Friday 2 December 2011

Willow Tree Pollarding

Scott was complaining that there has not been anything recently on the Blog and I think secretly he wanted everyone to see what he had been up to! 

Yesterdays on a frosty December morning was a brilliant day to go and pollard this willow tree.  This is atleast the third time this willow tree has been pollarded, last done about 4 years ago.  Some of the regrowth measured over 6 inches in diameter!

After everything was cut back avoiding the slate roof and power cables we loaded everything onto our truck and took it down to the local recycling center where it will be chipped and turned into compost.

Willow trees come back extremely quickly and this one is no exception so within 4 years the regrowth will be back over the house again!