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I was aware of at least three other chaps doing exactly the same as me — standing quietly, gazing at the vast display of tools. B&Q has never been so quiet. There we were just looking at these big shiny boxes promising more Amps and Voltage than surely any human can safely handle. What is it about men and power tools?
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In my case sadly, the tool makes an opening, a cavernous hole in the wall and the man needs to figure out how to fix the hole. After numerous power tool mishaps, I have learned to be even smarter, and outsource my need to fix things.
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When establishing plants think about the best time to do this. With trees and shrubs there is a definite planting season between October and March. If you plant within these months then the shock of disturbance is less, allowing the plant to become properly established with a good root system. This is particularly true for trees. There is a strong case for planting smaller, less mature trees that will have a large root system compared to their canopy and leaf surface. This will enable it to establish more quickly than a mature tree.
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Now forty-four years on Beth Chatto’s work has become crucial to the way we need to think about gardening. Since then, many horticultural organisations have written on the subject including the RHS who have come up with a list of their top five drought resistant plants. This is very useful so here they are:
s you read this it may well be raining, and you may wonder what all the fuss is about viz hosepipe bans and conserving water. And even soaring temperatures seem a distant memory as the weather settles into a more normal routine.
recognise plants in terms of their drought resistance whenever you are in a garden centre. Look for plants with either silver or grey green leaves. Leaves that are light in colour tend to reflect light whilst those with fine hairs help to trap moisture around plant tissues.
As long ago as 1978 Beth Chatto published her now famous book ‘The Dry Garden’ inspired to some extent by the establishment of her new garden on wasteland in an area of low annual rainfall. The Gravel Garden she created in Colchester happens to be in the driest area of England and it inspired a new type of gardening. She wrote that ‘This garden was not to be irrigated in times of drought. Once established, the plants must fend for themselves or die’.
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My top tree list would include Acacia dealbata (mimosa), Cercis siliquastrum (Judas tree), Koelreuteria paniculate (golden rain tree). There are a few shrubs I have used in dry areas too and these include most of the Hebes, Lavender and Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’, Halimium, and Nandina domestica which is the sacred bamboo. There are many perennials too and I would definitely recom mend Euphorbias, Echinops, and MoreHeuchera.generally it is possible to
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In essence there is a way to do gardening that establishes robustness and drought resistance. I would just call it good practice, and recognising that we all have to be a little bit patient when establishing gardens. How we treat the soil, the use of mulch to conserve moisture, and careful choice of plants all contribute to establishing drought resistance in our gardens. Perhaps the age of ‘instant gardening makeovers’ has passed….I hope so!
However, lengthy periods of low rainfall both in the summer and over the winter continue to take a toll on our landscape. The effects of drought may take some time to show in mature and veteran trees, but in newly planted trees the ef fects are striking, and if the longer-term picture is one of regular drought what can we do?
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Does the stump need to be removed?
The bottom line is that both grinding, and removal achieve the same outcome. They are simple different methods to go about removing the unsightly and po tentially dangerous stump.
Another reason to remove the stump is due to safety. If the stump is not hugely visible it could be a trip hazard. You will also get some garden space back by removing it.
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This machine is fast, safe and can get into small spaces – see our stump grinder squeezing through a small garden gate below.
If your tree stump is from a small tree, you have the right tools and use the correct tech nique (you’ve done it before) removing the stump could be quite straight forward. However, if you are working with a larger stump, we’d rec ommend working with a local arborist. Depending on the size of the stump, they may decide a straightforward removal will work, or for a larger excava tion, the job can be carried out quickly, safely with a stump grinder. If you have a stump that needs removing, get in touch and we can talk over the best option for you.
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with a smooth, sandy, boulder - free surface. It was also well signposted, through woodland at first, following the rapidly drying up Craigrockall Burn, then climbing across the open fellside to the skyline above. The views behind were fantastic, the Nith Estuary leading into Dumfries to the left, and the golden sands and brilliant blue of the sea southwards, opening up more
It is composed of granite. It has three outlying satellites, Long Fell, Maidenpap and Bainloch Hill, but really all you notice as you climb it is the main mass, rising in splendid isolation above the coast, with the azure blue of Loch Kindar directly below. It is a short steep walk, in either direction, and many people I passed were struggling in theTheheat.afternoon was getting hot ter and hotter, and I was aware I was overdressed (heavy shirt and full-length trousers) and had not sprayed suntan lotion on my face, which was most certainly heat ing up; apart from my hands, it was the only part of my body that was exposed. I drive a convertible car - if it’s sunny the roof is always down - and by the time I arrived back in Carlisle I could feel my skin tingling. I resembled a ripe tomato when I looked in the mirror and slapped lots of after-sun lotion on. I peeled a little, three days afterwards. A wonderful day out nonetheless
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Criffel was also present in the far distance when I scaled many of the Lake District fells. My niece, having climbed it, told me it was very boggy. Finally, this summer, I set out to see for myself. I’m so pleased I did. I chose the right day, sunny and warm, with good visibility. The route from Carlisle to Dumfries, was on the A75, then via the A710 to New Abbey. There is a dilapidated bus shelter just beyond that village, you should then take a road to the right immediately beyond it, to Ardwall farm. There is plenty of parking there, and an honesty box for payment, the proceeds of which benefit the Mountain Rescue association.
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and more as the Lake District mountains came into view across the water. The summit arrived, much sooner than I expected, an ordinance survey column and the imposing Douglas cairn marking the highest point.
hen I was a child, my family had a caravan on the Solway Lido, and on many occa sions, I would look over the water at Criffel, a mountain in Southwest Scotland, near, yet far, sometimes silhouetted in the sunset. Silloth has magnificent sunsets.
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To my dismay, I opened the boot of the car and realised I had forgotten to bring my fellwalking boots— the first time in forty odd years of walking. Nonetheless, I was at the base of the mountain, an hours drive from Carlisle - I wasn’t going back for them! I was going to have to make the ascent in my deck shoes, whatever the terrain turned out to be. Luckily it was perfectly dry, nicely graded,
A few were local and pointed out many of the Scottish peaks to me, all unfamil iar, one chap even mentioning a fault line through to Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond off to the side, in the Highlands. Criffel is 570 me ters high (1870 feet), 400million years old and an extinct volcano.
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