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Oak Canopy & Logs – Questions

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Dead wood cut from the oak trees

The tree work has generated many questions.

One recent one is ‘why the oak tree canopy has been cut back, as it was lovely to walk under?’  Answer – It is dead wood that has been cut out of the trees.   If left these 100 year old oak trees would deteriorate, and there are signs that the neglect of the past 10 years has started that process.  By cutting out the dead wood the trees will hopefully put on new growth and last another 100 years.  In addition,  dead wood, wind and a path do not make for a safe environment in a world where ‘ambulance chasing’ is rife. Continue reading →

Attention Turns to Wood

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Sycamore Trees on Clapper Brow , About 150years Old

Around 1861, when the American Civil War was raging,  Prince Albert was breathing his last, and Mrs Beeton was publishing her cookery book, someone in Guiseley, planted, these magnificent sycamore trees.  It is said that to “plant a tree is to give body and life to one’s dreams of a better world” (Russell Page).  Well,  it is a matter of opinion if the world is better, or not, in 2012; but it is now our turn to look after these trees for future generations.  Fortunately,  they are all healthy and just need dead wood removing.   Around this area in the summer,  we are also hoping to run a project to establish a wild flower meadow for the Queen’s Jubilee as part of an RHS programme;  but more of that later, when we have got permission from Bellway. Continue reading →