Lazy Grange Bay 3...a new start

Madman said:
Mike, are those trees Playmobil ?
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Close!, but no they are schleich trees
They make very nice sheep,horses,cows ect plus knights,dragons, dinosaur ect
 
Judging by the price of one on ebay at £156 and the lack of availability on Amazon, sadly it looks like these super trees are unavailable for now. Britain’s of farm models used to make trees but these appear unavailable also.
 
Their website does have a Playmobil feel about it.
 
I visited a garden near Falkirk last year, the home owner had been a horticulturalist before retirement, and his railway was definitely one where the railway was running through the scenery, one of the things he told me was the way to control a live plant is through trimming, he had one tree which had been in the ground around 15 years but no taller than 2m high, and bush type plants of the type I'd normally expect to see on property boundary's no more than 300mm high.

His advice was simple, don't be afraid of the plant, so long as you don't trim during very hot or frosty weather, and don't damage the roots, any plant should be able to survive a heavy trim, the worst that can happen is it takes a season for it to get back to looking like itself again.
 
They are difficult to get, and regularly go for in excess of £60 second hand via ebay, amazon ect
 
DafyddElvy said:
I visited a garden near Falkirk last year, the home owner had been a horticulturalist before retirement, and his railway was definitely one where the railway was running through the scenery, one of the things he told me was the way to control a live plant is through trimming, he had one tree which had been in the ground around 15 years but no taller than 2m high, and bush type plants of the type I'd normally expect to see on property boundary's no more than 300mm high.

His advice was simple, don't be afraid of the plant, so long as you don't trim during very hot or frosty weather, and don't damage the roots, any plant should be able to survive a heavy trim, the worst that can happen is it takes a season for it to get back to looking like itself again.
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I've found that the harder the trim, the quicker it grows back. Sometimes it's better to leave it
 
Paul M said:
I've found that the harder the trim, the quicker it grows back. Sometimes it's better to leave it
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Depends on the plant, many shrubs will bounce back very fast. I had a couple of flowering cherries in my garden that I quite fancy pollarded. First year I did it they grew 6 feet branches in as many weeks, got a man with a chain saw to see to them and dug the rootballs out meself. Mist of the conifers I have take a binannual trim if I can be bothered, if I don’t they get a serious hack. David’s advice is sound.
 
Got a hour free in the shed. Did a bit more on the railings..slow, but steady progress 20230104_121159.jpg20230104_121212.jpg
 
DafyddElvy said:
I visited a garden near Falkirk last year, the home owner had been a horticulturalist before retirement, and his railway was definitely one where the railway was running through the scenery, one of the things he told me was the way to control a live plant is through trimming, he had one tree which had been in the ground around 15 years but no taller than 2m high, and bush type plants of the type I'd normally expect to see on property boundary's no more than 300mm high.

His advice was simple, don't be afraid of the plant, so long as you don't trim during very hot or frosty weather, and don't damage the roots, any plant should be able to survive a heavy trim, the worst that can happen is it takes a season for it to get back to looking like itself again.
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If you bonsai a tree or shrub to stunt it's growth, you need to root trim every couple of years, top pruning alone is not sufficient, unless you can constrict the roots.
 
JimmyB said:
If you bonsai a tree or shrub to stunt it's growth, you need to root trim every couple of years, top pruning alone is not sufficient, unless you can constrict the roots.
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Jimmy as a bonsai expert is correct.

A few years back in the US Garden Railway Mag there was an article about sort of bonsai-ing trees for garden railways. The way suggested was to have 2 pots of the next size apart, tree in smaller one with barrier in the bottom of the pot then plant with the smaller pot in the larger one. Theory was you could remove the plant being contained in its pot to root trim and replant. Worked a treat for me till I got out of regular trimming and the roots escaped. Then last year they all croaked in the hot summer due to no watering. Sadly bonsai and me not the best of friends, they do rely on you to look after them and holidays do not help.
 
Rhinochugger said:
I'm still wondering how those railings survived WW2 - but the front paths are definitely 'of the time' :clap::clap::clap:
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Not every railing was cut down. I did ponder that. , after meny meny brews ..I decided that lazygrangebay, council re fitted railings after the war ..tuff 1 I know, but it looks better with..
 
It's been bluming wet and horrible out..
Shed time...rear yard ..double skinned ,1 base layer..individual flags laid ,
The rear wall 1st as its the one everything fits to. It's 3 layers thick(9mm) this let's me fit the gates..while working on the coal skuttles 20230107_131447.jpg20230107_134123.jpg20230109_145059.jpg20230110_142034.jpg20230112_105519.jpg20230112_105523.jpg20230112_105530.jpg20230112_111655.jpg20230112_150411.jpg20230112_150417.jpg20230112_150420.jpg
 
Looking for schleich trees, which are getting more difficult than ever to find, never mind the price. In excess of £60+
I have been looking. ..and I think I may have found something..they look quite good to me, and the price is great .£17?20230113_155043.jpgScreenshot_20230113-155651_Chrome.jpgScreenshot_20230113-155710_Chrome.jpg
 
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