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Fallen Tree

yoz.just26534yoz.just26534 Posts: 2
in Wildlife gardening
Hi there!
looking for advice. Woke up this morning to a fallen tree in the garden, I believe it’s a Hawthorne tree, it’s quite large and may have just come to the end of its life. I have read that new life may also come from the roots so will keep my fingers crossed with that but just want to know when the best time to chop and dispose of it is.. I don’t want to disrupt any wild life that may be relying on it currently, invertebrates etc but will need to remove it at some stage as it has fallen on part of the lawn. It was very sad to see this large tree had fallen and will look to replace with more planting this year. Wildlife is important to me and want to support the creatures that visit the garden as best I can. 

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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Can you let it lie?
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Anything that was living in it will have been disturbed by the fall so I would suggest the least harm to wildlife will be caused if you move it now.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    If you can't leave it to rot away in situ, I would chop it up now and stack the deadwood (including brashy twiggy stuff) in an out of the way spot. The wood pile will form a valuable habitat in its own right. 

    You can do other creative things with it like making dead hedges, or sticking the dead branches in the ground to make 'standing deadwood' (mimicking a dead tree that is slowly rotting in situ), which are beneficial for wildlife. 
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • yoz.just26534yoz.just26534 Posts: 2
    Unfortunately I cannot let it lie which is a shame but thanks for the creative ideas Loxley, that I can do and will do. Lots of gaps in some of the hedge rows that I can fill in..
    Thank you to everyone that has responded too, very much appreciated.

  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    I completely agree with Loxley, we have various dead hedges and wood piles dotted around our garden which attracts a lot of wildlife but I was happiest when I descovered stag beetles that had emerged from my buried logs. All you need to do is bury some logs a couple of feet deep with some of the wood sticking out. You can use various sized logs and incorporate it into a normal woodpile or have them create a "fake tree" (perhaps it could be a bird feeding station) like mentioned above.
  • ch3shirecat4ch3shirecat4 Posts: 11
    this weather is causing havoc! 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    We are causing the weather havoc
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