We're certainly fine here thanks - no hot spots near us. I heard there were more outbreaks in Melbourne and the surrounding areas @Pat E. Hope there isn't anything nearby that can trouble you. Stay safe both of you x
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Good morning everyone. Been having a lazy morning cos we've had drizzle which is use to neither man nor beast for gardening in a drought.
Great harvest for Charlie @D0rdogne_Damsel. Has he sown anything for winter?
Our two trees that were felled had been losing huge branches every time there was a bit of wind @Dovefromabove and one was close enough to make that danger for the annex roof. The ones we have left are still OK at the mo but are younger too.
Hope all goes well for OH @WonkyWomble and for anyone else who's been shielding and is getting back out there today. Must be nerve-wracking for so many.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Your OH should be fine @WonkyWomble if he's working in a big warehouse as there will be more air flow around. He could always ask his employers to put up Perspex screens around his work station.
@Pat E - some big gauntlets would help when you're pruning prickly plants, I'm afraid the older we get the more precautions we have to take, rose thorn scratches can turn out to be particularly nasty - I got told off once by my GP for not wearing protective gloves. Looks like it might soon be drizzly here @Obelixx, so h...….k might have to be done!
We have a rose 'bush' that's an absolute thug and I used to get ripped to pieces trying to prune it - so I bought some leather welding sleeves (cover from wrist to elbow). I look like a complete idiot (so nothing new there then), but they stop the scratches...
Thanks for the helpful hints folks. Yes, I’m bad at protecting myself. I thought I’d finished but re-discovered some climbers along a fence that I’d forgotten.
The first tree surgeon has been ... he recommends giving it a chance to live by pollarding it properly .... it was obviously pollarded probaby about 30 years ago ... when we came here we had the crown lifted and thinned but the tree has doubled its size since then. Mr A says that pollarding it properly will give it the best chance to survive ... but if it doesn't put on healthy new growth then felling it will not be a huge job. He agrees with us that we can't leave it as it is ... it's way too huge for its surroundings and not as healthy as it could be.
He's quoted £650 to pollard and take away the timber and brash. That's about what I thought ... we'll see what the other chap says on Saturday.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's not just dieback that's the problem @hostafan1 .... it's huge ......... way way too big for here now ... doing nothing isn't an option. We've left it as long as we dare ... it's about 12 m from the back door and way taller than the house ... its branches cover half this garden, half the garden behind us, and half our NDN's garden ... and it's on the edge of the Shady Bank so has few surface roots at this side to stabilise it in strong winds. Also, by July/August in other years the canopy has been really thick so you can't see through it ... but you'll see from this pic that you can see lots of sky through the foliage ... it really is very sparse. The tree surgeon said that it wouldn't be a good idea just to reduce the crown as that means that any lush new growth puts pressure on the older growth which is already compromised due to having been coppiced in the past and may also be weaker because of chalara.
Its a big tree in a garden approx 12m x 12m
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I heard there were more outbreaks in Melbourne and the surrounding areas @Pat E. Hope there isn't anything nearby that can trouble you. Stay safe both of you x
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Great harvest for Charlie @D0rdogne_Damsel. Has he sown anything for winter?
Our two trees that were felled had been losing huge branches every time there was a bit of wind @Dovefromabove and one was close enough to make that danger for the annex roof. The ones we have left are still OK at the mo but are younger too.
Hope all goes well for OH @WonkyWomble and for anyone else who's been shielding and is getting back out there today. Must be nerve-wracking for so many.
@Pat E - some big gauntlets would help when you're pruning prickly plants, I'm afraid the older we get the more precautions we have to take, rose thorn scratches can turn out to be particularly nasty - I got told off once by my GP for not wearing protective gloves.
Looks like it might soon be drizzly here @Obelixx, so h...….k might have to be done!
He's quoted £650 to pollard and take away the timber and brash. That's about what I thought ... we'll see what the other chap says on Saturday.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think I’m going to hit the mute button next episode.
The tree surgeon said that it wouldn't be a good idea just to reduce the crown as that means that any lush new growth puts pressure on the older growth which is already compromised due to having been coppiced in the past and may also be weaker because of chalara.
Its a big tree in a garden approx 12m x 12m
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.