the tree is in the alleyway behind our house and the gentleman who lives in the house at the back bought the land before we moved in many years ago, the branches do not overhang into our garden but it is very close and the wind blows all the saplings into our garden and blocks out a lot of light now it has gotten so tall. I am going to speak to him again tomorrow to see if he will change his mind and let us have the tree trimmed, i will also try mowing them on the lawn, but will have to take out by hand from the Japanese garden and flower borders.i know it's easy to pull them out but last year we pulled out over 2000 which can give you a bit of a back ache.
trouble is, magazines and TV can give the impression that you make a garden and it's done. In reality it's a constant round of weeding and mending. I'm no fan of sycamore but to ask someone to cut down their tree to avoid some weeding seems a bit OTT
This year the sycamore seedlings do seem to be worse. I spent a day recently helping my elderly neighbour clear them from his borders, they were growing everywhere. They had even rooted in and on his plants! What with a sudden influx of Spanish bluebells too the job took forever. You have my sympathies m-chalk. I think constantly mowing the lawn with cover those but you'll have to pull the others out. Do it after a bit of rain so they come out easier if that helps.
Even our shed has sycamore seedlings growing on the roof this year! The mild autumn seems to have given them a real boom.
I say shed, it's a wooden wreck waiting to be pulled down since Storm Doris had her wicked way with it. Hopefully the neighbour will agree to at least some tree surgery if only to allow a bit more light in your garden.
We have a large sycamore which probably predates the house given it's size. If any of our neighbours wanted to pay for it to be cut down I'd bite their hands off! Since we're renting though I'm not forking out and it only casts a shade for a small part of the day in a small part of the garden so we're lucky.
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Thank you all for your advice
the tree is in the alleyway behind our house and the gentleman who lives in the house at the back bought the land before we moved in many years ago, the branches do not overhang into our garden but it is very close and the wind blows all the saplings into our garden and blocks out a lot of light now it has gotten so tall. I am going to speak to him again tomorrow to see if he will change his mind and let us have the tree trimmed, i will also try mowing them on the lawn, but will have to take out by hand from the Japanese garden and flower borders.i know it's easy to pull them out but last year we pulled out over 2000 which can give you a bit of a back ache.
Sounds like a typical day's gardening to me
In the sticks near Peterborough
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I just use a Dutch hoe - I've been hoeing all my beds today removing hundreds of tiny ash seedlings.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
trouble is, magazines and TV can give the impression that you make a garden and it's done. In reality it's a constant round of weeding and mending. I'm no fan of sycamore but to ask someone to cut down their tree to avoid some weeding seems a bit OTT
In the sticks near Peterborough
Especially as the poster says the tree was there when they moved in,
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
This year the sycamore seedlings do seem to be worse. I spent a day recently helping my elderly neighbour clear them from his borders, they were growing everywhere. They had even rooted in and on his plants! What with a sudden influx of Spanish bluebells too the job took forever. You have my sympathies m-chalk. I think constantly mowing the lawn with cover those but you'll have to pull the others out. Do it after a bit of rain so they come out easier if that helps.
Sorry, meant to say 'will cover' not 'with cover'. It's been a long day.
Thank you ,enjoying the lovely sunshine we had today. I will wait until we have had a drop of rain then will start on removing them
Even our shed has sycamore seedlings growing on the roof this year! The mild autumn seems to have given them a real boom.
I say shed, it's a wooden wreck waiting to be pulled down since Storm Doris had her wicked way with it. Hopefully the neighbour will agree to at least some tree surgery if only to allow a bit more light in your garden.
We have a large sycamore which probably predates the house given it's size. If any of our neighbours wanted to pay for it to be cut down I'd bite their hands off! Since we're renting though I'm not forking out and it only casts a shade for a small part of the day in a small part of the garden so we're lucky.