Council has planted tree on my land.

Or even walking (shock horror)!

Driving down a country road lined with trees and fields beyond - bliss.

NannaAnna I objected when the 4 Macracarpa some idiot planted 2 feet apart and 20 feet from our house started trying to dismantle our chimney stacks and randomly and murderously jettisoned enormous heavy branches into the road.

Trees should be planted with care and consideration. Especially big trees.

Trying hugging it Frank - you might bond with it.

I celebrate every tree planted. Trees are the planet's lungs. Don't care a jot if they make tarmac buckle, etc. etc. Hate tarmac. I want to see an army of tree planters out there (and I will join them) planting trees on every possible spot. One tree per house or apartment - or perhaps one tree per person - on every street! How the bloomin' heck can anyone possibly object to trees??? Bizarre.

Could be the pollarding thats the problem. If its a tree you'd actually like to keep, then make sure it becomes yours, not the council's, or they'll come round now and then with their chainsaws and leave just a bunch of tragic stumps ! What IS it with councils and trees ... ?

I think one has to agree with JO8 to be allowed to 'chip in'

JO8 'most of Frank's threads start off quite reasonably'???? Your definition of reasonable must differ somewhat from mine. But I do love his posts. There's a certain point when total lunacy narcissism paranoia becomes humorous. I'm just sad he's never followed up my offer to buy him a coffee and cake in Solihull

Really?!?

Errrr... it's how you do it?

#mustknowwhatimean

j08 Isn't that the point of a thread - chipping in?

Most of Frank's threads start off quite reasonably.

It's when you lot chip in that the trouble starts.

gillybob - I so understand how you feel. It took be 30 years to get our large garden 'perfect' (to my mind anyhow) and was hoping to sell to another gardener. But this did not happen - and our house is now a Kindergarten and the lovely owner is not interested at all in the garden- the conifer garden in the front has become a car-park and the conifers (large miniature specimen are soooo expensive) replanted in the corner have all died. I daren't imagine what the large back garden is now like. My only solace is that the pond has been securely fenced off rather than filled with concrete- and the current wilder aspect of the garden is actually great for the 100s of birds, blackbirds, song thrushes, every kind of tit, chaffinches, tawny owls, and so many more + hedgehogs. Onwards and forwards.

I do think that Frank is trolling half the time.

gillybob - how sad for you to see your once-lovely garden so neglected. My sister planted a lovely flowring tree in her garden and the following year sold her house. The tree had flowered beautifully and was still small enough to dig up and take to their new garden, but she thought it was rather mean to do that and so, reluctantly, left it behind. Later, when walking past their old house they saw that the new people had cut it down!

Perhaps it's a Thankyou present from the council for baling them out

Is Frank real? One day we will find out that he/she is a 20-something winding us all up. Probably doing to write a book about it.

Hmmm just thinking out loud here but Frank said he paid his council tax early and all in one go..... could he have actually paid for the very same tree?

Galen

Like Alice! I'm going to fall down the rabbit hole
Or Is it actually the the CERN project?


I think I'll return to Avatar mode! I can't deal with this!
I'm blue, I'm high,
And in the sky
I'll blithely fly
I'm seven foot tall
And,in the halls
Of franks world
I'd die!

His furry ears and whiskers took him too much time to shave!

He's late, he's late , for a very important date!

Where's the White Rabbit?

hummingbird ,shh!, please don't mention bums and tums again,

*NEVER*!

Did someone recently say that Gransnet was a bit boring lately? You can count on Frank to liven things up! If we're not careful, this thread will be taking over from the legendary bums and tums saga!