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    Oak before Ash...

    You know the old rhyme:
    Oak before ash, in for a splash
    Ash before oak, in for a soak.
    The oak trees here are turning green, but the ash, apart from its flowers, has no new growth.
    What's it like on your trees?
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  • #2
    I've never heard that - is that something to do with two-sheds?

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    • #3
      I've heard it before ....on here I think . Pretty sure it was G4 ......
      anyway haven't checked the trees yet .......
      S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
      a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

      You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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      • #4
        D'oh?????????????

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        • #5
          I've heard that ever since a wee lass - my two oak saplings are sprouting away happily but I'm not sure where there are Ash to check them
          aka
          Suzie

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          • #6
            I noticed that the oak I can see from my window seems to be greening up very early this year, bur the ash close by is also full of leaf.
            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

            Diversify & prosper


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            • #7
              I've never heard that before and I thought I was mistress of old sayings and superstition! I'll have a look at work today, there's a copse outside our department.
              Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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              • #8
                Yes, it's a well-known saying. (Get yer head out o' them seed-trays, Zaz! ) I haven't checked!

                No Oak or Ash in the new garden ...
                All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                • #9
                  Dont know cant see the trees for the rain!!!! yay

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                  • #10
                    I can't see the wood for the rain either.

                    Oak in garden and one down the lane are both in leaf. Ash less so but it's coming.
                    Last edited by VirginVegGrower; 18-04-2012, 07:35 AM.
                    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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                    • #11
                      Upside of the rain is we won't have a water shortage next year - maybe!
                      aka
                      Suzie

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                      • #12
                        My OH wanders around at this time of year studying the oaks and ashes and driving me nuts!

                        So far we can't tell any difference, as some oaks are more advanced than their neighbouring ashes, and in other places the ashes are more advanced then their neighbouring oaks....

                        A friend of ours who has one of each in her garden, when asked by the OH which was out first, announced that they always come out at the same time.

                        So I am trying to persaude the OH to stick to "if the crows nest high it'll be a good summer" and leave the oaks and ashes thing along. That way I may get to enjoy a walk without constant stopping and mumbling!
                        If the river hasn't reached the top of your step, DON'T PANIC!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Peas'n'Kews View Post
                          My OH wanders around at this time of year studying the oaks and ashes and driving me nuts!

                          !
                          Does he come in with the odd bloody nose after walking into lamposts..........
                          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                          Diversify & prosper


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                          • #14
                            Well, around here in Essex/Suffolk border-land the Oaks are leafing up nicely, and the Ashes are just thinking about it. Same as the last two or three years, so it looks like we may be in for another dry summer. No wonder house prices are so high round here!
                            All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                            Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                            • #15
                              Don't worry G4, if you're in a drought zone prices will come down before long...

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