Graham

I'd blame Tinkerbell or Wendy:001_smile:

Don't think I've got that much elbow grease:001_smile:

It's cedar....libanii. Must take more pics of carvings. What's the best way to treat them?

Stylised elephant I did as Christmas pres for g/f.

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Denys Watkins-Pitchford? If so..yes. Used to have a collection of all his articles from Shooting Times.

To William Topaz McGonnagal......... Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.

Poem's called Home Thoughts from Abroad and the tree is in Staffordshire. Glad you like it.

Yes it is. Whenever I'm passing I make a little detour to see how it's doing. I'll post one in full leaf later... gods willing:001_smile:

Not just England but any country that you may be attached to or from. Got carried away and Browning always comes to mind in the Spring with a new awakening.

Bit of an idealistic post but always think of Robert Browning in April. My long time friend a lonely English elm taken on April 1st. Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England - now! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows Hark! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops - at the bent spray's edge That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture! And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's dower, - Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower! Robert Browning (1812-1889) --------------------------------- ----------------------------------

My river coming back to life. Now just need the trout to play

Curried goat as it is in Jamaica:smokin:

Personally I would have no qualms in providing a supporting letter if the woodland is managed for either timber, conservation or sporting interests. I would attach a copy of any management plan. Isn't woodland exempt if it is under a dedication (or similar) scheme via grants?

I've seen that before although not sure what it is. I'd have thought the structural integrity was questionable regardless of any possible infection.

I assume the basal damage occured during road alterations and culvert building about ten years ago. The diameter's about 26" and the decay extended up the stem approx 6'.

Sycamore we felled today.

Nice one.

I'd go for these with maybe a yellowish orange vest.

This is the way to go.

With the right material I've laid up to 12". Sometimes big old thorn is better laid off the roots.

Hmm...caught by the local 'holier than thou vigilante busybody group'. They wind me up

Situated in gently rolling country which previously had plenty of elm. In fact there was a small wood...about 2 acres.. comprising mostly elm about 500 metres from this tree. They all died. Maybe it has a natural resistance?

Sorry about the quality of camera phone pic. I'll get back and get a better one. English elm (U. procera) which has disappeared from the English landscape. This is a tree I've known since 1976 and has survived whilst every other one around it succumbed to DED. It's about 90' and has never shown any sign of DED.

I find that chipper ejaculation varies cosiderably