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Speaking of landscaping...
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:52:20 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:47:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:40:59 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:32:15 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: Next up - a 60 foot chestnut. You wouldn't be thinking of cutting down an American Chestnut, would you? As a matter of fact, yes. It's dead. Or in the last throes of dying. The trunk split in a wind storm this year - it's definetly dead, done, dying. Well, I thnk it is. Maybe I should have the Extension Center at UCONN come and look at it before I remove it. I didn't realise they were that rare - I've got two of these things the yard next to the house with the runaway tree. And I'm pretty sure they are American Chestnuts. Where I used to live, you have to go to the permit department where building permits and the like are issued and request they send someone out to inspect and determine if a tree can be removed. I have nicknamed this person the "Tree Fairy", because if it's his whim of the day, he will sign a permit allowing you to remove the tree. This enables you to buy a permit to remove the tree. Then he will give you a list of recommended replacement trees that are acceptable to be used to replace said tree and provide a list of approved providers of these trees. Before you place the purchased tree in the ground, he must come by and check to make sure that the trunk is straight enough. Our first selection wasn't up to his standards so we returned the tree and got one that he eventually approved and I promptly planted it in a place that wasn't visible from the street. I called for a final inspection twice and no one came out to inspect the planted tree. The bark became girdled around the trunk ;-) and I was able to dig it up and dispose of it as if it was a shrub and take it to the local reclaim center where brush is shredded and composted so residents can go for free mulch and composted soil after they provide a current water bill. The free mulch that I retrieved at that point had cost me $200.- not including the cost of the initial tree that I paid to have removed. What a bargain. (note sarcasm) I will never have to call the "Tree Fairy" again because gratefully that was the only tree in the yard and we still own the house. Because I think this is a local tradition, I won't mention the location because it may awaken the "tax appraisal god" that may seek revenge of this disclosure to the outside world. I trust you'll understand. |
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