Unfortunately, it's roots were heaving the sidewalk and breaking the retaining walls.
It tilted our steps and nothing would grow under it but a few scraggly weeds.
The neighbours on our left wanted to put in a new fence and the tree was cracking the cement wall the fence sits on.
So, it had to go.
Davey Tree Service arrived bright and early at 7 am. Where was I, you ask? In bed, sound asleep, of course. But not for long.
It's difficult to sleep through chain saws and wood chippers.
They had a little trouble with the wood chipper or maybe it was the tree and I was tempted to go back to bed but then who would take all these great pictures I need for my blog?
In the immortal words of The Friendly Giant, "Look up. Look waaaaay up."
Almost done.
Fini.
The lucky neighbours on our right get to chop and drag home the wood.
The empty space in my yard.
Goodbye tree. I'll miss you.
posted on Aug 8, 2012 3:26 PM ()
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Poor tree.
People who plant trees don't realize how big they can get and impact on the house and walkways. We had one transplanted from our entryway (it was cracking the stone fence) and moved to a berm and then the lightning got it. Our neighbor gave us a tree if we were willing to move it -- it was growing into the power lines. So we had it moved to a better location on our lot. That's another thing we didn't think of when we planted a couple of foxtail palms to flank our driveway -- the power line is right there. I'm watching that #$%$ tree. The other tree went to Heaven via Charley a few years ago. Your tree was really spectacular. So sorry to see it go.
Marg, there is a chemical that eats tree stumps but if you want to do it naturally drill holes and pour salt into the stump. It will kill the roots. I hate to see a tree go and we have one that really should but we will lose a lot of shade.
How sad to see such a grand old tree fall. Have you counted its rings to see how long its been in that location? We have had to remove lots of trees because they were dangerously too close to the house during wind storms.
It's fascinating how they cut down those big trees. Not cheap, I'm sure, but well worth it. I can see why you'll miss the tree for the shade and appearance, but not the root problems. I looked for the dog lady glaring over the fence but didn't see her.
Will the stump and roots be removed? Or allowed to rot naturally? How will removing the tree fix the root problem underground? Probably silly questions, but I honestly don't know.
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