> I think the "trees" the person referred to were those low growing shrubs on > some of the ridge shots. I had to go back and look. The ones on the first lot of pictures that I was given are low-growing shrubs. The ones on my photos are trees, they're about 8 feet tall, not bad for Orkney! Fiona

Granted, I wasn't there any longer than 3 days, but I think I may have seen one tree in total. An 8 footer! Now that's not too bad at all. I've sort of been curious. I wonder if it's just winds or is it also poor soil? Seems to me just about most crops that would grow in the environment grow well there. What is it with trees? Wind? Pat Fiona wrote: > > I think the "trees" the person referred to were those low growing shrubs > on > > some of the ridge shots. I had to go back and look. > > The ones on the first lot of pictures that I was given are low-growing > shrubs. > The ones on my photos are trees, they're about 8 feet tall, not bad for > Orkney! > > Fiona > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > > >

> Granted, I wasn't there any longer than 3 days, but I think I may have seen > one tree in total. > > An 8 footer! Now that's not too bad at all. I've sort of been curious. I > wonder if it's just winds or is it also poor soil? Seems to me just about > most crops that would grow in the environment grow well there. What is it > with trees? Wind? > I'd guess mostly just the wind. The soil has to play some part, as in more sandy soil I'd think the tree wouldn't be anchored as firmly and would blow over more easily. We've got a wall round the front garden which provides a bit of shelter, the trees in the front garden are significantly taller than the ones in the back. There are some trees which are moving so much in the wind today that they're almost rocking out of the soil - there's a gap around the roots now. Fiona Orkney