Lets plant trees

[RyanBergarasTeeth]

Seen someone mention this earlier on facebook. Theres websites that you do monthly donations to (about £5) a month and they plant trees both in the uk and the amazon to help carbon emissons and produce more oxygen. I thought it was a great idea and am looking at signing up (although i may not have a job next month so the monthly aspect frightens me a bit.)

I'm also looking at being more eco friendly in other areas if anyone fancies joining a thread about eco stuff?

Planting trees sounds like a good idea to me.

Another thing I'd like to do is to try and persuade people to not cut down existing trees in their gardens. There's been a spate of people wanting to do that on here lately (and trying to persuade their neighbours to do the same).

Thats so sad to hear. I did see a thread the other say when someones neighbour was demanding they should cut their cherry tree down. Some people are so strange about nature i dont get it.

Sounds like a great idea. I'm trying to be more wildlife friendly in my garden. People are quick to destroy all sorts of nature without giving it a thought.

Oh thats wonderful what are you doing in your garden to make it wildlife friendly? I dont have a garden but im thinking of a hanging plant by the front door.

Everything we do in our garden is for the wildlife. No chemicals, log piles, areas with tall grass and dandelions for first food for bees, fish free pond for the frogs with hedgehog board etc

That sounds beautiful. We have too many cats here to encourage hedgehogs sadly because i love hedgehogs. What flowers would be best to attract bees?

Dandelions, buddleia, poppies, geraniums, buttercups are all popular in our garden.

Thank you! If i can grow any in pots i can put them at my front door.

Trees in small gardens are very problematic though. They are lovely in the right place, but a garden is often not the right place. Unless you have a very big one of course.

Thats true. We need more forrests

I have a large garden which is already quite wildlife friendly (lots of trees bushes and a hedge for nesting birds and some bee loving plants) but I'm always keen to go further. I bought this book a while ago and was hoping to use lockdown to have s read and get started on it.... I also have a massive organic compost heap and I bag up dead leaves and leave them for a few years to rot down.

That book sounds great. I will have to have a look. What do you do with the compost?

I use it as potting compost or as a mulch in the beds and borders. I never have to buy compost which is great as the shop bought ones are usually full of fillers or, even worse, peat.

Trees in small gardens are very problematic though. They are lovely in the right place, but a garden is often not the right place. Unless you have a very big one of course.

We have a smallish garden with several trees, we've had to be careful to choose the right ones. We have a couple of Sorbus, a magnolia, a dwarf willow, 3 elders which are gifts from the birds (!), an a dwarf willow. We are keeping 2 of the elders as they are conveniently at the far end of the garden but the other is right next to the patio so is coming out in the next couple of days.

I have lots of baby trees that are growing in my garden. Seedlings or treelings.

I don't want them to grow as they are big trees from the woodland at the back of our house but I could pot them up to give away.

If I attach photos is anyone happy to help me identify them?

Hopefully someone who knows trees will be along to identify them. Is there anywhere for the dug up trees to be replanted somewhere else? I understand the roots can get under houses.

I noticed today in tesco all the flower and vegitable grow your own seeds had all sold out. Hopefully people start to appreciate their environment more. Less littering etc.