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I love it when a plan comes together.
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Radical Centrist
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The future is unwritten
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Skydiving, it's all fun and games until you get to the ground.
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The Un-Tuckian
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Skydiving: It's not a race. The guy that gets to the ground first does not always win.
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Goon Squad Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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My enthusiasm for this stage of the project is flagging. Perhaps some breakfast will help.
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Junior Master Dwellar
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Buckinghamshire UK
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The rain has been incessant today and it's still raining now.
It's just after 2300 and the wind is starting to howl. The conifer in the bank of the stream at the bottom of the garden is no doubt swaying back and forth. It's about 50' tall and doesn't seem to be very deep rooted. Equally worrying is the row of Ash and Sycamore trees on the opposite bank. They must be about 70' tall and they're fully in leaf so susceptible to damage in high winds. If any of these were to fall they wouldn't reach the house but clearing up the resultant mess would be a real pain in the fundament. Still, there's nothing I can do about it... Goodnight all.
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Shelter in place.
Good luck to you and your trees.
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Junior Master Dwellar
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Buckinghamshire UK
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Thanks!
I've just shone a torch down the back garden and nothing has fallen over... ... yet. ![]()
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Encroaching on your decrees
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How's it looking this morning, Carruthers?
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Junior Master Dwellar
Join Date: Dec 2009
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It's still there as are the Ash and Sycamores t'other side of the stream.
The trouble is it also has a large covering of ivy which doesn't help matters and the last few yards of the garden, where it grows, slope steeply. It leans towards the slope and the light as well. What will be, will be, I suppose!
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still says videotape
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Yeah, there is no stopping gravity,.. but if we could...
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The future is unwritten
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Junior Master Dwellar
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As we all know, gravity begins at home.
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Junior Master Dwellar
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These aren't the best of photos but they at least outline the situation.
As you can see, the conifer leans slightly to the left but it also leans towards the camera. That's a yew at bottom left which is less of a worry. I clambered down the bank in an attempt to illustrate the problem from the ground up, as it were, but it wasn't easy. I couldn't get any further away from the tree due to a fence behind me and the ground on the other side is mostly covered by ivy which is very wet at the minute and I didn't want to slide down into the stream. This is why I worry!
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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That English Ivy is the devil.
It's considered a noxious weed around here. I've ripped out miles of vines. It kills trees from above and below, strangling the roots and crushing the canopy. Kill it on sight.
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