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As a former wood-butcher I know this will work but also know the feeling of trashing a freshly sharpened chain on a ring of coppers that have been absorbed by the bark so don’t think I could bring myself to do it.
Would kill it over 2-5yrs I’m sure but then it’s a standing dead tree which is more of a faff.
I might try and cajole the allotment officer into sending the council tree team. There’s probably 7-8 dead hawthorns across the site that drop branches from time to time…The rules state that it’s fruit trees only and nothing taller than 2.5m so it should never have been allowed to get that big to start with.
Anyone got any advice about what to do about a big tree on the opposite plot that blocks our light? The plot holder is known as ‘Santa’ cos he only visits once a year so there’s zero chance of him taking care of it and it’s realistically reached a point where it needs a pro to deal with it. It’s a sycamore so dense crown and of no use to anyone, it’s reached a point where over the next couple of years it’ll get really big. As an ex-tree surgeon I could bang it in an hour but as the allotment officer knows I used to work in the industry and it mostly affects us it’ll be pretty obvious it was me and obviously it’s not mine to deal with.
Plot holder is a bit older so even if he did care about it he wouldn’t be able to deal with it.
In 3 years I think I’ve only met him twice.
Allotment officer is fairly useless, she’s more interested in busy-bodying people who’ve gone an inch over their boundary than dealing with the real issues on site. She didn’t bother turning up for inspection day yesterday, bit rude as my partner and at least a dozen others had taken the morning off to see her in person to address various issues.
The tree means we get 2-3hrs less sunlight in the afternoon than the neighbouring plot.