Please Release me, Let me Grow

[ChrisHaycox]

Poor little trees...

[tampopo]

  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...

[buddleiabill]

I love this bike up a tree !- can you get another pic of it when its snowed ?
 bB
 

[tampopo]

ChrisHaycox, very nice pic.

bB, I think if you google bike in tree, you'll get similar pics, not sure if there are any with snow...

Here's the willow I saw last week...


the other side...

[tampopo]

and the one I saw last Wednesday. I passed it last evening but hadn't brought any tools with me to fix it...will show later....

[ketusmondai]

You guys are awesome!

[tampopo]

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Didn't realise it had been so long since I'd posted on here...
Strap cut and tree loosened.

then someone cut the strap...

so I did this with a bit of pipe insulation...

[tampopo]

I must release this one pretty soon....



the black strap is a bit tight...
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[tampopo]

In the above photograph, I went back to release it and it had already been done, so I did the tree beside it....



the one beside it...


and after....


my next project...

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[cannonsblazing]

My dad bought a house, and someone who lived there before him was obviously an ignorant bastard... Washing line tied around a weeping birch, many years ago.

[tampopo]

While I had the chance, i.e. free woodchip and the wheelbarrow in the same place at the same time, I woodchipped the trees that I'd been looking at before.....





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[tampopo]

Well, just like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, the snow covered trees have been re-released.



like this....



and this....


like this....


I don't have an 'after' photo of this one just yet....



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[tampopo]

Must've released about six or seven trees today. Only for a (missing) usb cable, I'd be able to share with ye....grrrr.

tomorrow, probably.....




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[tampopo]

right, missing usb cable again.

in the words of any Blue Peter presenter...

here's one I looked at earlier....



it's been released. I just can't remember if it was me or not!!!

I'll hopefully include the photos of when I ran amok with a claw hammer yesterday, eh, tomorrow....ahem.

have a good weekend everyone!!!
t.

[tampopo]

Right, the photo above was taken in 2011, August 9th...

this photo was taken in 2012, March 20th...

check it out...

hmmm, looks like Photobucket has changed its system. Lets try this....and see if it works....



street view
http://maps.google.ie/maps?q=107+Grove+Park,+Dublin+6&hl=en&ll=53.329181,-6.264482&spn=0.000026,0.019033&sll=53.329176,-6.264501&layer=c&cbp=13,232.76,,0,6.49&cbll=53.329194,-6.264621&hnear=107+Grove+Park,+Rathmines,+Dublin+6&t=h&z=16&panoid=clWvccG98aFeug0ZxsHgBw

if you go further down to #70, you can see buddleia growing from the chimney pot!!!

[tampopo]

I saw this first tree in March and released it earlier this week, April 24.

March 8th, 2012




this week..


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[tampopo]

I rounded this corner and saw the tree, then I saw the carpenter in the white van behind, taking his lunch break, so I went over and borrowed his claw hammer for two mins. Never let an opportunity to release a tree pass you by....carpe diem...and all that...

last week.


last week...five mins later...


ici...
http://maps.google.ie/maps?q=29+Ovoca+Road,+Dublin&hl=en&ll=53.333641,-6.270533&spn=0.000103,0.076132&sll=53.333613,-6.270954&layer=c&cbp=13,234.56,,0,18.07&cbll=53.333664,-6.270351&hnear=29+Ovoca+Rd,+Jamestown,+Dublin+8&t=h&z=14&panoid=gYCnqdEA1LQwhPtUt-Nnjg

[tampopo]

right, let's rip through these before I have to go and do a bit of work for a change!!!

last week, thought I was back in San Francisco...Lombard Street (west)
before...


after...

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[tampopo]

before...



after....

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before....
nice wheels, lady!!!


after....
eh, my new wheels, ahem.

and...


There's a couple more, but they'll have to wait...
a tout a l'heure

[tampopo]

Somehow, I don't have a partner photo for this one. It could be one of the other trees from a different angle and I can't recognise it. I'll go down that street and investigate one day soon...





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[tampopo]

Victoria, London.

Rochester Row, at the junction of Vincent Square.


In fact, around that corner is the RHS Lindley Library which has been closed recently but according to their website is to reopen on July 2nd 2012.  Do you think someone could go in and ask them to pop out and release this tree? I'd have done so, but I'd no tools with me......
Failing that, are there any London based GGers that could release this poor tree???

It's wheelchair accessible, at least!!

[tampopo]

I showed this photo to Richard and he said he'd release it, but understandably he's rather busy at the moment...

[tampopo]

How it should be done. Best practice, I'd say.  (I walked by this tree about 4 times over the weekend, as it transpired...)

[tampopo]

It's been a while, but I've had my eye on this one for a while. I pass it quite a lot, so it's 'always on my mind', so to speak...

then, last Friday I had the chance to borrow a wire cutter and so I did!!!
Here is the result.

Oh, this is the tree from Reply 33 (and subsequent Replies...)
before...


   After!!!

(around the other side.)
    Before....

and After....

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[tampopo]

Get ready for some tree releasin' . . .



I was told I was naughty this year, and I still got what I wanted . . . 


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[tampopo]

I unwrapped the wire from  this tree. I'll go back  with a wire cutters and remove it next Sunday.  I think I'll leave the 7 - 9 cm of wire buried in the trunk. seems less cruel than to damage the bark, possibly, by tearing  it out completely....






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[tampopo]

Well, here we are a week later, as promised....

Tree, released!


I left the bit of wire buried inside, deep inside the trunk. I thought it would do more damage to retrieve it than leave it in....
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[tampopo]

Passed these two examples yesterday, in Tallaght, near the Square and the football stadium....





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[tampopo]

Sad news.

I/We failed in the bid to save this tree. Regular viewers may remember from Reply 33 and subsequent replies.  It had started to lean precipitously in  recent weeks. Then, the other day I went by and I was met by this sight...


pity...that ends that chapter.....

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[tampopo]

However I've been busy on the North side.
Before,


and After



P.S. I've lots more examples, but Photobucket is acting up so I'll conclude for today. Stay tuned over the next few days....

[tampopo]

I saw this poor strangled thing on the north side recently, so I brought my tools with me and released it...


ugh!!!



Worked at it for a few minutes till this stage...

Then I pulled and tugged a bit more....

Eventually, got it....



So, success!

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