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Pells Park Stumps

On 22 Feb 2008 at 10:43pm Smiler wrote:

I was i Pells Park yeterday and all the trees are surrounded by 4 or 5 stumps driven into the ground.
Whats that all about then?

On 22 Feb 2008 at 11:55pm Spinster Of This Parish wrote:

Probably expensive and trendy flood defences!

On 23 Feb 2008 at 9:07am lauren wrote:

or for stopping the dogs peeing up the trees.

On 23 Feb 2008 at 10:19am cbs member wrote:

Ramraid prevention!

On 25 Feb 2008 at 10:14am simon wrote:

its part of a new art work, the will be blue glass bells on top the bells are being made right now, you sould all go to see it as its costing �30 k. and it will only be there for a month its to do with the floods in 2000

On 25 Feb 2008 at 10:41am Call me a cynic wrote:

Glass bells on the route home from the pubs to Malling - lasting a month ? I'll give them a week tops. What a waste of 30K

On 25 Feb 2008 at 6:19pm Smiler wrote:

Ask a sensible question...
Thanks to all of you for your enlightening and informative answers
Does anyone know the real answer? Any lanscape gardeners out there?

On 25 Feb 2008 at 7:36pm FA wrote:

Probably just to stop the delicate trunks being kicked to death by footballs etc as they're often used as goalposts. Haven't actually seen them so i'll look next time i walk past.

On 26 Feb 2008 at 1:15pm Merlin Milner wrote:

They are tree protection stakes. To stop mowers and strimmers damaging the trees. Normal in municiple parks, gardens etc.

On 26 Feb 2008 at 3:32pm Call me a Cynic wrote:

Top Tip to council lawn mower operatives. I often used to encounter problems when I didnt notice the tree in the middle of my lawn when I was mowing or strimming, and even considered getting some stumps put around it myself. Then I tried opening my eyes and steering around it. I have since found this to be a simple yet effective solution to the problem, which incidentally also works with flower beds and sheds.

On 27 Feb 2008 at 4:13pm Merlin Milner wrote:

Tractor mowers etc are a bit harder to be accurate and if there are exposed roots / base of trunk hidden by grass; then it is best not to slice bits off. Not that stupid as it sounds and protecting nice trees is a good idea.