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Please Release me, Let me Grow
« on: December 29, 2009, 08:40:25 PM »
Wanted to start a thread of choked trees as such...



and "free at last" trees thus...



opposite view.



more to follow in the next while...
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2010, 02:29:40 PM »
When I cut the strap off this one,



the supporting pole fell to the ground!
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2010, 02:33:49 PM »
some  more I've to rescue...













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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2010, 10:39:24 PM »
Nice work! I love seeing a tree that's been freed of any restraints. How did trees ever make it with out our interference?
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 01:45:51 PM »
5 that I've loosened the strap on...



moved the strap down the trunk a bit.



ditto



and here too...



finally for today...
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2010, 11:01:00 PM »
 :)   I  too must confess to being a free a tree freak, and im proud to be one ,even when people look at me like im a nutter do i care. NO the poor old tree cant help itself can it ?? so im in there job done and away ------------ :)
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2010, 03:50:42 AM »
good job man!
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2010, 08:11:29 PM »
 ;D  Hello again peeps i spotted another tree this one was in warrington  ( it now can breath) ;D
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2010, 03:02:13 PM »
Well, I got one strap cut and removed...





but another of them, I could only cut the strap - not remove it.

more pics later...


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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2010, 03:34:38 PM »
Got a Swiss army knife for my birthday, so now I can safely join the quest for releasing imprisoned trees without carrying more dangerous objects around!  ;D
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2010, 11:27:42 PM »
 ;D  Thats fantastic there is no stopping you now  ;D----------Happy Birthday---------- ;D
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« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2010, 03:51:10 PM »
Paigan, cb, nervana,

post some pics for us to look at.

t.
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2010, 09:48:39 PM »
 ??? ::)Will have to remember to take my trusty old mobile/camera with me always  ;D ;D
                       the trouble is that when i free a tree it worries the people that im out with and they either walk away
     or drive away and ignore me untill im done but no matter it dont worry me  ;D ;D and my phone is often left in the car  ::) :-[
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« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2010, 05:28:21 PM »
I look forward to seeing the photos.  I have some more, but I keep misplacing either the camera or the connecting cord-or both!
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2010, 07:41:50 PM »
Well that's a relief, I thought I was the only tree destrangulator around.  ;D

I also rescue half dried worms from pavements, soak them for a while, then find a damp bit of earth to stick them into.  :-\
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2010, 08:17:43 PM »
Quote from: tampopo on February 04, 2010, 03:02:13 PM
Well, I got one strap cut and removed...


but another of them, I could only cut the strap - not remove it.

more pics later...


248

T, is 248 your freed tree count!? How on Earth do you keep track?
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2010, 09:34:33 PM »
 :) :D I like the idea of worm rescue does it work ? do they live? :'( ::)
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2010, 06:01:18 PM »
I cut the ties on a group of about 15 trees some 25 years ago ,



when i did it you could get your hands around them ,



Now you could get your arms around them .   :)



bB
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« Reply #18 on: April 02, 2010, 10:46:34 AM »
@budliabill : Wow, that's really something to fell proud of!  :)
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« Reply #19 on: April 03, 2010, 09:43:24 PM »
 ;D ;D  Just look how your babies have grown  :) :)
                   Thats fantastic  ----------Hug a tree any time ------Well done you .
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« Reply #20 on: April 06, 2010, 07:05:24 PM »
Gosh,
that's something else. Wow. Well done.

You must be very proud, and attached to them.

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« Reply #21 on: April 14, 2010, 04:55:15 PM »
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A lot done, more to do...








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« Reply #22 on: April 14, 2010, 04:56:31 PM »
Oh, poor trees! That looks painful :(
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« Reply #23 on: April 23, 2010, 08:13:22 AM »
Such an awesome thread...  After 25 years the trees still carry the scars of their strangulation, telling the story of how you freed them...  I hope you accompany your actions with some firm letters to the offending council/s   
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« Reply #24 on: May 08, 2010, 03:18:14 PM »
In reply to Reply 19, I saw this tree last week and came back this week to photograph it and share it with ye.



and on my return journey, a bit darker, towards dusk.



I've still yet to rescue the trees featured in Reply 23. A tout a l'heure.
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« Reply #25 on: May 13, 2010, 10:07:18 AM »
They make me feel so small...







bB
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« Reply #26 on: May 26, 2010, 05:40:35 PM »
What type of trees are these?

 Thanks
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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #27 on: May 26, 2010, 06:40:27 PM »
heya,
flower43 has suggested to me that they are poplars , will go back soon and get a leaf to check .  :)

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Re: Please Release me, Let me Grow
« Reply #28 on: May 31, 2010, 08:30:00 AM »
They are indeed poplars, no doubt about it.
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« Reply #29 on: July 23, 2010, 08:02:49 PM »
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In Reply 1, Jan 2nd... the tree whose support fell over when I cut the strap...
this is it after recent strong winds....



pity....
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« Reply #30 on: July 29, 2010, 10:49:30 AM »
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Just two weeks to go, till I was due to get some help from a fellow guerrilla gardener to save the trees in Reply 23, the council has done the job....





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« Reply #31 on: August 01, 2010, 02:55:04 PM »
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oh well, we can do this leaning tower of Pisa type tree...



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« Reply #32 on: August 05, 2010, 03:58:34 PM »
That poor tree needs urgent attention!  :o
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« Reply #33 on: August 05, 2010, 08:43:09 PM »
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yeah, but who'm I going to call, Ghostbusters?
Who'd be able, willing and able to help, (rubs chin)
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« Reply #34 on: August 06, 2010, 11:05:17 AM »
Me me me!  ;D
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« Reply #35 on: August 06, 2010, 06:27:06 PM »
Hmmm, let me see...

let me see...

Can you be here by tomorrow?
If you can be here by the morning, the job is yours.... ;)
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« Reply #36 on: August 12, 2010, 06:07:57 PM »
Ha, I was so quick I didn't even have time to read that or reply ;)

Put the pics up!
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« Reply #37 on: August 12, 2010, 07:47:03 PM »
yeah, the tree was so attached to the support pole, it cracked it....


I cut around the plastic strap and the rubber 'spacer' thus....
and

still need a wire cutter to rescue the other side of the tree....

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« Reply #38 on: August 16, 2010, 09:23:54 PM »
 >:( >:(OUCH  :o :o
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« Reply #39 on: September 12, 2010, 04:58:11 PM »
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one of a series of about 5 or six.


more to follow later, plus the 'afters', or rescued pics.
regards,
t.

hmmm, bit confused now, but this belongs in here, I'm pretty sure....more modifications required at a later date, I feel....

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« Reply #40 on: October 08, 2010, 01:42:24 PM »
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after...



All these 5 or 6 trees had two nails sticking out from the support pole into the trees, don't know why. I wonder are the rubber spacers nailed to the support stake???

I went back and loosened it again, a few days later....it'll give it some room to 'ride up with (wear) growth' !!!

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« Reply #41 on: October 08, 2010, 01:44:28 PM »
before...



After....

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« Reply #42 on: October 08, 2010, 01:52:40 PM »
Before...



and after...

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I think these three are the same tree. Pics before and after were taken several days apart and I forget exactly from the viewpoint. I should have done them all front and back from the same view....tch!


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« Reply #43 on: October 08, 2010, 08:07:30 PM »
Ah, nicely done! You're my hero!  ;D

I'm always on the lookout for trees to release, never find any. Maybe there are less strangled trees in Sweden? That's good, if so... (But I wanna use my McGuyver knife!!!  ::) )
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« Reply #44 on: October 18, 2010, 04:36:21 PM »
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this poor fella needs to have his tie loosened.....



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« Reply #45 on: November 17, 2010, 04:06:10 PM »
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Took a while to get back in the area, on the street...





and...

note to self: go taking photographs on a bright day...
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« Reply #46 on: November 17, 2010, 04:07:50 PM »
when I started this thread, or thought of the idea, I released this tree, but didn't get around to posting the pic. This is a recent pic with guerrilla gardening dog 2...

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« Reply #47 on: November 21, 2010, 10:21:12 PM »
  :) Well done
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« Reply #48 on: November 24, 2010, 11:36:29 PM »
Poor little trees...

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« Reply #49 on: November 25, 2010, 02:17:01 PM »
Quote from: paigan on November 21, 2010, 10:21:12 PM
  :) Well done

thanks, spotted a willow on Monday that needs to be released, and a silver birch on Tuesday. Took pics, but having trouble uploading them. asap...
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