We've had bad luck with our trees this year. Earlier this spring the Handyman cut down our cherry tree. We knew it was coming. Every year for the past couple of years, we've had some branches die off. So that was to be expected.
What was not was our Mountain Ash. And our Blue Spruce (okay, we live in the desert, so maybe), and I tried to ignore our Purple Globe Locust tree....tried to ignore it as we lost limb by limb by limb in wind storms.
Can you see our little Mountain Ash skeleton?
I love a Mountain Ash tree, but probably should have been concerned since it wasn't a "Desert" Ash. I have high hopes tho. I don't want my backyard to look like the desert--even tho I love the desert. I want it to look as green as it can.
Our dead---even tho the Handymany won't admit it--Blue Spruce tree.
He even wastes water on it...thinking it will come back.
The Locust tree....it was diseased. But at one time it had been a beautiful full tree that shaded AND was a barrier between our very close neighbors. Now, we have a broken stump and it is so sad.
The Handyman is cutting it down after it fell.
As I said, during a few previous wind storms, we had lost parts of the tree, but yesterday afternoon, I was upstairs (yes, during another wind/thunder storm) and I kept hearing something thumping the side of the house. I looked at my bedroom window and there was a tree...where a tree shouldn't have been. Darn it anyway!
Hard to see....but there is a broken off tree trunk there.
A different view. We still have the one little limb there, but we will dig this all up next weekend.
Another look.
It was really diseased.... see the holes?
More holes---I wonder what it was? We should probably have our friends, the tree sprayers come check it out.
And look and see all the "sawdust" around the trunk? Something has been boring into it for quite sometime.
When it's all said and done, I really like summer storms. I'm weird like that.
But it's funny, while the wind took down our tree, it really didn't mess much with my patio table and placemats, Or the newspaper. Now that's odd.
.JPG)
I'm crying. Poor trees. When we moved here there was a Canadian Cherry (no fruit) with beautiful red/black leaves in the back yard. Last summer, the south half of it didn't leaf out. This summer, the whole thing didn't leaf out. We found bugs and sprayed, but it was too late. Miracle of miracles, it sent up a shoot that grows about 3" a day and is now about 3 feet tall. Barry cut the old tree off and we'll see what this little shoot does next year (if it survives the winter!)
ReplyDeleteI hate to see trees go anywhere. Do you have a local resource that can recommend trees for your area. Our local extension agent has a preferred tree list. Our city even gives a rebate if you buy a tree locally from the list. Hope you can find new trees for your yard.
ReplyDeleteLovely blog. How do you manage to keep up with several blogs? Busy lady.
ReplyDelete