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No, that part of the tree is below the fence and a good 18 inches away from it.

Thanks for your reply, appreciate it sorry i'm late getting back to you i'v been very busy. I suspect the answer to your first question is unknown but i'll try and get confirmation. The second question i can answer, the root ball is definately the other side of the fence. In answer to your third question,the surrounding trees do seem to be normal and healthy, there are several clustered together where the ends of a few gardens all culminate,other than a bit of sparse foliage where they are touching and keeping the light from eachother the outers look normal, although i will take a second look. The final question you've pretty much answered already, yes the black slime is only limited to the damaged bark area.

Area of decay 5' up from ground level. Further dead growth

Example of dead leaves Further view of tree showing Ivy covered stem, and dead growth. View from House View from top of garden towards house, showing the lean of the tree.

Thanks for all the replies folks. MattyF, i'll do my best to get some pics posted if possible, there are blister galls on some leaves, i'v had a read up on them and in most cases it seems that they "are'nt known to cause harm to the host tree although sometimes sufficiently abundant to be disfiguring", (this being the main reason why i did'nt mention it in my original post) "unless on Prunus where they are caused by the fungus Taphrina". Pardon me for using quotations as i'm not as well educated in this field as some of the guys on here, but i'm trying to learn.

yes, what would be left of it! tricky one.

That's interesting, i would'nt say we've had a wet spring though, the summer has been reasonably dry too until very recently. Sorry can't answer your drugs question although im sure someone on here will.

I'd say the majority of the tree crosses the boundary,at least from about 8 or 9 ft high, the tree is approx 25-30 ft high.

The crown looks healthy to be fair and they love the look of the tree but it does look quite imposing leaning directly over them, especially as their garden slopes uphill away from the house and the tree leans down, even with a decent reduction there would still be a lot of timber leaning their way. I totally agree about monitoring the leaves towards autumn but i think waiting and watching will make them more nervous as they've already had a Laburnam come down a while ago so i think its a case of 'once bitten'. To make matters worse the tree is on their neighbours property but the bulk of it is all in their garden.

maybe?, i know it's been mentioned about the black leaves on here back in May being possibly down to frost but i wondered if there were any other theories yet?

Hi folks, I had a look at a Common Walnut today for some friends, their concern was that is leaning quit heavily towards their house. I recognise this as feature of the Common Walnut anyway but on closer inspection i noticed there were leaves turning black evenly all over the tree and shriveling up and eventually falling to the ground in a cluster of approx 5 leaves. They have been picking them up off the lawn for a while now but never in previous years. The Walnuts themselves all look fine as does 90% of the foliage. Also, further down the main stem about 5 feet from the ground is cracking and peeling bark with around a dozen or so slugs all living in the black slime beneath, i suspect this may be infection set in from a previously pruned limb about 8 inches above which has since rotted back, but the rot continues down and joins the peeling bark. Just below the peeling bark there has been a rope tied in the past and the tree has enveloped it thus leaving a ring. Could anyone shed some light on the blackening of the leaves and are there any connections with the rot, peeling bark and rope tied in the same region? Our friends are concerned that the tree could take a turn for the worse and come down on their patio which they including their little one regularly use. any advice would be much appreciated.

cheers for the replies folks, i think i'll be keeping most of it now!

Hi all, i'v recently picked up a job to dissmantle some Alder, i'm aware of it's water tolerant properties, ie, it grows well on river banks etc, the wood is used for Pier legs etc, but does anyone have any experience of drying it out and burning it as i'v found a Firewood Table that grades it as one of the worst woods to burn.

hi, iv noticed on ebay what looks like a copy part cylinder kit from Greece, i'm considering taking a gamble on buying one to get a second hand saw running better, are these the one's you have bought?

I definately agree 100%, it's driving me mad that i have to fork out a fortune for my tickets and training but yet all i seem to see is Gypo ladder gangs everywhere. I'm determined to do things the right way and thats the track i'll stick to but it can be demorilising. If things can't or won't be tightened up maybe a rival/alternative stricter version of AA is called for to give Arboriculture the same recognition Gas Engineers get under the banner of Gas Safe? Then again, like everything else it will probably boil down to how much the Government can make from it which could lead to even more charges.

I reckon it would be a good foot in the door for a young lad looking to get into this trade, getting training and tickets paid for is worth it for starters.

alright mate, you should be fine, it sounds like the assessor (assuming you get the same one for your assessment) is an understanding type, then again most generally are. All i can say is on the theory side of things is try and recreate the assessment at home, revise by reading each section then cover the answers and read the questions again and this time write what you think the answer is on a pad, i find writing it down draws it from my memory banks better! do this several times and you find each time you do it you answer more questions, finally round it off by getting someone to ask you all the questions and see how you do. Another tip for remembering for prompting your brain to cough up an answer is to use the first letter of each answer in a section and form a word, it may be a daft word but if it helps you find the answer then job done! After saying all of this, if you'ver done 30 & 31 then you'll be ok. I can't see Dyslexia being a problem on the climbing assessment, just remember to relax.

you know what mate i just can't be @@@@resd! shall we call it deuce.

tongue in cheek comments banned are they then mate?

i agree!! i'm going to bid £1000 to test his resolve!

complete novice here on firewood so apologies in advance for any daft questions but what unit of measurement do you mean by cube?

after much deliberating, mainly down to price!i took delivery of my new 441 last week, spent last sat breaking it in and used it none stop all week, very happy.

Once again, thanks lads, The job is to fell a Silver Birch in the back garden of one of my regulars, the garden backs on to fields which has a public footpath running along the edge, the reason i called the council was to find out if i was ok to fell it because over the years i'v heard different stories about what you can and can't do legally to a Silver Birch. They assured me i was ok to go ahead as long as there was no TPO on it or that it wasn't sited in a conservation area, for them to carry out the check they needed my customers address which i will now pass on after she gave me her consent to do so.

Excellent! Cheers folks, thats pretty much answered it. I'v got a small felling job coming up and i'v got speak to the local council about it, i just wanted to cover all bases as this is a matter i wanted to get right first time as i'm a fairly new name on the scene to them.