I would just like to say

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Stanleysteamer said:
Wotabout a golden leylandi then? Grow fast as heck and much nicer colour than the others, but weaker if grown in competition with them.
We made a hedge of them, both colours, alternating, but planted too close together, 1 metre apart. It did the job but the golden ones are almost invisible. :(:(:( Not flowering though.
We now have 85 of them to top, :eek:. but we wanted it up fast, they were about 1 metre when planted and are now, 11 years later, about 12 metres high.
We also planted two weeping willows and they are even higher. Really pretty trees.
Let us know what you decide on!:):):)
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Don't talk to me about leylandii. :eek: I've got a total of 100metres of them and they have grown so tall and thick over the 20+ years that I have to pay a specialist tree services almost £400 each year to keep them trimmed - they are about 14ft high now and about 8ft wide!! They form a side and a front hedge, the rear is mostly 'open' to take full advantage of the extensive 'hill' view with just a couple of low Lonicera hedges to make 'a frame' on the ends. The magpie residence was at one of these ends in the corner. The long hedge on the other side is a very wide, ancient 'country' hedge which I share with the farmer and he cuts that once a year with the farm machinery. :) My walnut tree is close to this hedge so that it will become part of it long after I've gone.
I like the idea of fruit trees but have to think of suitability for the climate - self- seeding cobnuts from this hedge are another one of my battles!
 
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kevstar said:
Here's my new coffee table for my hoose :D:D....massive chunk of purple heart not quite finished
(ladders are not part of the finished product)
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You bin watchin ffin Jay Blades again!:):):):)
Nice to see you keeping the legs out o the concrete dust. Does the floor really slope that much?;)
Still will be nice when finished!
 
Stanleysteamer said:
You bin watchin ffin Jay Blades again!:):):):)
Nice to see you keeping the legs out o the concrete dust. Does the floor really slope that much?;)
Still will be nice when finished!
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Haha there was a length under the other side, it was very dirty which I lifted out the timber merchants
to use on the trailer as a packer. Turned out it was purple heart lol so now it has a look....
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derwendolly said:
Don't talk to me about leylandii. :eek: I've got a total of 100metres of them and they have grown so tall and thick over the 20+ years that I have to pay a specialist tree services almost £400 each year to keep them trimmed - they are about 14ft high now and about 8ft wide!! They form a side and a front hedge, the rear is mostly 'open' to take full advantage of the extensive 'hill' view with just a couple of low Lonicera hedges to make 'a frame' on the ends. The magpie residence was at one of these ends in the corner. The long hedge on the other side is a very wide, ancient 'country' hedge which I share with the farmer and he cuts that once a year with the farm machinery. :) My walnut tree is close to this hedge so that it will become part of it long after I've gone.
I like the idea of fruit trees but have to think of suitability for the climate - self- seeding cobnuts for this hedge are another one of my battles!
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OK, I'll shut up after this one last observation.:(:(:( (Not on leylandii!)
We get our fruit bushes from Scotland to ensure they are hardy enough for life at 600 metres. We have never had a problem with them. And the fruit trees came from a nursery in the UK, most of them have flourished. They are the ones we make tons of jam from and litres of apple juice.
Best of luck with it all!:):):)
 
kevstar said:
Haha there was a length under the other side, it was very dirty which I lifted out the timber merchants
to use on the trailer as a packer. Turned out it was purple heart lol so now it has a look....
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Are those legs off centre, maybe to balance the centre of gravity of the table, or is it just the camera angle?
 
Stanleysteamer said:
OK, I'll shut up after this one last observation.:(:(:( (Not on leylandii!)
We get our fruit bushes from Scotland to ensure they are hardy enough for life at 600 metres. We have never had a problem with them. And the fruit trees came from a nursery in the UK, most of them have flourished. They are the ones we make tons of jam from and litres of apple juice.
Best of luck with it all!:):):)
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I'm not ungrateful for your suggestions but the idea of having to make tons of jam etc. sends me into a meltdown! I'm not looking for work, I want a nice relaxed life to finish my days.:)
I do have blackcurrant bushes and they fruit very well but they are reserved for the blackbirds!!!!!
 
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