Trees: March 25 2024
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Anke here aka Anna-NewKey.
I was shocked the other day when we came past this on one of our routes..
Another one bites the dust and it looks perfectly healthy to me. I asked my sister, who is a gardener, and she confirmed that and commented that it was most likely obstructing someone's view or somebody needed firewood. This is on council land though, so it could also be used for cricket bats which was the reason why they chopped down a whole ancient wood near the Riverside Park. The sign still says "Welcome to the ancient... ". I would like to hit a lot of people with those bats if I get the chance.
It makes me so angry when we don't have many trees and we should all know how important they are to keep us cool in the heat and protect us from strong winds.
Who do we think we are?
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I think the council should have to justify cutting down trees like that. There's a lot of complaints around here about all the building work as we are losing countryside. We need to preserve more of it.
Yes, and you just made me go and find the council'a email address to contact them to find out.
That’s a crying shame and if my grandad was still alive he’d be mortified. He was a forester and looked after both ancient woodland and forests grown for timber. I have to bite my tongue when it comes to new housing because we live in a new build but it’s on a section of a dozen properties. Feels less like a housing development but I think a line needs to be drawn and there are plenty of empty buildings that could be repurposed!!!
I can honestly not see a reason for it!
You can see from that it's far away from the fence and no branches hanging into someone's garden or whatever.
I will contact to council to hear their, no doubt, weak excuse why it "had" to be done.
Which woodland or in which area did he work? That must have been a lovely job to be involved in.
The council will talk down to you, like they do everybody else, they’re those sorts of people.
Grandad, Cyril Lewis worked in many of our forests but I best remember his work in the Forest of Dean where he was Head Forester. I learnt a lot from him, he knew his trees, as you can imagine but he also showed me things such as; grab a bluebell and hold it in a wood ant nest for merely seconds, it turns pink. The reason for this is the ants spray acid in defence which causes a litmus paper style effect of alkaline to acid. It may vary depending on the Ph levels of soil and what not.
Wow, that's so cool!
Many old skills are lost to the general public, they're either not taught or don't care.
You're lucky to have learnt from your grandad 👍
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