Gardenscape

Is that Woodgrow you mean?

Pic 3 is Calke Abbey and 6 is a village called Findern. All Derbyshire dude.

Loving the autumn colours at the moment. Hope you are to. Images all shot in Derbyshire. © Daniel Dytrych

Some amusing comments here. Sling and foot holds I think. No chance I will be dropping the whole pollards, the garden would be smashed to smithereens! I plan to clear the growth first and then log down a few feet on each pollard. One of those tricky-ish gardens where things could easily get broken. Tree is far to big for the garden personally.

Thanks all for the great suggestions. I've ordered and decided to use slings as foot holds and install a choked anchor up the highest stem. For me that would be one technique I'd be most comfortable with doing. I'll repost some after photos in a few weeks.

You may of. It is around your end, Ben. Good advice guys. So, is that a no, no on the spikes?

Can you please advise? I have a customer who is really keen for me to do the work on her willow tree, but I'm still unsure what is the best way to re-pollard the tree. The problem is that there are no suitable anchor points for me to get the rope anywhere near the top for my main anchor, and I wouldn't be comfortable using ladders, I really do not like using ladders. With it being willow and brittle I want to be certain my main anchor is around something sufficient in diameter. I can get into the lower part of the tree, but from that point I am stumped. My only other realistic option would probably be to spike to the top, install my main anchor and then remove the spikes. I don't really want to use spikes on a tree that isn't being removed. Also some of the height is being brought down a few feet below the previous pollard so it will be probably be inevitable for me to have to spike it. The bark looks to be thick so I can't imagine to much damaged would be done. I may be wrong. Your thoughts would be very helpful. Thanks, Dan.

I drink loads of water during the day and eat plenty of veg and protein. Used to be a bit of a fitness freak back in my young days, so I learned a bit about food and health during that period, which I still try to stick to today but no way near as obsessive. Personally, a relatively good swimming session in the morning or somewhere during your day 3 days a week is good.

Lol, I never knew that! Fascinating stuff. Appreciate all the comments. Good to get feedback from you. Second to last is my favourite one to.

Thanks dude. Swarkey gravels?

Ahhh I'm littleover. I'm 31 so I was just born all that time ago.

That's Swarkestone bridge, dude. You are absolutely right. Pic 9 of the dying back ash and oak are on the left side of the bridge coming from the Crewe and harpur pub. Look out for them next time you are here. Are you local?

lol, that made me chuckle.

Cause it looks horrible, personally. Ivy grows quicker that what the tree can and will eventually take it over. From what I have seen from trees covered in Ivy, the limbs don't produce buds and then die back. People will disagree with me but I'd put a bet on it that over time Ivy climbing trees to this stage is not a good thing. Often see poor english oaks in the same situation. It's an invasive plant and needs to be maintained.

Harvey, the image of the fishing lake is taken in South Derbyshire near a pine forest called Robin Wood. Lovely spot.

That's a nice tree but the ivy needs banding.

Black poplar by the look of the leaves. Are the bubs pointed with a reddish/brownish appearance and stickyish? Here is one I did last week http://gscape.co.uk/poplar-pollard-dartmouth/

Got some in Derbyshire if you fancy picking it up

T-shirt weather still. I'm amazed at how dry and mild it's been. Hope it continues.

Had the day off today as I had a few jobs to price. Woke up early to a foggy morning so decided to take a trip out with the camera to a few spots close to my home. More of my work Portrait and Documentary Photographer | Daniel Dytrych © Daniel Dytrych

You will love it, dude!

In truth no one really knows how google ranks sites and it's always changing. I have a blog which is probably the most powerful seo tool you can have. Just need to add more onto that! Google say sites need to be mobile ready, yet I see web sites ranked on page 1 which aren't mobile friendly and are poorly designed. Social media, having a google+ account with reviews, google places, etc, etc all contribute to a good ranking in google. Having said that I try not to get to bogged down with google, there is more to marketing than google. Fliering, local advert and word of mouth for me is more powerful than google and it's what is working for me. Yoursite looks professional and I know what you do and how to contact you, so that is priority. If that works for you then it's cool.

Less content is better. Just clean and simple. The same applies to printed marketing material also. People don't want to spend minutes reading and scrolling through content, they are lazy. They just want to know what you do and how to contact you. Your web site in my opinion has far to much content. Point is valid about the more info. Need to make that look more like a button. On desktop it's already expanded.

Hey, everyday is a school day

That's looking smart dude. That will do fine. As for signage, just got for vinyl and they usually require a vector format such as .eps which you can export in illustrator. Just make sure You convert your type to outlined before you export. Select the text, from the top menu bar click type>Create outlines.