Tree Surgeons & Garden Maintenance

Wall and Tree in Cockermouth are tree surgeons offering a range of garden services, including garden maintenance, tree removals, stump grinding and fencing repairs. Council applications can also be completed for work on trees covered by TPOs or that are subject to conservation area restrictions. We are based in Cockermouth and operate throughout Cumbria & The Lake District.
Wall & Tree offer a range of forestry services to larger land owners, including felling, stock fencing, tree planting and maintenance.
We pride ourselves on continuous development and training to enable us to offer the best services available. We are fully insured and are trained to NPTC standards in all aspects of tree surgery and the safe use or pesticides.
If you would like to know more about our services please feel free to call for an informal chat.
tree surgeon in the lake district

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This little amphibian walked onto our job site yesterday.

A juvenile common toad (bufo bufo) no more than 15mm in length. Common toads are widespread across the UK, and are useful because they eat slugs, snails and other garden invertebrates.

The common toad can grow to 130mm, with females being larger than males, they tend to walk rather than jump / hop like frogs.

They have glands on their back which can produce bufotoxin to help deter predators,
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This little amphibia

The sloe berries are coming along nicely,

Often found in hedgerows, the sloe is the fruit of the Prunus spinosa (blackthorn)

These marble sized berries, which are very tart, astringent & bitter (when raw) are often used to flavour gins or to make jams and jellies.

They are best picked after the first frosts of the year, which help reduce the sharpness of their flavour.
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The sloe berries are

Common European garden spider, (Araneus diadematus) also known as the cross spider due to it's markings.

A member of the orb-weaver spider family. Although they are venomous they are not harmful to humans with a bit causing only mild irritation.
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The tree truck.

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Last week we split the team so we could get two jobs done,

One half of the team wear thinning out Holy near Windermere in the sunshine.

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