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Felling trees, the alternative way!
My new neighbours have employed some (foreign) builders to do major work in
their house and garden. There were a number of trees in the garden quite near the house which they were instructed to remove completely.... Two conifers that had had their tops cut off many year ago. A large mature previously pollarded walnut tree that always did lean over because of the conifers shading it. A decent sized golden yew that had been pollarded years ago. Yesterday we were sitting having coffee with a friend who is a trained gardener/arboriculturist and he suddenly looked out of our window and said "why is that fir tree moving backwards and forwards so much?". We all rushed upstairs to look. The builders had dug around the base, exposed the roots, had chopped most through, and were busy using ropes to try to pull the tree over by waggling it back and forth. Few branches had been removed beforehand. The tree eventually dropped exactly where it should have and then they started removing branches. Whilst we were out they managed to do the same to the walnut even though it was leaning over a fence, without damaging the fence. Today they have removed the remaining fir tree the same way and will soon start on the yew. Mind you they also appear to be attacking a cedar that is down the end of the garden and that the new owner told me he wanted to keep. A totally different way to remove trees including most of the roots. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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