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@llamasoft_ox@toot.walesLucky is doing anxious-ears down the middle field, what is going on?
TREEPOCALYPSE has begun.
@llamasoft_ox What's being done to the trees? 
@Mafalda @llamasoft_ox There's a terrible tree illness going around in Wales caused by can't remember what that affects ash trees ( I think it's a parasite ). Makes the tree die and get dry at the point they become a danger as they get brittle and they can crack/fall on cars/people/etc. So they need to be cut down before this can happen. Luckily we don't have that many and the difference is not very noticeable 
@gilesgoat @Mafalda yeah there's "ash dieback disease" affecting the ash trees and we basically needed all the ash trees removed. Still plenty of other trees left so it's not like we're going to have no trees left. But it needed doing or else we were going to get grief from the council.
@llamasoft_ox @gilesgoat Yeah, it's the best way to deal with it.
@Mafalda @gilesgoat Yeah it's a shame but there's no "cure" so removing them is the only option unfortunately.
@llamasoft_ox @gilesgoat @Mafalda Are you doing this yourself, or do you have tree surgeons in to do it? I've heard that cutting down trees with dieback can be dangerous, because they can yield explosively when you start to cut them. I'm looking anxiously at two of our big ash trees in the corner of the chicken run, and wondering when they're going to need dealing with
@simonjones @llamasoft_ox @Mafalda Nah we don't have the means/knowledge to do that !! Plus the trees are really big ! We found a specialist company that does it.
@simonjones @gilesgoat @Mafalda oh no, definitely not doing it ourselves, got some chaps who know what they're doing to handle that job!
@gilesgoat @llamasoft_ox Aww, sorry to hear.