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Willow tree gets the chop

Started by Borlotti, March 29, 2011, 16:38:10

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Borlotti

The willow tree at the allotments had a good prune yesterday, plenty of wood chip.

Borlotti


Bugloss2009

no more weeping.......as they say in Waiting For Godot

shirlton

Short back and sides I'd say Borlotti ;D
When I get old I don't want people thinking
                      "What a sweet little old lady"........
                             I want em saying
                    "Oh Crap! Whats she up to now ?"

cornykev

I'll be around for my woodchip  at the weekend.   ;)
MAY THE CORN BE WITH YOU.

Obelixx

Beware fresh willow wood chip.   I used some after similar nearby willows along the neighbouring stream were chopped a few years ago and ended up with willows rooting and shooting up all over the garden.   
Obxx - Vendée France

artichoke

I am encouraging willow here....I sawed down a little tree that appeared on the corner of my plot 2 years ago, and I'm calling it "coppicing". My son made a clumsy fence out of hazel branches, and his wife wove and plaited the willow shoots to fill in the fence and support my raspberries. I like it.

Deb P

Brave person at the top of the tree! I do like a man who knows how to wield a chainsaw...... 8) ;)
If it's not pouring with rain, I'm either in the garden or at the lottie! Probably still there in the rain as well TBH....🥴

http://www.littleoverlaneallotments.org.uk

Borlotti

It does look a bit sad, think they chop it every two years and it soon grows back.

Flighty

This is the one just outside my allotment site!  http://twitpic.com/3iueoc
Flighty's plot,  http://flightplot.wordpress.com,  is my blog.

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pumkinlover


chriscross1966

Quote from: Obbelix on March 29, 2011, 17:38:56
Beware fresh willow wood chip.   I used some after similar nearby willows along the neighbouring stream were chopped a few years ago and ended up with willows rooting and shooting up all over the garden.   

:D  I can remember when we took one down at the bottom of my folks garden.... the twigs that fell over the fence all seem to have rooted.... we left the shreddings for 9 months... they were all dead by then but it was a fabulous mulch....

chrisc

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