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Alright Rambo, calm down. You've only asked twice I think. That doesn't even make it onto the bottom of the leader board for the junior league of the CRQA, (Competitive Repetitive Question Asking), ffs. I have absolutely no shame in being an anonymous, left wing, BS, lying, utter twat. But here you go; I've never measured it, and can't remember the figures from the particulars, but it's something like 10m by 40m. Veg on the right, fruit trees and bushes dotted around all over.

Brinksman. But yeah, they're almost certainly good for at least 5 years. I was being cautious.

Cheers for the full picture. Whatever you do now then, it's probably only going to be an interim measure. I still think those trees are doomed to die soon or in the not too distant future. If and when they do definitely die it might be an idea to get them reduced as low as possible, whilst still maintaining the privacy screen. How high do you need then to be roughly? It's easier and safer to do the climbing/cutting work when the wood is still sound, rather than waiting until they start to rot and fail. (Also there might be a liability issue if they're close to a public path?). If room in the garden allows you could also plant a row of replacement trees at this stage, suitably spaced back from the original line. You should be able to achieve an uninterrupted privacy screen over time then. Maybe even deploy some kind of climbing plant to help bulk up the trunks on the original trees.

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WTF? It was a comment in accordance with this you Muppet. Nothing to do with you. Again. It's just that you jumped in front in your haste to pose that cracker of a question. Again. Go and look up the Me Too movement, #MeToo or something. Harvey Weinstein and all that. Anyway, as I keep telling you, the answer that you're eternally searching for is 42.

The "me too" effect.

Same again this evening

Get away with you. Lumps that big only belong on a plate, not in a sandwich. Branstons spreadable or nothing. Or homemade. Points for the Corned Beef though.

That's unusual these days I think, not many people have landline telephones now. Well, based on my limited data set; I know hardly anyone who uses one. Those few that do are in the older generations. We're in the odd position of having to pay for a phone line that we don't use. Virgin don't allow the option of not having one. Now that they're not exchange powered, there's no advantage over a mobile. (Not that I think that's progress, it's probably not. Same as getting rid of FM radio transmition. I'm also of the Luddite mindset)

Maybe we've reached one of those tipping points already. Who knows? We're well into uncharted territory now, science will be forever playing catch-up from now on. I think there's only one thing that's certain, and that's that things will get worse before they get better. What do you reckon @Johnsond?

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They're well and truly toasted I'm afraid! Always trust a Tree Surgeon. Most of the time.

What is the burning question, the very very simple one? Gotta say, I'm flummoxed. You know, that question that's so amusing that you can't help but whine on and on about it on every single page, every time you come on here. It must be a cracker. Maybe we can all help to get you to the answer together, hive mind and all that. Alternatively, we could just discuss some stuff that actually matters, or is at least interesting.

What's this burning question that you've got your Y-Fronts all in a twist about now? Is it still that military service conjecture thing? It's hard for one to keep track. Anyway, the answer to everything is 42. Everyone knows that.

Interesting discussion topic this one. There's pros and cons to both I think, growing plants or animals. Growing vegetables is certainly easier to get into, from a space, time and money consideration. You can grow herbs or even some salad veg on a windowsill in a flat with no garden. Until they invent those square, stackable cows you've got no chance of doing similar with animals. If I had more land, and more time I'd love to go down the full on self-sufficiency route. We've quite a big garden, by urban standards, but nowhere near big enough for livestock. Even chickens. Unless I wanted to sacrifice the veg, if I were to let them have free range, which I don't. No good them eating all the slugs, if there's no lettuce left either. Also, it feels as though you've got far more invested with animals, I don't just mean money. If a crop fails you just sow more seeds. There's no real infrastructure required, other than a green house, and that's only really a luxury, not a requirement for growing. Chillies and Garlic are well worth hacking, they're cash crops. I'm not sure about Asparagus - not enough return for my liking. I'd add Courgettes and Beans to your whitelist too. Easy, heavy cropping and easily IDed, both of them. Gooseberries are good, they're a doddle, not at all fussy. Where's young @peds when you need him? I'm sure he'd have a two penneth to add. (Looking forward to your thoughts on this one when you rejoin us mate).

Probably

Eat them now; before the slugs do, or the cat pisses on them.

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Just coming into strawberry season here as well.

They'll run out even quicker next time.

There's some very odd people around. It must have taken more effort to fly tip that rather than persevere with splitting it.