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The grounds staff have been round and taken up the patio to get at the Willow tree roots having taken the tree down and killing the root system earlier in the year. The root system has caused damage to the paths and drains and needs removing. You can see what I mean in the pics.

Have a look at the 'anaconda'.





I have been looking for a shed for a while but sheds the size I want are either not available or not deliverable to my property - it's a Covid thing. Anyway, the lads wanted my old one moved as it was in the way. It stood to the left of the picture with the back right up aginst the anaconda's 'tail'. So, I am emtying it out, it was mostly stuff in plastic packing crates, and as I am doing so it get wobblier and wobblier - it was the boxes holding it up! Once it was empty and we tried to move it the thing just gave up and collapsed.

All my stuff is now under a tarp out the back until I can get a shed.

It will all look nice when it's finished

Willow tree are terrible for root damage
Be ruthless throw out what you don't need or use get a small plastic box thing like mine it's green with a lift up lid and lockable

That is one serious root!!!! My upstairs neighbour has a huge conifer in his part of the garden and it really needs a chop; one of the roots has started lifting a slab on the footpath and it's stumbling risk and it's grown through the telephone lines again and I'd not be surprised if the roots heading into the neighbours garden won't start causing some structural damage.

As for your shed; I also need to do a thorough shed clear out and maybe look at replacing the current 10x8 shed with something a smaller and some lower storage boxes along the edge of the garden.

Saundra, I have been ruthless! The stuff in the shed is the stuff I want to keep.

Ria, the root is getting on for 5 m long and is about 30 - 40 cm in diameter at its widest. They are going to have to grind the whole thing out by machine. Conifers can be even worse. They have a tap root and ball ball directly under the tree but the diameter of the lateral roots for some of them can be three times the height of the tree! As they are fairly shallow they can play havoc with paths, lawns, drains, flower beds etc.

LLDM: Leylandii lives don't matter. Kill 'em.