We erected 1000 metres of post and rail with gates and electric for the international 3-day eventer, David Doel, International Event Rider, of Reybridge Eventing at Lacock.
This will give increased turn-out for extra horses, and the fence has an electric wire on the top of an internal fence to prevent the horses pushing up against it.
60m hedge reduction Worton, Devizes
The pictures show us half-way through a large reduction on a 60m hedge which had grown to 65′ in Worton Village, Devizes. Following the unusually high winds in May, several branches had broken off and there was a further risk of more damage, so permission was sought from Wiltshire County Council as the hedge/trees were within a conservation area.
The work was then scheduled, needing our large cherry picker, and we recycled all the chip and timber locally.
Watercourse Repairs – before and after
We were awarded the contract to clear trees and undergrowth from in and around a lake in Worton, near Devizes. We also uncovered a spot of erosion which has now been reinstated so water goes over rather than around the weir. The work will require a program of tree removal and replacement planting, fencing, drainage works and removal of timber from the lake.
Keepsafe Equestrian Fencing near Marlborough
Initially, an American form of fencing, which is now proving very popular here in the UK, Keepsafe Equestrian Fencing is a specially designed wire fence for the equine fencing market.
With a durable and protective diamond weave featuring heavy, twisted horizontal cables, each cable consisting of two wires on 100mm (4″) spacing from the ground to the top. Vertical wires, securely wrapped around each horizontal cable, run diagonally to make a diamond pattern, forming the strongest fence construction available today.
The practical benefits are that not only does it keep as much out as it does in, it is also very springy so safe if horses bounce into it. We bought this fencing in for this job from the US.
80m boundary post and rail, Shaftesbury
80m boundary post and rail in Shaftesbury, with a stock net and rustic round posts with half round rails.
Dismantling 9x30m Poplar Trees in Devizes
Following the recent high winds, Conservation Contractors were called in to reduce a group of 9x 30 metre high Poplar Trees on the old hospital site in Devizes. They were originally planted to screen a long since removed water tower, much to the relief of most of the residents!
Cricket ball stop net for Bishops Cannings CC in Devizes, Wiltshire
Japanese Knotweed
Do watch out for this nasty invasive plant – Fallopia japonica – which is a large, herbaceous perennial of the family Polygonaceae, native to Eastern Asia in Japan, China and Korea.
It is a notifiable weed, like Himalayan Balsam and Ragwort, and it’s up to the property owner to ensure it is removed. You won’t be able to sell your property if it has knotweed as mortgage brokers won’t grant a mortgage and you can be fined £2,500 if you ignore its presence as this is considered a criminal offence.
The appearance of knotweed changes throughout the year from purple/red stems and pinky-red leaves in Spring to the virulent, growing stems upwards of six feet in Autumn, with cream/white flowers. Unlikely that you would see anything just now as it will have died back over the winter. The image here is from the RHS website and here’s a link to this, with more information.
If you do suspect you may have this unwelcome visitor, please do give us a call and we can undertake a free site visit and suggest a plan of treatment to eradicate it properly. It really isn’t something you would want to try at home yourself!
See our weed control page for details of what else we can help you with…
Bees in Christchurch, Dorset
We’ve had a busy few weeks in Christchurch, Dorset, giving some TLC, reduction and some felling to 40 oak trees which hadn’t been maintained for many years. We had one surprise, though….
One of the trunks was hollow as it was full of honey! A colony of bees had nested in it, so with the help of the local Bee Society, we needed to move them to a new home. They had to be smoked out at night but leaving the Queen in the tree. We then carefully felled the tree and moved it, the Queen and the honey to its new home, with the worker bees following the lorry with the Queen.
The local Bee Society were just delighted we hadn’t simply felled the tree and rendered the colony homeless… But no responsible tree surgeon would do that, surely?
For details of our other ‘different’ services, check out our web page here
Equestrian post and rail fencing at Manton, near Marlborough
We just erected 600m of Equestrian post and rail fencing at the beautiful equestrian estate at Manton, near Marlborough.
See details of all our fencing capabilities here.
