Sticking with Linux - ditto... It is all good until someone (yes, you, DEFRA) produces a macro-laden spreadsheet in Excel that you are supposed to fill in. Curse them and all their works. (View Post)

Yes, that's true of quite a few tall conifers in the western US - they really don't do well as single or scattered trees. The coastal redwoods also dry out when standing alone - tall ones often lose … (View Post)

Here we go round the Mulberry Tree... [Sadly it died in 2017 or thereabouts] (View Post)

Yes, that seems more likely, at least counting the planted UK population vs native US populations. I planted a giant redwood in my front garden about 20 years ago, just for the lolz, but sadly it is … (View Post)

Hmm, I'm not sure that passes the sniff test, particularly the coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) that Leon is visiting (as opposed to the giant redwoods, Sequoiadendron giganteum). The coastal … (View Post)