Sleeping under a yew tree?

[treelore]

i spend most of my lunch break under a yew for three days a week when im coppicing and have been doing this for years, unless you eat it i would say your ok

i would me more worried about sudden limb drop which affects all braod leaf trees, i spent alot of time over the spring and early summer removing limbs that had snapped out. which this year seemed to be oak as they came out in leaf first this year before the ash trees.....

 

[treelore]

Ian M its mainly ash that does that as it tends to have weak unions which snap out due to the weight,rot or when in leaf because of the "sail" area created by their leafs and also tend to have more dead wood in them too

 

[Paganwolf]

Beech also.

 

[IanM]

I knew it was one of the old broad-leaf stalwarts. I never sleep under trees because of the drip, drip, drip of rain when it has stopped raining.

 

[Peter_t]

people should worry about snow covered branches too. at work we have had a fair few jobs removing and cleaning up broken limbs caused by the weight of the snow. although they have been neerly all monterey cypress which is rairly found outside towns the same applies to other trees.
i guess this is very hard to judge but always look out for dead wood. ash is one of the worst for dead wood. it falls off with very little effort, as a mate of mine found out not long ago whilst working in a large ash tree above a big victorian green house!


don't get over paranoid about it but just be aware and look up

pete

 

[Pandabean]

I was out in the local woods looking for a new home, found a nice area in the coniferous part, turned round and looked at the rest of the area and there were half a dozen trees that appeared to have been blown over recently. Might have to change location.

But beech is one I heard that likes to drop its limbs unexpectedly. At the moot we were set up with a few pine trees, it wasn't until the third day we noticed a nice pointy branch just waiting for the wind to catch it. Luckily it wasn't that close to our camp though. But sometimes its difficult to see these limbs, especially if it is hidden in the branches.

nitrambur - thats what it looked like to me as well.

 

[treelore]

yeah hangers can be the worst to spot when the trees are in leaf

 

[pastymuncher]

The snow has caused a lot of branches in the local woods to fall, all different species as well, Beech, Birch, Oak, and some coniferous (not sure which type).Most appear to be healthy branches as well, which has been quite an eye opener.

 

[treelore]

peter-t

last year we had to do alot of work on Cedrus libani, cedrus deodara and even a cedrus atlantica....we now go round these trees for clients when we have snow and knock as much off as we can....can be good fun trying to drop it on who ever is on the dec lol

 

[Bushcraftsman]

In his series he uses "sacks" to make a bed? What can you use to make a bed in this way?

 

[treelore]

i know in builder merchants you can get rolls of hessian or burlap, that they use to cover brick work...that may be worth looking at or what about canvas ?