{"id":2652,"date":"2025-03-23T16:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2025-04-13T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T16:14:05","slug":"tree-protectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/?p=2652","title":{"rendered":"Tree protectors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of the work I do for the local Parish Council I put lots of effort into keeping some woodlands that we own in good condition.  One of the things that&#8217;s been bothering me for a while is a bunch of plastic tree protectors on trees that the council planted before we bought the land off them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I rallied the troops from my Facebook group and off we set one Saturday morning and took down about 400 tree protectors.  A week or so later Oli, Amelia, Violet, Jace and I went down to do a little tidying of the tubes.  Jace had to shoot off so he didn&#8217;t quite make it into the photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A month later and the tubes are still on the floor of the woods as recycling them is proving to be a bit tricky &#8211; but I have a new lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d4f38707633&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d4f38707633\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250323_125636083.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250323_125636083.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250323_125636083-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250323_125636083-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the work I do for the local Parish Council I put lots of effort into keeping some woodlands that we own in good condition. 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