How will submerged plants/bulbs cope?

Well not much I can say to cheer you up there then, except this tale maybe.

There was a guy fishing thru a hole in the ice when he hears a disembodied voice saying,

"THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE"

He's a bit worried, but carries on for a few more minutes till he hears it again, more insistant this time,

"THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE!!!"

He looks around but can see no one, he says,

"Is that you God???"

The voice replies......

















"NO, ITS THE MANAGER OF THE ICE RINK"

 

That cheered me up after a couple of hours of shovelling the white stuff I refuse to name.

 

So sorry silu

 

Lovely & warm down here, went out without a coat today

 

Don't rub it in!!!! Good news is that the snow has been melted by rain...you won't need 3 guesses what's happened to the burn and not a sign of the council. Am I surprised?...NO.Have resigned myself to many losses but am lucky and do have plenty of Snowdrops/Daffodils etc in other parts of my garden BUT still not pleased! That said not exactly the disaster of the century. If my lovely ancient Ash trees succumb, now that'll be much worse. Time will tell.

 

Sorry Silu.

Not looking good for the Ash Trees, we've had our first confirmed case in somerset

 

Sorry to hear that. Maybe the "expert" I spoke to wasn't so far wrong when he told me 60% of Ash trees in the UK were already affected! Know of cases confirmed in The Borders. Expert also told me that if you have a confirmed case, you have approx 3 weeks to organise for the tree/s to be felled at your expense and if you don't comply can be fined up to £5000! Mine are colossal and 1 is right by the road...gawd that would cost a fortune to fell I fear and would have to close our road to do so. Oh yes an as an aside the rain I mentioned a couple of hours ago is now falling as that bl...y white stuff again...sigh!

 

Oh dear

You need to get a buyer in for them now, as viable timber rather than wait until you're being forced to have them cut down for firewood.

There are some manufacturers that rely on good quality Ash for their business, worth a look around to see what the best price you can get for them is at the moment.

Don't know how old you are Silu, but I remember the Elms going down, one day they were prime timber, the next they were punk wood that you had to pay someone to fell & cart away.

 

That is not such a bad idea Zigs altho loathed to see the huge 1 by the road go.I do have a wood burning stove and Ash is probably the best wood for burning so if the worst came to the worst I could use the wood however your idea is probably better if it, as I imagine, could cost dearly to fell because of it's size and location.The good news I suppose is the main trunk is incredibly straight and very thick so might be of interest and it seems perfectly healthy to me with no die back or signs of distress.My other ones are off the road and could be relatively easily felled.As a fund of knowledge any ideas as to the types of manufacturers who might be interested? Yes getting a little long in the tooth so do remember the Elm fiasco!

 

I is off to bed now, but will check it out in the morning my friend

 

If the expert is right, that's not a lot of time to get things sorted. Also, what happens if the person liable cannot afford to have the trees felled let alone pay the fine?