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A tree has fallen on my garden!
"aboleth" wrote in message ps.com... On 20 Sep, 12:15, "Mary Fisher" wrote: "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... I always thought poplars were the worst tree to have near a house as they invariably made for the drains and also caused a lot of trouble with their roots? That's always said but we had two Lombardy poplars only yards from our house and had no problem with the roots. That's just our experience, of course, it doesn't mean that the saying isn't true. One of ours blew down during a 90mph wind years ago. It's roots did spread very far out - but in all directions, they weren't far under the surface. Next door's lawn was uprooted :-( Luckily the branches were caught in the fork of a pear tree at the other side of the garden so we could still get underneath to deal with it. There's a row of these poplars along the bottom of our gardens. The story is that there was a stream running aloing there and it was market gardens before they built on it. The trees are known to be thirsty and were put there deliberately to drain the ground - quite progressive thinking for Victorian builders. Why shouldn't Victorian builders be progressive? Many of the houses they built are still standing and desirable, the same can't be said for many modern ones. And if there were market gardens on the ground the land wouldn't need draining - unless the gardeners were growing rice. Most long rows of poplars are planted as windbreaks rather than to reduce water levels. 100+ years later they are still there. We had boreholes sunk next to our house and the roots have not invaded, but they are definitely on the higher-risk list for insurance purposes. That just wshows how unenlightened are insurance companies. They work on legend rather than research. I've just heard about a house built of wool which has had to be demolished because it's a fire hazard! Wool won't burn, firemen's suits are - or were - made from wool. At the weekend I was wearing felted wool gloves to deal with my fire - the same ones used by blacksmiths. There are too many myths around in our 'progressive' age. Mary |
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