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Marley our whippet.

Merlin our lurcher

One of the coal merchants' I know had his cabstar in for repairs and was given a crew cab tipper for the day. On the weigh bridge it tared in at 2600 kilos without him so gave a payload of 800 kilos. He drove out with two tonnes of coal on the back.

Thanks. Started making a note of what's in the hedgerows round my fields.

Looking in a gardening book Japanese Holly looks ok any problems with this?

Found this growing in the hedge I think it's a type of maple. The leaves have 3 lobes and the stems are red.

Thanks. I'll just trim it away from the hedge and house for this year and give it a good cut after flowering next spring. Any advice what to plant as a hedge. Mine has died back in patches and will probably be pulled up over the winter. I don't want a conifer hedge and preferably something with a small leaf to take a trim and stay neat.

Hopefully here are a few pics of my magnolia

This is why I'm a coal man not an arborist

I thought magnolia was called a tulip tree from the shape of the flowers

My magnolia is now against the hedge and i have to duck to mow underneath. When's the best time to cut it back and do i just trim or remove some lower branches altogether? Thanks.

Thanks I'll try to post some pics when it flowers.

I've got a Magnolia tree in my front garden about18 foot tall. The base and trunk are covered in moss up to 2 ft and some branches have a fair bit too. Is this causing any damage?

Thanks but I'm looking to buy already netted by the pallet if possible.

Builders' merchants in our area have bags stating minimum contents 800kg