janey
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Er... They'd be the pics I haven't gotten around to taking in over three weeks of thinking about it, wouldn't they? They're small and impossibly cute, that's all you need to know. More so that the ones you usually see as they're MINE
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Today, my babies took their first shaky steps on the road to independance. I'm so proud of them, yet I'm so sad at the same time to see them leaving me behind. Earlier this afternoon, my brood of blue tits nesting outside of my kitchen window officially fledged I've had a fantastic view of the nest box and I've spent far too much time watching the parents intially ferrying in nesting material and then bringing endless beakfulls of caterpillars to the growing chicks. They've all survived an attempted raid by a squirrel and the interest of next door's cat. And today, four of the cutest bundles of yellow grey fluff left the nest. Straight into the pishing rain! I don't think they were overly impressed by their welcome to the world as at least one of them headed back to the nestbox.
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Considering the looks she was giving me, I'm surprised she didn't try to chase me out of the shop with a novelty soft toy pig As it was a Sunday, late and near closing time, she was about the only staff member with a reasonable IQ I could find. I tried to persuade myself that as a paying member of the public at the Park I had done my duty, but it's been nagging at me ever since.
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I've just googled the place and sent a very brief email to the generic address I found for them . It's only taken me three months to get around to doing it . As you say, my concerns are set out in black and white, so it's now up to the tree's managers how thet proceed. Hopefully I can now stop worrying about this tree and start obsessing about something else
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That's exactly how I feel. I know by alerting a staff member to my concerns that I have done enough and not simply ignored a dodgy tree. But I think the fact that I'm asking your advice shows that I'm not happy with just leaving it at that. I'll look up the contact details and try to contact someone higher up, as you suggested.
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I spotted this Tilia (Lime) way back in March of this year. It's in a Country Park which is very popular with kids and families and is adjacent to the main foot path. It's fairly obvious from the pics why I'm concerned about this tree and additionally there's a lot more die back in the crown than what you'd usually expect for a lime. I reported my concerns to one of the staff members in the main shop and reception area and said that they should get someone to look at the tree asap. I left my contact details and credentials... What more am I supposed to do? One of my friends has told me the tree is still there and to his eyes, there are no signs that there has been any sort of inspection undertaken or work carried out. I'm not happy about this tree, given it's condition, location and targets and I feel that the ownrs should be doing something about it. Should I, as an experienced and qualified arb, be taking this further or have I done "my bit" and now leave it? Your thoughts, please.
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I find a lot of basal cankering on Malus (apple) and Sorbus (rowan) when urban street tree surveying. While it can look fairly innocuous, it often leads to complete failure of the trunk near ground level.
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Ooh, that's niiiiiice I bet it's a whole lot of fun as well. I always use the reasoning that a good run out will dispel any last bits of moisture that you simply can't get to manually. And then, of course, the bike gets grubby with all that road filth and needs cleaning again, which will then require another run out
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That sounds sooooooo wrong! I knew I'm not so shabby at this tree reading thing when I predicted that that's exactly how the oak would respond. That was an excellent set of photos - perhaps one of us should see about getting them posted on here ?
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Haha, that'll be your next quote now
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I always fancy a free lunch . Did you stock up on the quiche and volauvents? However, work commitments meant I had a perfect excuse to not be social . I wasn't hiding from Becky either, as I'm now legitimately an LA subby (do you like how I dropped it in there that I've got a proper job again ? OPMing for Ealing / FC). I woul have like to have spoken to Jill as I was interested in how she saw adhoc data being able to inform LA stratagy.
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Selective breeding
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Those bee tree pollards are amazing I would never have guessed why they had the cavities deliberately formed without Ted "don't know, tell me about it" Green explaining about the creation of honey bee habitat.
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That's seriously vicious! As you say, they must be great for keeping the kids in check There are some thorned Gleditsia cv's in London as street trees - I'm wondering how long they'll survive the H&S police.
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I don't think it's something that any of us can really advise you on. There are so many variables that are dependant on you:your skills, your likes, your situation, your goals, the work you do... You get the idea A lot would also depend on the particular job that you would take instead of working for yourself. You may find you love it and wonder why you haven't gone for it before or you may loathe it and go back to what you know. Do you have a job lined up? You could always carry on with the SE stuff until something near perfect turns up (or chase) rather than leap into something far from ideal, and then do 'your' tree work at the weekend, perhaps?
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That's your job spec' then. If that's what your client wants and they weren't asking for general advice, if you don't take it down someone else will. You can try and persuade them to leave the tree as a high stump or mono' even, or have a log pile in the corner for the bugs n' beasties etc.
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What does your customer (presumably the tree's owner?) want done with it?
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That ol' chestnut There was a piece on the BBC news about that not so very long ago. It jusy goes to show that with all the advances in GM technology it's the traditional method of plant selection that may enable elms to survive to maturity in our landscape once more
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How about giving us a synopsis Rob and saving me from having to endure Mr Titmarsh?
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Are you talking about using those two wheeled contraptions thingies with no engine? On London roads? Are you trying to get us all killed???
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Champion Trees of Britain and Ireland: The Tree Register handbook
janey replied to janey's topic in The Lounge
The mycological equivalent of a pop up book -
If you have it in writing from the LA that there are no Planning constraints, you won't be felling a suffiecient quantity to need a felling licence and you have the tree ownr's permission then yes, crack the chainsaw out. But... By asking the LA about the status of the trees, you may alert them of the need to put a TPO on them if the TO / PL deems it expedient
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Warm, I'd say
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With such a high number of visiters to HH, do you find dead hedging is adequate for keeping them away from the hazards? I would have thought it would be a bit of a fire risk as well, even if you do tend to get a better quality of hoi polloi in Ham'stead?
