On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 17:58:40 +0100, (sw) wrote:

martin wrote:

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 13:27:41 +0100, (sw) wrote:

martin wrote:

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 12:00:03 +0100, (sw) wrote:

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Our fence posts were/are nice native larch, cut down in its prime to
permit the (some) broadleave reforestation of all those welsh
hillsides... :-)

I expected that :-)

and it walked all the way to your garden :-)

Wish it did, and could dig its own holes into the bargain...

LOL You'd make a fortune with posts like that.

Another *useful* thing GM could do for us. ;-)

posts with little legs and sprouting perfect roses when in place?

Sapient pearwood -- now there's a thought, but it would be wasted on a
fence...

I'd thought of something like David's leylandii... plant the seedling,
it grows fast to maximum height of about 9' and 6" diameter, is
tap-rooted rather than broad, shallow roots (less competition for the
beds/damage to foundations/whatever). When they reach the desired
height/diameter, simply sprinkle the magic powder/speak a harsh word or
whatever, and they die. Trim off the branches and you've got a row of
fence posts.
If your neighbour doesn't shoot you first.

Cherry seems a good thing for that sort of application. It's more than
fifteen years since we cut down a cherry tree, because it had a virus
and the stump is still like steel.
--
martin

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