Comments on: Fond Memories http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:28:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41368 CherryPie Wed, 03 Jun 2015 21:47:09 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15602#comment-41368 It is always sad when a tree has to be felled. I used to worry in case this one caught sudden oak death which means compulsory felling to stop the disease spreading. I never dreamed the owner would have it cut back (it has a tree preservation order placed on it). The 'weeping conk' looks rather pretty in its own right :-) It is always sad when a tree has to be felled. I used to worry in case this one caught sudden oak death which means compulsory felling to stop the disease spreading. I never dreamed the owner would have it cut back (it has a tree preservation order placed on it).

The ‘weeping conk’ looks rather pretty in its own right :-)

]]> By: lordsomber http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41353 lordsomber Wed, 03 Jun 2015 04:44:58 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15602#comment-41353 The Men's Lodge is home to many white oak, pine and magnolia, as well as ivy, kudzu and wisteria. Alas, a massive old oak that had to be at least 12 feet in circumference had to be felled due to disease. But in the tree's stump life lives on, as a host to chipmunks as well as the "weeping conk." http://pungeon.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-conk-she-weeps.html The Men’s Lodge is home to many white oak, pine and magnolia, as well as ivy, kudzu and wisteria. Alas, a massive old oak that had to be at least 12 feet in circumference had to be felled due to disease.
But in the tree’s stump life lives on, as a host to chipmunks as well as the “weeping conk.”

http://pungeon.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-conk-she-weeps.html

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41312 CherryPie Sun, 31 May 2015 18:10:28 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15602#comment-41312 I hadn't thought of that. We don't normally get horses on there now although there was one occasion and it quite took me by surprise. Though it was not as surprising as the first time I heard a tractor driving along at the bottom of my house. I wondered what the noise was and I after a few minutes I saw a hedge-cutter trimming the top of the hedge!! I hadn’t thought of that. We don’t normally get horses on there now although there was one occasion and it quite took me by surprise. Though it was not as surprising as the first time I heard a tractor driving along at the bottom of my house. I wondered what the noise was and I after a few minutes I saw a hedge-cutter trimming the top of the hedge!!

]]> By: amfortas http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41311 amfortas Sun, 31 May 2015 16:26:23 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15602#comment-41311 I would imagine that all the horse poo would have some impact on the fecundity of the soil. I would imagine that all the horse poo would have some impact on the fecundity of the soil.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41305 CherryPie Sun, 31 May 2015 14:01:08 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15602#comment-41305 I am fond of trees, flowers and gardens :-) I am fond of trees, flowers and gardens :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41304 CherryPie Sun, 31 May 2015 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15602#comment-41304 There are plenty of other trees nearby. The houses on my estate are in among an established network of bridle paths with lots of trees bordering them. There are plenty of other trees nearby. The houses on my estate are in among an established network of bridle paths with lots of trees bordering them.

]]> By: J_on_tour http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41303 J_on_tour Sun, 31 May 2015 07:46:19 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15602#comment-41303 I sense your passion for trees and nature from your background. I sense your passion for trees and nature from your background.

]]> By: Alan http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41297 Alan Sun, 31 May 2015 07:18:06 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15602#comment-41297 The oak has to typify England. It's a shame what has happened to it but I'm sure that its inhabitants will find new abodes elsewhere. The oak has to typify England. It’s a shame what has happened to it but I’m sure that its inhabitants will find new abodes elsewhere.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41293 CherryPie Sat, 30 May 2015 22:03:43 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15602#comment-41293 Thanks Mike, I am glad you enjoyed my writing :-) If you have read my comments section you will have seen the comment from Wiggia who is an expert on these things. His comment and link explain in detail the effects of ivy in relation to trees. Thanks Mike, I am glad you enjoyed my writing :-)

If you have read my comments section you will have seen the comment from Wiggia who is an expert on these things. His comment and link explain in detail the effects of ivy in relation to trees.

]]> By: Mike @ A Bit About Britain http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/29/fond-memories-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41292 Mike @ A Bit About Britain Sat, 30 May 2015 21:36:25 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15602#comment-41292 That is a nice piece of writing; I didn't see it first time round - I don't think we had "found each other" then! I would not contradict an expert, of course. Purely as a lay observer, I have experienced ivy stifling trees; take the ivy off - and, if you can, kill it - and the tree recovers. That is a nice piece of writing; I didn’t see it first time round – I don’t think we had “found each other” then! I would not contradict an expert, of course. Purely as a lay observer, I have experienced ivy stifling trees; take the ivy off – and, if you can, kill it – and the tree recovers.

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