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Health and Safety Trees 

Killed by a falling tree: what are the chances?

19th February, 20076th July, 2022 Matthew Chatfield 42 Comments accident, danger, risk, trees

The Ranger worked as a Tree Officer for some months some time ago, and got quite an insight into the

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Trees 

Tree graffiti

8th October, 2006 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments graffiti, trees

The Ranger was patrolling around a very obscure part one of the sites he works at today, when he came

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A nail in a tree.
Trees 

Gents, something in your pocket kills trees – and it’s not a copper nail.

25th June, 20064th May, 2022 Matthew Chatfield 64 Comments arboriculture, copper, gardening, nails, neighbor, neighbour, nuisence, pesticide, trees

The Ranger has been involved in many neighbour disputes over trees and hedges. Trees and hedges are usually on boundaries,

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Bird flu Birds Trees 

Daft reasons to fell trees

26th April, 2006 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments birds, planning, trees

The Ranger gets to hear some pretty feeble reasons for felling trees in his job – usually along the lines

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Trees 

Iranian forestry practices… not unlike our own

8th March, 20064th September, 2016 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment engineers, forestry, highway, iran, trees

People and trees, the same story, the world over. It almost always comes down to some sort of neighbour dispute,

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The Knife and Fork, Ryde
Trees 

‘I like trees but…’ Yes, of course you do

5th March, 200623rd November, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments australia, trees

Those crazy Australians are poisoning trees to open up sea views! The Ranger is amazed that this story needed to

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Trees Wildlife & countryside news 

How dare trees ‘self-seed’ themselves?

22nd January, 2006 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment law, middlesborough, trees

What is it with people and ‘self-seeded’ trees? If you read this newspaper article you’ll read of a very common

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Invasive species Trees 

Ivy on trees… kill it or cherish it?

20th December, 20056th April, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 73 Comments forestry, gardening, invasive, ivy, trees

At this time of year our thoughts turn to holly and ivy… and sometimes we encounter one of the ‘old

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