tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post7163679257195149024..comments2024-03-24T18:05:27.769+11:00Comments on Ian Fraser, talking naturally: Bark Codes; or Barking Up the Right TreeIan Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-14094751002358676412013-02-20T08:31:10.726+11:002013-02-20T08:31:10.726+11:00Hi Anne. I'm not sure which Anne I'm talki...Hi Anne. I'm not sure which Anne I'm talking to, and I don't really want to do commercial recommendations here, so can you send me an email? I can certainly recommend if you're in Canberra.Ian Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-73004287252749132572013-02-19T16:35:56.372+11:002013-02-19T16:35:56.372+11:00Hi there Ian, I actually am wondering if you could...Hi there Ian, I actually am wondering if you could recommend to me a store that sells <a href="http://www.rubberbark.com/articles/landscaping-materials" rel="nofollow">landscape bark</a> mulches?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378020855609310429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-43935143706054460762013-01-24T21:29:53.135+11:002013-01-24T21:29:53.135+11:00Hi Rebecca; good to hear from you, and I'm del...Hi Rebecca; good to hear from you, and I'm delighted it was of use to you. Hope all's well. Ian Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-27199639072024366252013-01-24T20:12:31.959+11:002013-01-24T20:12:31.959+11:00Thanks Ian, this is a wonderful explanation of the...Thanks Ian, this is a wonderful explanation of the different gums. I'll definitely be using this as a reference point in the futureAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07495257582855364992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-91339108773376778862013-01-22T16:53:13.469+11:002013-01-22T16:53:13.469+11:00Not only does the gum not make my top 10 attribute...Not only does the gum not make my top 10 attributes of Eucalypts, but most of the gummy things I see in the bush are emanating from Acacias. Of course, this could be a comment on my plant ID skills!<br /><br />WRT to the leaves of plane trees, and how to deal with them should it be necessary in future, I suggest breaking them up into small bits before putting them in the compost. I usually do this for things like tomato vines and corn stalks by piling them up and parking a running lawn mower on top. Adding some horse poop (my memory is that there is plenty of that available near St James Park, if not Duffy) with them also helps break them down.<br /><br />MartinFlabmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-55017828680780148512013-01-21T23:20:51.522+11:002013-01-21T23:20:51.522+11:00The fuzzy stuff is ghastly. My office in London ov...The fuzzy stuff is ghastly. My office in London overlooked St James's Park and going out at lunchtime at certain times of the year was almost insupportable on a windy day because of the plane trees along Birdcage Walk.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-29362886705756750222013-01-21T20:57:55.917+11:002013-01-21T20:57:55.917+11:00Gloom about the Warrumbungles indeed. It will be s...Gloom about the Warrumbungles indeed. It will be some years, from the sound of it, before at least the vegetation cycles around again to what we know and love. Needless to say, the fabulous volcanic landscape is oblivious to such fleeting episodes.<br /><br />Plane Trees, hmm. A sore point. In my previous abode (where I abided for 27 years) the nature strip trees were thus. I would have perjured myself for eucs; round the corner were Chinese Elms, which left me unmoved, but at least provided compostable leaves! The planes' were non-biodegradable. A layer in the compost was still there two years later. They also drop fruit with fuzzy material which sparked my latent asthma when I mowed. They blew into and smothered my garden so I had to bag and take them to the recycling depot (maybe they had industrial-scale processes!); one year I weighed 120kg of them. <br /><br />Sorry Susan, not your fault! Just touched a nerve. And I'm glad to hear of your love of eucs. Ian Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-4364200782011702722013-01-21T19:58:20.360+11:002013-01-21T19:58:20.360+11:00Our recent trip to Australia reinforced for me how...Our recent trip to Australia reinforced for me how much I love Eucalypts.<br /><br />There is a European tree that sloughs its bark much like Eucalypts do, and is very popular because of it. London Plane Plantanus x acerifolia is a naturally occuring hybrid that appeared spontaneously in Spanish gardens in the late 17thC when American Sycamore P. occidentalis was introduced and met the Eurasian species P.orientalis. It became highly valued as a tree in urban situations once the industrial revolution kicked in, as pollution doesn't stick to it.<br /><br />I've just been reading various reports about the fire in the Warrumbungles -- gloom... Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com