27 October 2010
19:5676937Is anything happening in or around Dover for this? If anyone is looking to buy indigenous tree species which are beneficial to the wildlife, I can recommend ordering from
www.britishhardwood.co.uk. They come through as dormant barerooted saplings and I have had a good success rate with them in the past and they are very reasonable on cost.
27 October 2010
19:5976939howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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27 October 2010
20:1576943i only wish that philip that posts on barry's blog was a full member.
he has very direct views on tree huggers, would be very lively debate.
27 October 2010
20:2476949Tree hugging vegans - the blight of society; that sort of thing???
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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27 October 2010
20:2476950I was the tree warden for the Town council and River parish council at one time and the pond warden,I love years just thinking about the ones that have been standing well over a 100years some trees take 100years to grow fully.
Brian Dixon
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28 October 2010
08:4677014howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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28 October 2010
15:0477068in defence of trees, male dogs see them as the convenience of choice.
maybe the town council would consider funding them in future?
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30 October 2010
09:5877363THE MIGHTY OAK
IF - and only if - you have the room or know someone with a paddock or field, the very best thing you can plant is an oak tree. Grow easily from acorns. Best for supporting the highest variety of wildlife and will outlive all of us. We have one at the bottom of our garden and get lots of small oak trees sprouting up from the grass where squirrels have planted the nuts. We generally pass them on.
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30 October 2010
10:0677364And it's hello from a tree hugging vegan.............
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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30 October 2010
16:4577407There's a scheme again this year to receive free trees (more like twigs when we got them last year) for planting by community groups.
White Cliffs Countryside Partnership are running it locally -
http://www.whitecliffscountryside.org.uk/index.php?id_sec=122&id_sub=122howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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30 October 2010
17:5677437they used to do schemes in london whereby the council and residents went halves on street tree planting.
very little interest due to fears of losing parking spaces.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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30 October 2010
17:5977441hey bern arnt they chewie them trees.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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30 October 2010
18:1777450I have lots of things standing up under a tree
2 November 2010
13:0078058I've just ordered a 100 trees for delivery week commencing 22nd November for a little guerrilla gardening group that I sometimes help out in my son's area (not Dover). I chose sea buckthorn (good for migratory birds), crab apple, bird cherry and oak (indigenous species to support our wildlife). I'm looking forward to helping out in some surreptitious good work
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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2 November 2010
13:4378072i saw a programme recently on the subject of migratory birds coming down our way en route to sunnier climes.
they usually stock up on sea buckthorn and any cherries that happen to be handy.
2 November 2010
14:1378074Sea buckthorn ripens later than cherries so is more available at this time of the year. I only know of one patch around here, and that's just off the roundabout towards the cruise terminal. I tried the berries once, they taste like a very sour physalis.
