Topic: Willow tree gets the chop

[Borlotti]

The willow tree at the allotments had a good prune yesterday, plenty of wood chip.

[Bugloss2009]

no more weeping.......as they say in Waiting For Godot

[shirlton]

Short back and sides I'd say Borlotti ;D

[cornykev]

I'll be around for my woodchip  at the weekend.   ;)

[Obelixx]

Beware fresh willow wood chip.   I used some after similar nearby willows along the neighbouring stream were chopped a few years ago and ended up with willows rooting and shooting up all over the garden.   

[artichoke]

I am encouraging willow here....I sawed down a little tree that appeared on the corner of my plot 2 years ago, and I'm calling it "coppicing". My son made a clumsy fence out of hazel branches, and his wife wove and plaited the willow shoots to fill in the fence and support my raspberries. I like it.

[Deb P]

Brave person at the top of the tree! I do like a man who knows how to wield a chainsaw...... 8) ;)

[Borlotti]

It does look a bit sad, think they chop it every two years and it soon grows back.

[Flighty]

This is the one just outside my allotment site!  http://twitpic.com/3iueoc

[pumkinlover]

Lovely :D

[chriscross1966]

Beware fresh willow wood chip.   I used some after similar nearby willows along the neighbouring stream were chopped a few years ago and ended up with willows rooting and shooting up all over the garden.   

:D  I can remember when we took one down at the bottom of my folks garden.... the twigs that fell over the fence all seem to have rooted.... we left the shreddings for 9 months... they were all dead by then but it was a fabulous mulch....

chrisc