Yew Turn Me On

Last year we spent an afternoon cutting back a large Yew tree (Taxus bacatta) that was on the boundary between the old garden and the newer koi pond area. Its one of the few plants that predates us in the garden but was quite a sprawling shape.  We wanted to tidy up the shape and let more light into the garden.

Some of the branches we took off were quite thick, upto 7 or 8 inches across, and before we had chance to chop them up into smaller sections our neighbor asked if he could have them. If someone wants your garden waste then it saves a trip to the tip, so we were only too glad to pass them over the fence. Roy explained to us that he wanted the wood so that he could turn it on a lathe. He teaches wood turning at a local club so we were only too happy to oblige.

Well this morning we were chatting over the garden fence and Roy mentioned that he had used some of that wood already, and went off to show us what he had made. He kindly gave some of the items to us, so the wood from that old tree will live on!

Comparing the goblet to the source.

We will have to save any other wood we cut to pass over the fence from now on!

Gaz