spandit
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Thank you! I've been nagged to update it and promise I will do soon...
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Have one in TN21 but maybe a bit far from you
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I'm looking forward to mine coming back into leaf again this Spring. I'd be concerned with vole/deer damage without tubes and I suspect the microclimate they generate is why some of mine are over 6' high after one growing season. I have so many self seeded birch I didn't knowingly plant any, although some of the whips I was supplied with have grown into birch trees I'll post more pictures of mine later in the year. Got about 65 to replace and hoping to use chestnut, wild pear and robinia
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It was the only way to have my own! I'm hoping in 5 years it will provide some cover
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I hope my relatives have the same thoughts in 40 years time when my woodland is grown!
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I didn't spray at all and most of my trees are doing fine. A few have grass coming out of the top but most of these have the trees with the most growth too. They tend to self mulch, I find, but looking at the progress of the naturally seeded trees, I think the advantage of the tube alone should suffice. Only got 1,500 trees, mind
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I wouldn't burn it on an open fire without a guard but in a stove it's great
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If anyone wants some valuable leylandii mulch I have some still on the tree that you can harvest yourselves for a reasonable price. I can also offer leaf litter and when the spring comes I'll have plenty of grass clippings that can be harvested fresh!
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My daughter's school have produced a Christmas video and just want to beat the number of hits they had last year (1500) - it's quite entertaining, especially around the 2:40 mark so they'd appreciate it if you'd watch it:
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Thing is, rabbits breed so prolifically that once one with natural immunity starts producing offspring, the numbers will pick up again. Shooting rabbits is good sport and I'd miss them if they were eradicated but I know a lot of farmers wish they'd go extinct
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Putting warm logs on the fire certainly helps so keep a full log basket. I burn a lot of leylandii, willow and punky birch - much of it home grown and the longer it keeps the oil tanker away the better!
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Will do!
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Haven't used Copford's but got a quote from them recently for some oak gate posts that was very competitive - would have bought them but we're going brick pillars now
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I'm sorry, I was a bit bored and away from home, I just wondered what could happen if I didn't seek permission. Of course, I will try to talk to them but they're not very sociable with their other neighbours, as it happens.
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Part of the issue is, it's a second home and they're not often there. I have spoken briefly to her and she doesn't want the trimmings back, unsurprisingly. I'm sure you understand that I'm just getting a reaction posting this and I'm not intending on criminal damage but hadn't considered not being able to climb the trees. I will draft a letter - might even mention the fact her trees are pushing my wall down!
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Been there 15 months and have spoken to her 3 times. Never even met him
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I'd be impressed they actually did the work themselves! It was tongue in cheek, I think the anti-social hedge thing is an option but I'll probably just ask them
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There is a row of lovely leylandii blocking the light into my bedroom and I'm getting a tree surgeon in to cut back the bits that overhang my boundary, the nature of the tree is that it's quite a lot. However, if he were to top the remainder, what kind of penalties could ensue, assuming the bloody things survive?
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If you dig it out I'll rehome it for you - plenty of space for it to go mad here
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Have you considered the Woodland Trust MOREWoods scheme - gives you a 60% discount on everything? Limited to native trees only but that's what you're planting
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Funnily enough, I'd only just come back inside to begin the data entry for my tree survey of the ones I planted last Winter. My 'phone rang and someone saying they were calling from "Tree Health" asked if I'd planted any sweet chestnut (I hadn't, but only because the Woodland Trust ran out of stock). Apparently there is a problem with blight and if I were looking at nut production, then they'd need to come and inspect them. It's going to be a few years before I get any nuts out of the ones I'm planning on planting this Winter but first I'd heard that there might be a problem
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E-mail sent...
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Didn't plant anything resembling this
spandit replied to spandit's topic in Tree Identification pictures
I'm not going to remove them but the self seeders will not get deliberately targeted. Might get mown down or eaten. Not a massive fan of birch as it rots so quickly which is another reason I didn't order any. Thanks for replies -
Didn't plant anything resembling this
spandit replied to spandit's topic in Tree Identification pictures
You are right. I lost momentum when my laptop blew up and since replacing it I haven't got round to updating it again -
Didn't plant anything resembling this
spandit replied to spandit's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Leaves look a bit big to be silver birch - the ones that have self seeded all over the place have much smaller leaves than that (it's why I didn't want to pay for any when I get them for free!). The only ones that were planted in spirals were blackthorn, hawthorn, spindle and hazel. As I mentioned, there's no dead stick in the spiral - this is what was planted. Curious to see what it turns out to be. I'll try to get a picture of the bark in due course
