David, I like Hall Farm place alot, the food's good and they cater for families / small kids, and there's enough space between tables so - other peoples conversations / kids can be annoying if they're too close! Yes, Hitcham is between Bildeston & Gt Finborough, in fact that's a good description of the village - it's one of those places you drive through to get to somewhere else!
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I've not seen that before - does anyone know how they went about 'making' that?
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Nice pics David, we walked along there last weekend - whereabouts did you eat and was it good? It's not really my country tbh. I live in Hitcham, which is ok if you like arable fields, heavy clay and apache helicopters.
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I'd say that's Pholiota squarrosa.
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Thanks BB, I fish on the Broads from time to time and have seen the clearance working taking place in some areas - it's interesting to see a close up of what's going on!
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Warm ones.
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David, Forget weeping willows and look at it again and think 'perky puppies'.
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Very amusing and also interesting that one - i.e. comparing the 'biomechanical' growth of same species with mixed species. I guess the branch stub would have stayed alive and smoothly grafted to the other stem if they were the same species, but instead it looks like a fellating ent!
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Which one did you go for Steve? I'm with the Malus 'Red Jade' people.
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When theres not enough of you to go around
Giles Hill replied to gibbon's topic in Business Management
I'd tell the client unfortunately you're going to have trouble doing it personally, but your best arborist will be there, explain how great he is and how he'll do an excellent job. I'd also tell them that you've got a lot of consultancy work and that you're having to charge your time at at a higher rate nowadays, you'd be happy to do their job personally, but you'd have to charge £250.00 instead of £150.00. -
Tech cert Management Day, Who just sat the exam?
Giles Hill replied to Theocus's topic in Training & education
I saw your van there yesterday Theocus, but I don't know if I met you. My thoughts are similar to Steve's - I found the BS exercise tough and I do a fair bit of BS work. I put my building on top of the Lawson cypress, ignoring the fact that there was a major slope on the site and no-one in their right mind would choose to locate a building in that kind of location and even if they did, they'd never get planning permission. I cocked a few bits and pieces up and couldn't answer one or two of the oral questions, but hopefully did enough to scrape the result. I think that if I fail anything, it will be the BS bit (famous last words). -
You need hands - Max Bygraves
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Some interesting pics, particularly of the adaptive growth of the roots. I don't know anything about Q. nigra, apart from what I've just read on Wikipedia - Apparently it is a fairly short-lived tree - 60-80 years is mentioned... I'm sure your consultant will have more useful local knowledge on the species.
