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Sad goodbye
Guernsey Donkey2
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No, not me!
I have just noticed that the larch trees that my brother planted in his teens (he is 70 now), are being taken down today. We never thought to take a photo of them - and now they will just be a memory. They were 20 or more feet high.
My brother travelled the length of England to Weymouth on his Vespa scooter with those saplings in his bag - he was working in the Scottish forests at the time.
Goodbye larch trees.
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Phew! Glad that it's not you GD
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It's always sad to see beautiful trees go ...
Can you plant something in memory of them?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My brother loves trees Dove - he will be sad to see the gap in the garden where the larch stood for most of our lives. He gave our daughter a Monkey Puzzle tree for a Christening present, which still stands proudly in OUR garden.
I love trees too GD - I grew up on a farm in a tiny hamlet both named for the ash trees which are so numerous in that area .............. when we came to look at this house and saw there were mature ash trees in the garden (not really a big enough garden for two ash trees!) we were smitten ... we didn't look at any more houses .........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That's lovely Dove - that house was just meant to be yours! Is the Ash still there?
I have recovered from the shock now - it was just awful to hear the chain saws and seeing the destruction, although I couldn't actually bring myself to watch them crash to the ground. It's just a job for the tree surgeons (posh name for them isn't it?), but they were special trees to my brother and I. I haven't told him of their demise yet.
There were two large ones - we had one felled 18 months ago as it was showing signs of die back and as the other appeared very healthy we wanted to get rid of the poorly one before it infected the good one. We're in the middle of a Ash Dieback black spot.
So far the healthy tree is still looking good
Hope your brother isn't upset by the news ((hugs))
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
So sad about the larches, and sorry you don't have a picture.
Maybe someone else will have a photo
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yes,perhaps they will nut but I doubt it. That garden has been blitzed of all trees in the past few weeks - we had such a lovely garden there when we were growing up - Dad took a real pride in it - kept us fed all year round too. I wonder what sort of world the new owners think they are giving to their grandchildren.
that's very sad GD
Last edited: 14 March 2017 20:31:20
In the sticks near Peterborough
As an update, spoken to brother, who was naturally very sad, but would like to plant another Larch if we can find a suitable site for it. Will post again when I have more news - perhaps in a few months time.