Gah. Fecking trees

lasermonkey

Bridgehouse said:

LuttiS said:

Surely a chainsaw and guaranteed chainsaw based entertainment is cheaper?

Sadly due to the precarious nature of it, I have a fear of self-inflicting death.

When I was a kid, one of my schoolfriends was killed in a chainsaw-related accident. I have to admit, to this day I can't be around them.
Best left to a professional, I feel.

ESBlonde

TTony said:

You see all those other trees, wrapped up nice and warm in their pretty green ivy coats?

Kill the ivy before the ivy kills the tree.

Wot He said.

Take a small axe and hack out a 6" length of the ivy all the way around the tree trunk about knee high. Everything above will then die and the ivy won't rejoin over that large a gap. Don't forget to chop through any little strands of Ivy too. It can be quite theraputic, doesn't have to take long and will save the trees. The dead Ivy can hand on the trunk providing habitat for wildlife so no need to remove it.
Go back about every 3 years and repeat on the reduced new growth.