slight tree-hugging tangent - ash dieback and you

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

In a vague bid to heed Herr Walloper's suggestion and aha ahem hug trees a little, I was reminded of a personal rumination from the other day. It seems like I'm seeing quite a lot of dying ash trees around my way - East Riding / North Yorks / Wolds etc. I'd guess that almost a quarter seem afflicted (could be as much as a half) - came into leaf in a half-hearted way, lost their leaves earlier than other trees (not sure if they do this when healthy though - so that might be a red-herring), and look scabby, weak and basically on death's door.

Just wondering if anyone else has noticed their local ash trees looking a bit fucked - and if so, what kind of proportions.
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[ScaredyCat]

Had a big ass one in the garden looked pretty healthy I wanted it gone because it was too big for the garden. Council looked at it (because listed building) and said it was diseased and needed to come down to prevent spread. Like I said, looked perfectly healthy to me leaves were fine but officially unhealthy.

Council man may have been lying, I don't know. Down it came. Made really good firewood though.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Yeah ash is supposed to be ace for torching the fuck out of. I only burn coal now though because our little stove eats wood, whereas the same price of coal last loads longer. We're not on the gas main - if we were there's no way I'd faff around with this kind of shit. It's a right PITA to clean out every morning. Have yet to light it this year though - but with the first frost yesterday or day before, it won't be long now.
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[Rogerborg]

It's a decent bow wood, is all I know. Come the apocalypse that Lord Itchy Jew are slavering over in the hug-a-penguin thread, that knowledge will come in handy.

If I knew what one looked like.
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[M.C]

[City boy] Trees what are those?

[Itchy]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/23/ash-dieback-and-beetle-attack-likely-to-wipe-out-all-ash-trees-in-uk-and-europe

Ash trees have de AIDS and beetles yo.
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It's what happens when you use grant money to buy cheap imports instead of using British nurseries.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/nov/01/ash-dieback-forestry-imports
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[mudcow007]

Also, if your burning shit loads of wood, make sure all your door seals are still good.

The place I work at have loads of oak offcuts so i get to burn that, its hot as a mofo

[MCN]