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Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 12:25 pm Post subject: Illigitimates!

In the late 1970's me an my parents planted a cherry tree on a patch of grass over the road. The grass is part of some council flats by their garages (we rent one). There's already a couple of cherries and pear, left overs from the grounds of the previous Victorian house. But there was a gap and an ugly brick wall. It grew over the past 30 years into a lovely tree with a fine show of blossom. Yesterday some 'operatives' visited to do some gardening etc. They chopped it down! It wasn't diseased, dangerous or an obstruction. We're flummoxed. Call have been made but no-one appears to know why they did it. grrrrrrrr

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 12:26 pm Post subject:
I blame Gordon Brown.

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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Location: sunny wales

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 12:28 pm Post subject:
how aggravating, it wouldnt be so bad if they had a reason, but they probably didnt even think about it

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 12:30 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

I blame Gordon Brown.

You know, you might haver a point. Should I not vote in the next council elections?

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 12:52 pm Post subject:
It would hammer home your message of anger in no uncertain terms I feel.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 12:54 pm Post subject:
Should I call on Lumley and Rantzen to do something?

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 12:56 pm Post subject:
About the tree? Joanna's probably at a loose end now she's sorted out the Gurkhas.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46359
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 1:08 pm Post subject:
horrid vengence is good who cut it ,why ,make em squirm via the "boss",ruin their promotion prospects and how they sleep at night cutting an adult tree (not coppice)was a capital offence in pre roman britain unless pre sanctioned by the community

catbaffler

Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Posts: 937
Location: Barry

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 09 8:43 pm Post subject:
There was a letter in the local newspaper this week from a resident of a local village, complaining that counciloperatives had committed "vandalism" when they cut back all the verges of the country roads just when they were full of wild flowers and looking lovely.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 09 8:00 am Post subject:
Seems like local councils are all becoming rather chop happy at the moment. Any minor damage or trivial risk to drainage seems sufficient to cut trees down; they seem happier with more smaller trees instead.

Indypendant

Joined: 03 May 2009
Posts: 33
Location: Welshland (north)

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 09 1:20 pm Post subject:
I didnt know J. Lumley grew ghurkins and how did she get such an early crop, my seeds are still in the packet in the shop i havent gone to yet!

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 09 3:10 pm Post subject:

I had my very own illegitimate 'help' last Saturday. New 'garden helper' turns up and I give him the job of clearing the backmost corner of the garden, where the first fruit tree I ever planted, an Early Moorpark apricot in1991 covers half the width of the garden. I asked him to dig out the bindweed and some new seedling brambles whilst I looked after the apricot, which I'd fan trained out to about 15 feet each side. This year for the first time, after decades of carefully shaping and pruning and pollinating, it had set quite a lot of fruit so I didn't want the branches to weigh down. I went to get the twine but it had been 'borrowed' so I made sure he was OK with his task and went down the road to the shop to buy some more. When I got back, he'd gone and found the loppers and my beautiful apricot is now looking just like a fencepost.

Now I know what that special occasion is that you reserve the really nasty swearwords for

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 09 3:20 pm Post subject:
Oh...my...god!

catbaffler

Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Posts: 937
Location: Barry

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 09 12:29 pm Post subject:
Is he still alive?

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 09 2:28 pm Post subject:
some parts are pinned to the trunk in place of the apricots

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