Where I live there are plenty of trees. They border our land and overhang the garden. Normally you'd be forgiven for thinking this would be an enviable position to be in, but the truth is maintenance is almost constantly needed whatever the time of year; Winter, Spring, Summer or Autumn. In Winter branches break off during storms and left-over seeds from Autumn drop to the ground. In Spring much the same happens, this time caused by the added weight of leaves growing and putting strain on old branches. Summer means more old seeds get dropped making way for the new, and the now full weight of a verdant canopy leads to all kinds of damage if winds get above a gentle breeze. Birds leave their calling cards everywhere and there’s a constant noise as leaves jostle leaves. Autumn? Well, that’s just plain messy with the majority of everything curling up and dropping off. Back into Winter we go again and the cycle repeats. Last year we had a large Elm die on ...