organic guy

My son has just bought some land which has trees on the boundary of the village. He was being hassled by a villager that a tree was unsafe so got a surgeon to investigate. Long story short, tree is now cut down. Turns out tree had a TPO. Should the tree surgeon have investigated? Should solicitors have flagged this up in sales contracts? It also appears he has 11 trees with TPO but can only find 7! What should he do?

Constructive criticism gratefully received!

Ash

That is the tree about 5 minutes after I started and decided I should keep a record. I will try to take one later, I would value your advice. re HC, completely understand what you are saying, but the French being so good with there trees will have another one planted and ready to go when that on dies, surely much better than here where people plant inappropriate trees, let them get too big and then cut them down with no replanting. Pollarding and pleaching I guess is almost indefinitely sustainable? But it has survived quite a long time! Having cycled the length of the Loire last year I was so blown away by the pollards I came home and pleached? two trees in our garden which have got too big. It's still alive!

But it has survived quite a long time! Having cycled the length of the Loire last year I was so blown away by the pollards I came home and pleached? two trees in our garden which have got too big. It's still alive!

The beautiful pollards of France in progress!

today's continuation of the sloping oak cut 4 big planks off the bottom then 3 off the butt cutting uphill Used the winch on the butt as it was damm steep

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Not an expert, more answering through interest to stimulate the experts to reply for my own knowledge. I would cut back all the tall straggly bits now to get growth down lower for next year. Now to see if I get shot down!

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No, we milled it downhill, just let it go and it ran down of its own accord. Issue was we had to gouge a hole to get the saw in at the top. We have now managed to cut the bottom end off so I am thinking we will now support under the top end with some longs and mill uphill so we can cut right up to the butt and plank most of the trunk without having to cut the butt off. Do you think that will work?

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