organic guy

Off topic, cycled to and stayed in Llaniloes last week. Loved the high street and wool market, was a lovely billhook in the shop on the high street but was shut on sunday.

Spot on , saw photo of church yard without tree about 100 years ago. Could not believe it was so young, looked like 500 year old yew.

On Anglesey, guesses of age?

Spilt from the trunk, then rough planed and then turned. My concern is how much more it will dry, maybe come loose. I need to rough turn some and leave them until needed.

Spade refurb, ash handle from second harvest in our Millennium wood

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

Finally got there, second attempt at bending the top. Angle of back is not perfect and only slim ladies allowed to sit on it.

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!