Does anyone know anything about gardening?

If I ever manage to take some cuttings

I think they're pretty robust. I tried to remove one from our front garden to put it in a pot and managed to snap it with very few roots remaining. It's doing just fine and I left the remainder which is also doing just fine too.
Difficult to train into anything tidy though.

Crosspost from home thread…

Neighbours have a garage at the end of their garden, they have a landscaper who is renting it out so I gave them my number as we need some fencing doing and also neighbour mentioned he could help trim our trees.

He’s just rang and said that he wants to take our apple tree down as it’s undermining the garage and potentially causing damage. I’m obviously loath to do that, it’s a nice tree!

Any advice?

'Potentially' causing damage suggests that it isn't actually doing any damage and hasn't done any damage, in which case, keep the tree. The mere fact that the roots might or might not go underneath the garage is irrelevant. Apple trees aren't particularly bad as far as subsidence is concerned. Nothing like a willow or oak, at any rate.

Does anyone want free pink geranium X oxanium? Can pop them in a box and post.

Also have corn marigold seeds going.

Edit: and dahlia, yellow semi pompon. Nothing fancy but good growers so they will outpace the slugs if you grow them out in a 10 cm, then plant.

Greetings from the berm

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Before it gets too cold you should cut steps in the back and build a small kicker ramp next to the bottom at the front.

Then if it goes below 0° and or we get snow you can use it to sledge or snowboard down and catch air.

Bit of a crossover. can anyone recommend. Folding pruning saw?

I need one for gardening and spoon blank harvesting.

The z-saws from Axminster seem a good price at £21 and £28 compared to silkys. Would 210mm or 240mm really make much difference other than £7.

Axminster 210mm pruning saw

Tl;dr - if folding, then shorter. If fixed, then longer.

Personally for that sort of stuff I don't find a longer saw that much better.

I have an old semi-sharp Swedish folder from my folks that's quite short and a big non-folding silky. If I'm pottering I still use the short Swedish one as it fits in my back pocket.

I also really like the bahco laplander 396. I bought two for my dad years ago when they cheap. I went for the silky fixed for myself because when I was shopping the bahco laplander had jumped so much in price it didn't seem worth the saving and figured a longer fixed blade would be better. The bahco now look reasonable value again, so I'd probably buy one of those...although the Axminster one looks like good quality.

Pricey but I got one of these and it's extraordinarily good. Goes through a branch as thick as your upper arm in seconds

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133392171411

Thanks all.

I did look at the Laplander but the thicker blade and bidirectional cut made it sound like an enlarged swiss army knife saw.

Yeah. I think they were £16 when I bought them so excellent for the money. They still rip through every fruit tree I've helped my folks prune.

Imo it depends how much your doing. If you've got a large volume then saving time and effort on every branch matters. If it's just a few bits every now and then, honestly it doesn't matter whatever the Internet tells you.

Silky, non folder is the right answer. Although if it has to fold they make ones that do.

http://www.silkyfox.co.uk/

Needs to fold for the purposes of EDC rucksack carry on hikes with family

Not sure I can justify silky prices. Not until I'm sure I would get enough use from one.

Love my silky. Use it loads for hazel cutting and other bits. Such a good blade.

yeah, they are costly.

they are also very good so i doubt you'd regret buying one if you will use it reasonably often.