The gardeners could also refer to a journal kept by Estelle Clemonts, a friend living with the family, who noted every pond drained or tree taken down.
Now I can just call a friend, a member of my gang – usually Carol yes, a woman – who can build walls, clear out drains, prune trees, and she would come round and just get on with it.
Authorities worked quickly to clean storm drains, trim trees, and move residents to safety, including 30,000 children in the mountains who were picking coffee.
England's environment continued to be shaped throughout the period, through the building of dykes to drain marshes, tree clearance and the large-scale extraction of peat.
Swamps have been drained and trees cut.
The swamp had been drained, the trees chopped down.
There is quite a high diversity also in estimation methods, particularly in estimating the increment and the drain of trees.
The swamp has been drained, the trees have all been chopped down.
According to the results of NFI8, the annual drain is 0.51 billion m3 with the drains of harvested trees and dead trees being 0.39 and 0.12 billion m3.
We have seen enough filthy canals, blocked drains, and festooned trees and hedgerows to know that their impact on England's green and pleasant land is aesthetically and environmentally damaging.
A study was commenced in 1995 to evaluate the role of belts of trees, drains and perennial pasture on the water balance, hydrology, water logging and secondary salinity in a duplex-soil subcatchment located in the rejuvenated landscape of southwestern Australia.
