Luckily the whole tree does not need removing, but the limb that fell was about 3 feet in diameter and 40 feet long, with multiple side branches, so although he chopped them up, when he dragged them out of the woodland, he flattened and broke so many treasures. Will spend the next few days removing the smaller bits of debris, and then I suppose i will wait till next Spring to see what returns and then start again.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
My sympathies, we had to just grin and bear it when 10 beech trees on our boundary were crown lifted and reduced and one large tree taken down earlier this year. I had hundreds of daffodils and a few choice hellebores in flower in the direct firing line as big branches came crashing down. Some were so large that the house shook as they landed. A few shrubs took a pounding as the debris was carted off to be shredded but nothing of any great value was lost.
The bright side, literally, is that the garden below the trees now has much better light and is now a new planting opportunity. Every cloud etc.
So sorry about your tree and woodland garden @punkdoc. I've been up since about 5, sprinkler going, tomatoes have been tied up and had their armpits shaven, courgettes planted, at last and it's not even 7am
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ commiserations @punkdoc 😢 it must be grim, but as @steephill says, it is a new planting opportunity too ((hug))
That sounds like good going @Hostafan1 👍 ... you wouldn’t care to hoe my veg patch while you’re at it would you? I find that watching Wimbledon 🎾 is taking up a lot of my time this week 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all. I admire early-risers who make the most of the morning. I am no early bird. My job is going ok, thank you Dove, but as we are setting up a new team there is a massive amount to organise and think about. 🤯 Have a good day all - whether at work, rest or play...or watching tennis.
Morning all I have wept over some magnificent trees we have lost hear but as the tree surgeons said even a tree has an allocated lifetime. We had enough wood for our burner for a year and more! Seven years on our replanted trees are coming up well and have given us an opportunity to replant that under area. I still can hardly look at the garden without an overwhelming sense of despair but I have been severely warned, Garden or cruise. Well which would you choose? Punk how is OH? Any news Aunty Rach I replied to you let me know if it didn’t arrive. have a good day
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
Monting all/afties Pat if you're there. Wasn't around yesterday, but I've skimmed back. Commiserations doc, but these things are often beyond our control and we have to make the best of them. Hope you get a chance to catch up with yourself AuntyR! How are you doing, LP? Good to see you dropping in. The garden will wait for you to be more able. Worst case scenario - you could maybe get someone in to do a general tidy? That's a very greedy blackbird, fidget. Lovely problem to have though. Maybe the postie thinks you're on some strange diet plan Rain pretty much all day yesterday here, and from the previous evening, and we have a warning for thunder etc tomorrow apparently. It's dry just now, and weirdly warm, so I'll get out for a walk quite soon.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I weeded the GH before it got hot this morning. Did it before we left for the UK in June and the weeds are 2ft tall. OH asked why there are so many weeds in there when I never let them seed. A few years ago I manured it with manure from my horses, must have been full of weed seeds.
Forecast is hot and sunny for the next week, at least it won't be 40°, just up to 30°. I'm pining already for the 20° of England.
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Will spend the next few days removing the smaller bits of debris, and then I suppose i will wait till next Spring to see what returns and then start again.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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The bright side, literally, is that the garden below the trees now has much better light and is now a new planting opportunity. Every cloud etc.
I've been up since about 5, sprinkler going, tomatoes have been tied up and had their armpits shaven, courgettes planted, at last and it's not even 7am
commiserations @punkdoc 😢 it must be grim, but as @steephill says, it is a new planting opportunity too
((hug))
That sounds like good going @Hostafan1 👍 ... you wouldn’t care to hoe my veg patch while you’re at it would you? I find that watching Wimbledon 🎾 is taking up a lot of my time this week 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My job is going ok, thank you Dove, but as we are setting up a new team there is a massive amount to organise and think about. 🤯
Have a good day all - whether at work, rest or play...or watching tennis.
I have wept over some magnificent trees we have lost hear but as the tree surgeons said even a tree has an allocated lifetime. We had enough wood for our burner for a year and more! Seven years on our replanted trees are coming up well and have given us an opportunity to replant that under area.
I still can hardly look at the garden without an overwhelming sense of despair but I have been severely warned, Garden or cruise. Well which would you choose?
Punk how is OH? Any news
Aunty Rach I replied to you let me know if it didn’t arrive.
have a good day
A A Milne
Wasn't around yesterday, but I've skimmed back. Commiserations doc, but these things are often beyond our control and we have to make the best of them.
Hope you get a chance to catch up with yourself AuntyR!
How are you doing, LP? Good to see you dropping in. The garden will wait for you to be more able. Worst case scenario - you could maybe get someone in to do a general tidy?
That's a very greedy blackbird, fidget. Lovely problem to have though. Maybe the postie thinks you're on some strange diet plan
Rain pretty much all day yesterday here, and from the previous evening, and we have a warning for thunder etc tomorrow apparently. It's dry just now, and weirdly warm, so I'll get out for a walk quite soon.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Morning all.
I weeded the GH before it got hot this morning. Did it before we left for the UK in June and the weeds are 2ft tall. OH asked why there are so many weeds in there when I never let them seed. A few years ago I manured it with manure from my horses, must have been full of weed seeds.
Forecast is hot and sunny for the next week, at least it won't be 40°, just up to 30°. I'm pining already for the 20° of England.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-48934794
A couple of years ago you gave us a canna @Hostafan1 ... this is the earliest it’s ever been in flower 😎 more flower spikes coming too 👍
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.