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a nice surprise
I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to move it but not yet maybe :-) kate |
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On 30/10/2011 15:41, Kate Morgan wrote:
I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to move it but not yet maybe :-) kate I am forever pulling up ones up to about 6", I I left them I would have a oak sapling forest by now. -- Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire |
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In article , Moonraker
writes I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to move it but not yet maybe :-) kate I am forever pulling up ones up to about 6", I I left them I would have a oak sapling forest by now. I left one in my lawn not that many years ago, it's now about 25 foot high and growing! I just don't have the heart to cut it down though it will inevitably shadow part of the vegetable beds. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:53:43 +0000, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Moonraker writes I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to move it but not yet maybe :-) kate I am forever pulling up ones up to about 6", I I left them I would have a oak sapling forest by now. I left one in my lawn not that many years ago, it's now about 25 foot high and growing! I just don't have the heart to cut it down though it will inevitably shadow part of the vegetable beds. Much higher and any council official doing a tree survey will say "Oh look an Oak, here have a tree protection order." Warwick |
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In article , Warwick
writes Much higher and any council official doing a tree survey will say "Oh look an Oak, here have a tree protection order." They won't see it from the road -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Martin
writes and from a helicopter or even from Google Earth/Maps? Actually don't think so as it's next to next door's dying cherry tree and on this side is a large holly and a hazel so it's amongst a few . -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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"Kate Morgan" wrote I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to move it but not yet maybe :-) Do you get jays in the garden? I've no oak tree but every spring we get several oak seedlings popping up. One or two have turned up in the hedge but others I've have to remove. Something brings the acorns in and the culprits are jays, I believe. This time of year I often see these birds poking around at the bottom end of the garden, busily planting their hoard. Squirrels seem to be more into eating or stashing away our hazelnuts before we have a chance to get any. -- Sue .. |
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"Sue" wrote in message o.uk... "Kate Morgan" wrote I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to move it but not yet maybe :-) Do you get jays in the garden? I've no oak tree but every spring we get several oak seedlings popping up. One or two have turned up in the hedge but others I've have to remove. Something brings the acorns in and the culprits are jays, I believe. This time of year I often see these birds poking around at the bottom end of the garden, busily planting their hoard. Squirrels seem to be more into eating or stashing away our hazelnuts before we have a chance to get any. -- Sue . Sue do you a swap. One Oak tree for Six Bay Trees and as many Lilly of the Valley :-( as you like, but give me time to sort those out for transport, I lost last years :-(( Could also do a nice line in Holly as well. Not bad for a postage stamp garden ;-) Mike -- .................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. .................................... |
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On 30/10/2011 15:41, Kate Morgan wrote:
I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to move it but not yet maybe :-) kate That's great, Kate! We have quite a lot spring up in our garden and I keep as many as I can. If I were you, I'd lift and move this little tree before it gets too deeply rooted. Moved now, it will enjoy the warm soil and get its roots down over winter. Left for very long, it will be harder to lift and you may damage its roots. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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On 30/10/2011 15:41, Kate Morgan wrote:
I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to move it but not yet maybe :-) kate If it will be unsuitable for your garden, try contacting your local nature reserve/Forestry commission to see if they coul give it a good home before it becomes too big to move easily? Malcolm |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:05:20 +0000, Malcolm wrote:
On 30/10/2011 15:41, Kate Morgan wrote: I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to move it but not yet maybe :-) kate If it will be unsuitable for your garden, try contacting your local nature reserve/Forestry commission to see if they coul give it a good home before it becomes too big to move easily? Malcolm A few years ago my neighbour and I moved a small oak tree from his garden to a big grassed roundabout. It is now about 15 x 15 feet and looks really good. Steve -- Neural network software applications, help and support. Neural Network Software. www.npsl1.com EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. www.justnn.com |
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What a marvelous thing nature is!
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I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to move it but not yet maybe :-) kate Do you have to move it? Space constrictions, perhaps? If so, do it when it's dormant but more importantly (perhaps) can you give it a site/cause that will have room for it? I would leave it but it is about 10ft. outside the kitchen window so there might be a problem in years to come :-) I am wandering about looking for somewhere it can grow. There are jays in the Forest Sue but we are right on the edge and they don't visit us very often :-( kate |
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