Deadwooding

An autumn forestry chore, deadwooding is precisely what its name implies: removing dead, rotten or wind damaged boughs and branches that might otherwise blow down or fall causing injuries or damage to people or property below. It is many years since the mature trees in our grounds were thus “pruned” and it is one of the tasks identified in the tree survey of 2020. The large trees on our perimeter were dealt with last year (see What’s Going On: Tree surgery, June 21, 2021)) and now its the turn of those in the southwest lawns, the majestic copper beeches and the very tall cedar. Find the two orange jackets in the branches of the huge copper beech alongside the drive in the photo above.