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I'll be erecting an approx 36 foot fence run in my garden soon. The first 24 feet will be fairly level, the last 12 feet rises up around 12 inches or so, would that string level you put up at at the beginning of your video to assist with the equal drops be useful in my scenario do you think?

Many thanks for providing instructions for this rather ‘niche’ topic! We adapted it to go around a tree, using a plastic hula-hoop… Fortunately I was able to buy a tubular plastic hoop of sufficient diameter to go around the trunk. It came with a join where the two ends of the tube are held together by an inserted plastic connector, the join being covered by a piece of tape. The hoop was not an entirely symmetric circle but I marked four ‘cardinal points’ at approximate quarters of the circumference (“that’ll do!”). After removing (or cutting through) the tape over the join, the hoop was pulled open to encircle the trunk before reconnecting the two ends over the plastic connector-insert. The hoop was then fixed temporarily in situ by pegs to stop it from shifting about. The central tree meant that we lined up the two axes mainly by eye and by cross-checking measurements. Then we ran a length of string from the *major* axis ‘cardinal points’ marked on the hula-hoop to the respective terminals of that axis (i.e on ‘good-enough’ opposite sides of the tree), to serve as a ‘line’. When calculating where the halved measurement from the *minor* axis terminal should cross this line, I factored in the diameter of the hoop; then we ran a second piece of string (string-B) from these new ‘line-crossing points’ around one minor axis terminal, before removing it from the latter in order to spray the curve using the slack string. The tree meant a couple of further adaptations: 1) only half of the ellipse could be drawn at a time before unhooking string-B from one ‘line-crossing point’ to reattach it to use on the other side of the tree; 2) the trunk of the tree prevented string-B from being able to fully complete the curve at the major axis terminals, so these relatively small parts of the curve were finished freehand by eye. Despite some necessarily approximate measurements, I am very pleased with the resulting ellipse (which will be a small meadow area in the lawn).

Brilliant explanation

What length post did you use?

Dear Mike, could you write the authors of all books shown by you and names of the books?

Really interesting. Thanks for explaining so well. Looking forward to seeing it some day.

Thanks so much for this video, it's one of the most helpful I found on UA-cam 👍

Worked on the South Yorkshire wall. It wasn't really the best we'd ever done but you have to work with what you've got. We usually refer to the sheep creep as a "lunky"

Looks fantastic. Cant wait to get involved with the next build.

Hi, could you explain the purpose of the string line in greater detail pls. My thought process is that it serves no purpose as your posts are running against the haunching/edgings and the posts will drop/be flush to each fence height as you work your way down, so therefore why is their need for the string? Thanks

hi mike i have a flowering hebe its getting a bit leggy but its flowering (white flowers) is it safe to prune it now im in scotland (June) can i hard prune it or best to just trim it back a bit there is also another one next to it but its tiny so id like it to catch up so they are both the same size or would you wait

That’s really fascinating.

Congratulations Mike and team great garden. And congratulations Mike on lifetime achievement award I can’t think of a more deserving person you’re an inspiration.

Hooray Carleen 🥳 Hard work paid off, great display!

Thats an amazing achievement! With so few of you! I came up to see it yesterday, loved what you came up with! Should be over to help with another garden's breakdown on Monday, maybe see you then! Xx

Great achievement for a well deserved, very hard worked team from Derby College, Broomfield Hall leadered by yet another year by Mike Baldwin. You All have achieved a mature perminant looking display which has been achieved by Your conscientious detailed time consuming effort. Well deserved Life time achievement for Mike Baldwin as He has poured His Heart and Mind into His work for many years and for many others counting His Cause, Pupils and Public way beyond Himself. The Life time achievement is for now, but knowing Mike, there us much more to come.......................................................................................................................................................................

What a fabulous achievement! 🎉

Looking good👍

Excellent video thank-you!

Thank you kind sir for this information!! I am truly grateful.☺

I have few of them in my garden , they have already bloomed, and im looking, is there a way how to take cuttings and root them or not , and when will be the best time to do that , if so . Thanks

Aw my little (big) friend Daniel! Looks good Mike!

That’s really handy, thank you, just the video I was looking for

Hi thank you for this informative video. I just bought a small plant and can't wait to plant it in my garden. By the way, I believe Chaenomeles is pronounced kee-NOH-muh-leez.

well done youre a natural teacher

I think the discrepancy was that you added three cm instead of subtracting 3 cm

Great information. Really appreciate your insight. Thank you.

When should the pruning take place?

How long has that mahonia been in the ground?

Really wish university would stop teaching 70 year old rudimentary techniques when we’ve had total stations for 40 years

Very interesting presentation. Having tried a small bit of walling I can appreciate the effort involved in some of the more irregular and, particularly, rounded shapes.

Thanks

I trimmed my bushes bact to 6 in above the ground in late winter 2023 It's spring 2024 in lower Michigan..my shrubs are just showing some spring buds..just coming out of Dormasy....I have 5 of these ..love them

what a terrible example. That Cornus is appallingly managed. Is that in an RHS garden?

Great video, thank you! How would you dig post holes in a woodlandy area with lots of tree roots?

Hello there, May I asked a question ? I’ve noticed youth started at the top of a slope, dose it matter if it’s the bottom of the slope, or the top, as I’m about to do the same job: thank you, fabulous job chaps.

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Tailler le weigelia en hiver n'importe quoi ce jardinier. Normalement c'est après la floraison comme tout les arbustes à fleurs ou encore en automne si vous voulez faire des boutures.

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How to train these plants against a wall, and In my case up and over a front doorway..?

Some great tips here, many thanks.

They look lovely Mike.

They look great! ❤

In mike we trust

Mikebaldwin007 is the best thing in my life

Mike Baldwin. Please can I have free robux😢🙏

Your knowledge is so bald that I went bold thanks mikeypoo007

能把木瓜海棠（Chaenomeles）种成这样真厉害，很漂亮！在中国和日本，木瓜海棠（Chaenomeles）通常作为小型盆景来种植。

Useful video! It's good that you tell us that you need to have about 40cm between the rows

Can quince be espaliered like an apple tree, with one main trunk and only a few lateral branches? So the plant is but a foot deep, front to back. Do quince bloom on lateral branches, or vertical ones, or both? Any idea? I would like to get a few fruits, for bragging rights if nothing else. I'm not looking to farm them but they would be nice ornamentation. With you hundred plus flowers how many will produce full sized fruit? And do you thin your fruit in order to get fewer but larger pieces--- like one might do with apples? Do birds bother the fruit? Do the fruit need to be netted so not to be damaged with nips and bites of curious animals? Anyone? Many thanks for any replies!