No ... you don't want one ... not unless you've got several acres of garden.
They're wonderful trees, great for wildlife and I love them. I grew up in a place named for them. However they grow huge quite quickly, they have shallow roots which suck all the moisture out of the ground and if you have a female one they seed everywhere as you've found ... look around, you must have an ash tree somewhere nearby already.
Great for fields, woods, parks and hedgerows ... not for most gardens.
“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh
No ... you don't want one ... not unless you've got several acres of garden.
They're wonderful trees, great for wildlife and I love them. I grew up in a place named for them. However they grow huge quite quickly, they have shallow roots which suck all the moisture out of the ground and if you have a female one they seed everywhere as you've found ... look around, you must have an ash tree somewhere nearby already.
Great for fields, woods, parks and hedgerows ... not for most gardens.
The wood makes great firewood and can be used only 3 months from cutting down.
and if you have a female one they seed everywhere as you've found ... look around, you must have an ash tree somewhere nearby already.
Great for fields, woods, parks and hedgerows ... not for most gardens.
The wood makes great firewood and can be used only 3 months from cutting down.
@Tin pot don't think they can blame you ... the trees do it themselves ... but it may well be something to do with trying to halt the spread of Ash Dieback disease.
@Hostafan1 agreed ... it is brilliant firewood ... I grew up on a farm called after the Ash tree in a village called after the Ash tree ... and we were kept warm by them for many winters .... lots of them were pollarded to provide fencing stakes etc as well because they don't root in the ground like some timber.
“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh
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They're wonderful trees, great for wildlife and I love them. I grew up in a place named for them. However they grow huge quite quickly, they have shallow roots which suck all the moisture out of the ground
and if you have a female one they seed everywhere as you've found ... look around, you must have an ash tree somewhere nearby already.
Great for fields, woods, parks and hedgerows ... not for most gardens.
@Hostafan1 agreed ... it is brilliant firewood ... I grew up on a farm called after the Ash tree in a village called after the Ash tree ... and we were kept warm by them for many winters .... lots of them were pollarded to provide fencing stakes etc as well because they don't root in the ground like some timber.
Will someone please tell the Ash trees?