Accrington Web
   

Home Gallery Arcade Blogs Members List Today's Posts
Go Back   Accrington Web > AccyWeb > General Chat
Donate! Join Today

General Chat General chat - common sense in here please. Decent serious discussions to be enjoyed by everyone!


Welcome to Accrington Web!

We are a discussion forum dedicated to the towns of Accrington, Oswaldtwistle and the surrounding areas, sometimes referred to as Hyndburn! We are a friendly bunch please feel free to browse or read on for more info.
You are currently viewing our site as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, photos, play in the community arcade and use our blog section. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free, so please, join our community today!



Like Tree3Likes
Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 04-02-2014, 18:29   #1
God Member
 
MargaretR's Avatar
 

Silver birch trees

You may recall that, last year, in the 'Hay Fever' thread I had to move house to get away from a plantation of silver birch trees.

I am alarmed to see that birch trees are included in the list of species to be planted at the Spout House wood community woodland development.

£28k project for community woodland begins in Hyndburn (From Lancashire Telegraph)

The health problems caused by birch pollen have at last been recognised in Christchurch NZealand.

High demand for ChCh birch removal - Story - NZ News - 3 News

Birch trees now asthma villains | Stuff.co.nz

I will be unable to attend the meeting at the Griffin on Thursday about this woodland development because I am still having breathing problems resulting from the lung inflammation the trees caused me last year.

If anyone reading this is going, please raise the silver birch problem. I have mailed the local gov officer mentioned in that ET news article. Last year I contacted LCC about it but was fobbed off.
__________________



MargaretR is offline   Reply With Quote
Accrington Web
Old 04-02-2014, 18:42   #2
God Member
 
flashy's Avatar
 

Re: Silver birch trees

my niece and nephew know what to do with silver birch tree's ;-)
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 2013-10-05 16.29.24.jpg (197.7 KB, 30 views)
__________________
When people walk away from you, let them go... It doesn't mean they are bad people, it just means their part in your story is over
flashy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-02-2014, 15:36   #3
God Member
 
MargaretR's Avatar
 

Re: Silver birch trees

I have had a response to one of my emails, requesting more detail - so they might take notice and not plant any more birch trees.

If you have an asthmatic child who attends Hippings Primary school on Heron Way, you may be wise to keep your child off school during the several weeks when the trees are full of catkins.

Several months ago I mailed the headmistress about the risks to such children - she didn't reply.
__________________



MargaretR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-02-2014, 22:15   #4
Administrator


 
Neil's Avatar
 
Ace Driver Champion!
Onslaught 2.1 Champion!
Defender of the Holy Pig Champion!

Re: Silver birch trees

That was very rude of the head teacher. If you read the Telegraph story you linked to in mentions the Officer at Hyndburn who is working on the project. Have you emailed her? first name . last name @hyndburnbc.gov.uk is the usual email address format at HBC
__________________
Site Forum Rules/ Site Disclaimer can be seen from this link
Neil is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-02-2014, 23:40   #5
God Member
 
MargaretR's Avatar
 

Re: Silver birch trees

Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil View Post
That was very rude of the head teacher. If you read the Telegraph story you linked to in mentions the Officer at Hyndburn who is working on the project. Have you emailed her? first name . last name @hyndburnbc.gov.uk is the usual email address format at HBC
She is the one who has responded.
__________________



MargaretR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-02-2014, 04:22   #6
Administrator


 
Neil's Avatar
 
Ace Driver Champion!
Onslaught 2.1 Champion!
Defender of the Holy Pig Champion!

Re: Silver birch trees

Quote:
Originally Posted by MargaretR View Post
She is the one who has responded.
I expected she would. Is she looking into your concerns?
__________________
Site Forum Rules/ Site Disclaimer can be seen from this link
Neil is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-02-2014, 05:43   #7
God Member
 
MargaretR's Avatar
 

Re: Silver birch trees

Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil View Post
I expected she would. Is she looking into your concerns?
I hope so.
The public meeting at the Griffin is tonight - hope silver birch trees get a mention.

At least I haven't been 'fobbed off' like that LCC chap did last year.
Accyexplorer likes this.
__________________



MargaretR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-02-2014, 20:50   #8
Senior Member+
 

Re: Silver birch trees

did they get mentioned?

Any more info about the risk of silver Birch tree's?
DAV007 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-02-2014, 23:08   #9
God Member
 
MargaretR's Avatar
 

Re: Silver birch trees

Quote:
Originally Posted by DAV007 View Post
did they get mentioned?

Any more info about the risk of silver Birch tree's?
No news yet.
__________________



MargaretR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 21-02-2014, 04:34   #10
Junior Member
 

Re: Silver birch trees

that's very unfortunate. There must be a way to counter its effects?

online casino spielen
chadcuevas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-03-2014, 13:16   #11
Senior Member+
 
kestrelx's Avatar
 

Re: Silver birch trees

Quote:
Originally Posted by chadcuevas View Post
that's very unfortunate. There must be a way to counter its effects?

online casino spielen
What about drinking the sap - it's meant to be healthy for you?

Tapping the Birch Tree for Sap in March - Collecting Birch Sap a clean sugar rich water - Wild Food - Natural Bushcraft - The True Spirit of Bushcraft

From Wikipedia:

Birch sap is the sap extracted from a birch tree, such as a North American Sweet Birch or a Silver Birch. The sap is often a slightly sweet, thin syrupy-watery liquid. The tree sap contains sugars (namely xylitol), proteins, amino acids, and enzymes.
Birch sap must be collected during a specific time of the year, depending on the species and geography, at the break of winter and spring when the sap moves intensively, typically between the first thaws and the start of bud development. The collected sap can be drunk as a tonic and it is a traditional beverage in Russia (Russian: берёзовый сок / byeryozovyi sok), Latvia (Latvian: bērzu sula), Estonia (Estonian: kasemahl), Finland (Finnish: koivun mahla), Lithuania (Lithuanian: Ber˛ų Sula), Belarus (Belarusian: Бярозавы сок / biarozavy sok, Byarozavik), Poland (Polish: Sok z Brzozy), Ukraine (Ukrainian: Березовий сік / berezovyi sik) and elsewhere in Northern Europe as well as parts of northern China.
Birch sap collection is done by tying a bottle to the tree, drilling a hole into its trunk and leading the sap to the bottle by a plastic tube. A small birch (trunk diameter about 15 cm) can produce up to 5 liters of sap per day, a larger tree (diameter 30 cm) up to 15 liters per day. Birch sap has to be collected in early spring before any green leaves have appeared, as in late spring it becomes bitter. The collection period is only about a month per year. The price of birch sap is correspondingly high in some countries, e.g. in Japan reaching up to 50 Euro per liter.
Birch sap may be consumed both fresh and naturally fermented.
kestrelx is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-03-2014, 16:02   #12
Grand Wizard Of The Inner Clique
 
Less's Avatar
Silver birch trees

It's Saturday, and Kest' has recovered from last weekends drug induced weekend ready to start again.
How generous that he takes time off from his dreams to share a little of his nightmares.
__________________
“I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.”
Winnie the Pooh
Quotes & quoting
Less is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-03-2014, 16:50   #13
Beacon of light

 
Margaret Pilkington's Avatar
Re: Silver birch trees

It might be healthy for some, but for those who have breathing problems which are made worse by birch pollen it cetainly does nothing to enhance their well being.
It gives me terrible hay fever......my eyes stream, my throat is sore and my nose runs like a tap. I know exactly when the birch trees are shedding their pollen....my health pays.
__________________
The world will not be destroyed by evil people...
It will be destroyed by those who stand by and do Nothing.
(a paraphrase on a quote by Albert Einstein)
Margaret Pilkington is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-03-2014, 20:20   #14
Senior Member+
 

Re: Silver birch trees

Consider a few lines or PM to Mayor Judith Addison and speaking with the Observer and Telegraph. An email copied to both might give your concerns a wider hearing.
Bob Dobson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-03-2014, 10:07   #15
Administrator


 
Neil's Avatar
 
Ace Driver Champion!
Onslaught 2.1 Champion!
Defender of the Holy Pig Champion!

Re: Silver birch trees

I was talking with someone involved recently and I think they will be planting the trees very soon if they haven't already.
__________________
Site Forum Rules/ Site Disclaimer can be seen from this link
Neil is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools



Other sites of interest.. More town sites..




All times are GMT. The time now is 08:47.


© 2003-2013 AccringtonWeb.com



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.1