In my backyard there are two huge trees; I have felt privileged to live in such close proximity to them. The beauty is the massive oak in the northeast corner. The BAD one is a black locust that has just had radical surgery.
We had a wind storm (some people thought it was a tornado) about 2 weeks ago. Our neighborhood is still cleaning up from the tree damage. And as usual with any wind of substance a major branch of the locust came down, this time on my neighbor's patio, destroying it.
BAD TREE! When Tim, the tree man, came to see what could be done he first decided that one of the large limbs needed to come down but the rest would be ok. That was before he went up there in his bucket. Once up there he discovered the main trunk had a split that made the whole thing a potential disaster.
So I said the words that no one in my neighborhood ever wants to say; "OK, take it down".
This is a tree that is over a hundred years old with a trunk that must be at least two feet in diameter. All the tops have been removed and what is left looks like a skeleton tree. Tim will take the rest down in the winter when things aren't so busy and the ground is frozen and I won't have to be here to watch!
Not to mention an expense you don't want. It took 3 guys over 7 hours to remove tops so you know it is not inexpensive. With all this going on here I forgot to worry about Fay and whether she did damage to the condo.
The joys of being a home owner/condo owner!
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I am so sorry about the tree...sounds like they could do nothing to save it or keep it safe. Perhaps keep a piece or 2 for your landscaping as a memorial of it's beauty and strength (without the branches falling)
It's better to rid yourself of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and leave the tree of life in the center of the Garden.
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