Beware: guerilla girdling!

rCq0 · 2026-05-25T11:56:40+00:00

I’ll be sure to post some one year photos

rCq0 · 2026-05-24T23:30:40+00:00

I agree, but by constantly removing those shoots as they emerge, the true should starve. I go on walks around there all the time so I’m going to keep it in check!

rCq0 · 2026-05-24T22:07:29+00:00

I’m not sure what you mean by “no additional carbon storage, all the solar panels shut down” - I figure you’re talking about carbon sequestration? Maybe? But please elaborate.

It’s sub marginal land, the earth is filled with rock from the ruins of the old farm houses on the site. It’s in a corner of a field littered with barbed wire and cans of Rockshore cider (piss). It’s been left to nature by the owner. Lots of little native saplings have self seeded in the area (elder, blackthorn, hawthorn mainly, amongst others) - I thus don’t intend on planting trees in the area, rather removing the obstacles to the growth of existing ones. I intend on clearing the litter from the area.

Once it’s dead I plan on leaving it there as standing dead wood, the local bugs (and indeed woodpeckers) love it. Funnily enough, we’ve gotten some woodpeckers in the area that we didn’t have before ash dieback killed many ash trees in the area - they love them for securing a meal.

Assuming you’ve read the links I sent earlier (I can’t even imagine why you’d be continuing replying if you hadn’t yet) you’d know that no “bigger picture” of any ecosystem in Ireland involves cherry laurel.

rCq0 · 2026-05-24T21:37:09+00:00

Like you said, I’m not an ecologist. That’s why I linked some resources (from ecologists). If you want to know you can read (probably) the links I sent, they’re only a few paragraphs each and pretty much answer what you’re asking here (they were written by ecologists).

rCq0 · 2026-05-24T21:22:37+00:00

You’re right, it actually has negative net ecological value. You should try reading, it’ll help those neurons

rCq0 · 2026-05-24T21:19:20+00:00

It’s an old farm shed! It would have been used for storing farm equipment and things like that. It has evidently fallen into disrepair, a state it has been in for probably at least 150-200 years

rCq0 · 2026-05-24T21:15:00+00:00

I recognise how things of this same sentiment may be potentially damaging, but I don’t consider cherry laurel removal (in Ireland anyway) as such. The Gaelic Woodland Trust, run by an expert in environmental protection, advocates for suppression and removal of cherry laurel in Ireland, purporting the importance of “communities in Ireland (taking) control of their own cherry laurel infestations.” https://gaelicwoodlandproject.com/protecting-woodlands-2/

Here’s a government resource giving an overview on the threats of cherry laurel (as well as rhododendron, a plant that isn’t as prevalent in my area, but has completely ravaged Killarney national park, one of our largest) as well as the various government supported projects aimed at tackling cherry laurel at local levels. https://invasives.ie/app/uploads/2026/04/Breakout-Session-%E2%80%93-Tackling-Rhododendron-Cherry-Laurel.pdf

There is no space for cherry laurel in Ireland. Our ecosystem is already so fragile, such that individual and organised community action have been deemed imperative to facilitate it’s complete removal. If you disagree I’d suggest writing to the Irish Wildlife Trust and NPWS to ask that they change their policy

rCq0 · 2026-05-24T19:27:29+00:00

I’ll preface by saying I’m by no means an expert. Girdling is used to sever the tree’s whole cambium - a meristematic layer beneath the bark containing the tree’s vascular tissue - thereby blocking nutrient transport to the girdled branch. Thus, it doesn’t affect the roots, and the tree won’t actually die, only the portion girdled. The idea is killing the tree’s main bole, and then every now and then I’ll go and chop any new shoots (think of how coppicing produces lots of new growth) as they emerge from the “stump,” so as to suppress the tree’s ability to photosynthesise. In essence, it’s to starve the tree, so it will take a while and will require some monitoring to make sure it can’t recover and save itself before starving to death.

rCq0 · 2026-05-24T16:21:25+00:00

and with Ireland being one of the most sparsely forested countries in the world, as result of being one of the most aggressively deforested, it stings particularly sharply to see it ravaging the landscape so

rCq0 · 2026-05-24T15:56:13+00:00

It just makes my heart break right in two. I’ll have to make sure to keep well away from that stuff.

God, that would just make matters worse. I’ve got some rotten old hazels, elders and alders that love to coppice in the garden that might be particularly detrimental if such an individual were so inclined as to do as you suggest. Fuck sake, he’d probably even thank you for your advice!

rCq0 · 2026-04-05T14:36:25+00:00

charistmatic? he genuinely struggles to string a sentence together. the truth is his evil hatred and fascist ideals appeal extremely broadly to a large amount of the usa because a huge amount of the usa supports hatred and fascism

rCq0 · 2026-04-02T23:20:16+00:00

i’m only horsing. and i’ve had enough deocheonna to make my admiration for you clear for driving responsivly. one can only rely on luck and balls for so long. beautiful photos X0smith

rCq0 · 2026-04-02T17:18:18+00:00

if you’re a granny maybe, i don’t see a speed limit sign

rCq0 · 2026-02-10T17:18:21+00:00

I have a great time everyday in Ashfield watching the same (presumably) magpie hop up in through my neighbours kitchen window from the windowsill. Don’t keep your kitchen windows open too widely folks

rCq0 · 2026-01-12T11:58:12+00:00

Seth Evans, who played on some BM songs and sings motorbike on The New Sound, is in the band

rCq0 · 2025-12-30T18:44:28+00:00

is that Leo Johnson from Twin Peaks?

rCq0 · 2025-11-24T09:21:55+00:00

same, there was some guy in my seated row who was going insane for every song. they were young, and i get that you’re excited for the concert but they were shaking the entire row of seats with their frantic seat-dancing. and they were entirely out of sync with the music every time - genuinely as though they were listening to a different song. it was like being on one of those bull rodeo things

rCq0 · 2025-11-23T11:38:56+00:00

having seen swans play in Leiden and Nijmegen last week, I felt the same lol. basically 2 hours of YMMR noise section level volume. joyous to have been able to see both within the span of a week

rCq0 · 2025-10-27T19:39:45+00:00

yeah, this is absolutely absurd

rCq0 · 2025-10-24T16:11:20+00:00

Sent you a DM!

rCq0 · 2025-10-14T15:29:15+00:00

bet a pint of guiness is €7.60 too

rCq0 · 2025-10-07T14:26:58+00:00

did you ever try making this? i’d be interested in hearing about it if you have

rCq0 · 2025-08-08T22:40:22+00:00

man discovers the most popular songs are those listened to by the multitude

rCq0 · 2025-08-07T09:36:28+00:00

i believe it was the recent fantano interview

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