downesy
Veteran
- Location
- Ayrshire via Birmingham
I love that people still love trees
Ash Dieback Sadness
- Thread starter roubaixtuesday
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Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
We had to have a mature beech tree and mature willow tree felled in our back garden. Both should never have been planted in the garden by a previous owner. The willow was finding a drain and the beech was taller than the house. I still have pieces from both trees, even though both were felled over 10 years ago.
Gillstay
Veteran
I always have trees taller than my house, and cannot understand why why people worry about them so much. We have so many trees and they do so little damage.
Gillstay
Veteran
If they are on deeper soils and older trees they are seeming to shrug it off in some cases, but younger trees on thin soils, ie south downs and they go quickly. But there are plenty of luverly trees you can plant as replacements such as Field Maples, and Hawthorns if you want low trouble small trees.
All depends on the type of tree/type of soil/age of the building (foundation depth)/weather conditions
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
Between the beech, willow and a silver birch, which we still have, they were making my back garden, extremely difficult to manage. It was a decision we agonised over for a long time.
You can have a more intelligent conversation with an Ash tree than you can have with most humans
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
5 people a year killed by falling trees in the UK.
26 car users killed or seriously injured every day in the UK.
Oddly enough people worry about the former but not the latter.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
We have ash and elm trees at the bottom of our garden . I stopped the ash from being cut down a couple of years ago . It is in no mans land between our houses. The ash trees seem to be okay at the moment but the elms are dying back in places.
We should be tougher on our imports like Australia and New Zealand are.
We should be tougher on our imports like Australia and New Zealand are.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Thread resurrection and more sadness.
Had a wonderful cycle yesterday in the Welsh Borders and walk today in the Peak.
They're all dying. It's an utter disaster. I've not seen a single ash in good health and many, particularly the older ones, are practically dead already.
The Peak is full of skeletons of huge ancient trees denuded of life. Whole woodlands and copses have a large proportion of dead trees.
It's so sad. Is nobody else noticing? It doesn't get mentioned in the media at all, yet is such a devastating loss to the country.
Had a wonderful cycle yesterday in the Welsh Borders and walk today in the Peak.
They're all dying. It's an utter disaster. I've not seen a single ash in good health and many, particularly the older ones, are practically dead already.
The Peak is full of skeletons of huge ancient trees denuded of life. Whole woodlands and copses have a large proportion of dead trees.
It's so sad. Is nobody else noticing? It doesn't get mentioned in the media at all, yet is such a devastating loss to the country.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
We still aren't seeing so many here; there's several growing like weeds after being cut back at work. I hope this continues.
Gillstay
Veteran
Yes its very sad and losing the ancient pollards and veteran trees of great age and environmental value is particularly so.
That is a characteristic of Ash. Never cut back to ground level an unwanted seedling - it just grows back stronger. Dig the buggers out!
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
@roubaixtuesday not sure if you saw the local news but there is also a major issue up at Macc forest with Larches. Very worrying.
https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/new...e-sweeps-through-macclesfield-forest-23645767
https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/new...e-sweeps-through-macclesfield-forest-23645767
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
We have a couple at the bottom of our garden which seem to be doing okay. One was almost cut down until I told the people that they had no right to do so as it wasn't on their land . The people wanted to get some light into their garden but have made things worse now as it has sprouted growth everywhere .
This area was devestated by Dutch Elm disease years ago so I tend to notice when trees don't look well . I have noticed that there are some oak trees which are also dying .
