On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:42:15 +0100, VisionSet wrote
(in article ):


"John & Lisa" wrote in message
...
Can you please take a look at some photographs placed on our forums please
(below).
We are looking to find out a bit more about this type of tree and the
damage
it can do.

http://www.gmails.co.uk/forums/showt...?p=246#post246


Since gardening is about taming nature, there is nothing wrong with cutting
it down. However, a Birch *is* a fantastic tree and responds well to
pollarding.
Chop it in the dead of winter at about 10 foot and remove all lower
branches.
It will produce a nice bushy topped tree in a couple of years. Enough time
to get rid of that dreadful caravan!

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Mike W



SOME gardens may be about taming nature but for many people - most urglers, I
would venture - it's about working WITH nature. Certainly that is what we
try to do here and it's what all the urglers I've met try to do. 'Taming'
nature is what has led to the loss of habitat for so many species, loss of
ponds, dewponds, field hedges and the knock-on effects. Cutting down trees
or knocking down swallows' nests (yes, that has been a subject on urg in the
past) is not what most of us either want to do, or encourage. I find it
utterly incredible that anyone would contemplate destroying a tree to keep
clean a vehicle that pollutes the atmosphere the tree enhances! Clean the
thing more often or cover it up is the obvious solution. Better still, do
not move to an area with trees or birds in it. It's like people who live in
towns and dream of moving to the countryside. When they do, they complain
that the farms smell of cows or pigs and that the lane is covered in pats or
that there's no street-lighting. Bah!
IMO, pollarded trees are an abortion when done for urban convenience.
Rant over!

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
email address on web site