Council has planted tree on my land.

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

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

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 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.

Trying hugging it Frank - you might bond with it.

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.

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

Or even walking (shock horror)!

Sometimes to get from A to B you just cannot walk due to distances - on those occasions it is wonderful to drive along tree lined roads.
I am fortunate to have a garden large enough to have something like 50 trees growing in it - a number are fruit trees - so can walk around, touch them even, whenever I get the urge.

I might go and count my trees - laters.

I love to see tree, but in the right place. The people who live at the back of us have a line on conifers which they seldom cut and we spend hours each year cutting back the brances on our side. we would be unable to use about a third of our garden if we did not. They also have a beautiful willowbut the problem is that it is too near the houses and the roots are begining to affect the drains. It also makes a terrible mess when it drops its leaves .

...after a whiz on your exercise bike, jings

soop #leaveme'lone

Please forgive the typo's in my post. All fingers and thumbs this morning !

Just bought a cherry and a pear to add to the orchard. I wish I lived near you Frank (well sort of) so I could come and pick up that maple and plant it with the other ones. I am sure the council will soon find it a good home- don't massacre it just yet please.

granjura!
Wish you lived near Frank

ginny........sound like the dreaded leylandii. I adore trees, love 'em to bits but ill considered planting of leylandii should be a hanging offence. We bought a house 5 years ago and when insepcting the back garden realised owner had planted a new row of them all down one side of garden (it turned out he had just fallen out with the neighbour on that side). Upon moving in we heaved out said leylandii (they were only 3-4footers then) and planted a mixed natural hedge. Result happy new neigbours. Leylandii also practically kill anything in their shade and suck the life out of half the garden.

Watch out for cupressus macrocarpa too. They are leylandii 's daddy - the fast growing half - maturing at around 120 feet. Certainly not suitable for a suburban garden.

We had a Leylandii hedge at the bottom of our large garden, planted by the previous owners- with a large paddock behind owned by our neighbour, and with a Covenant on it, that it could never be built on. Neighbour sold to a local builder and Covenant didn't hold - so we had a whole cul-de-sac of houses built behind. We did regularly cut them down to about 12ft - but you could never believe the complaints we got!!! The hedge was of course there at least 20 years before the new houses we built - were there when the developer bought, when he built, when people bought the houses, signed the contracts and moved!!! They knew the hedge was there - full of birds and tawny owls too. It's still there I am pleased to say.

Very different of course if such trees are planted when houses are adjacent - but people have to take responsibility for what is around them when they buy.

Quite granjura - buyer beware as they say!

Agree - a dog kennels of long standing near us was forced to close due to complaints from a couple of houses a new development.

That seems most unfair......mind you we hear of holidaying folks around here who rent a cottage deep in the country...then complain about the countryside sounds!

When we bought this house in rural France it was in our agreement that we could not complain about country noises or smells! We are opposite a farm and a crop field surrounds us - we find watching the processes interesting.

Sounds very much like us Bez, but in deepest Herefordshire! Lambs next door - Welsh black calves and their Mums in next field - and tractors hauling just about anything depending on time of year. At the moment its muck, but its good stuff!