Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Adam, trees are my favourite things. There is still some sign in our front garden where the roots of the two magnificent elms are slowly disappearing even though it is well over 20 years since they also succumbed to Dutch Elm. I sometimes think of replanting one or two with resistant strains. One day perhaps. Frank On 30 Jul, 2004, at 07:55, Adam Bridge wrote: > Yes, it looks like something was at work undergound that was doing in > the roots because the tree seemed okay this spring but during the > early summer it began to fail. Looking down the street I can see other > trees of the same species (I think box elder) which are looking a bit > peaked. So maybe there's something related to the oak blight that is > at work here. Just this morning the property owner had called the City > to have the tree removed and the neighbor across the street had called > last week! > > Here in Davis the city has an easement and owns the trees and is > responsible for their care (except watering them). I have lost three > silver maples in the front yard and will lose two more in the next > couple years. But I have two cork oaks and a valley oak now growing > and we have saplings from the maples to plant at our children's homes > since the tree that gave the saplings is a "balloon tree" that sprouts > balloons on birthdays, halloween, homecoming and other days of note - > think 100 balloons and you have an idea. > > I love trees - inherited from my father who cried when we lost the > grove of elms to dutch elm disease when I was growing up -- tall, > stately shade trees with elegant shapes all lost within three years in > the late 50s and early 60s. The leica of trees. > > Adam > > On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:32:54 -0400, Tina Manley <images@infoave.net> > wrote: >> At 08:23 PM 7/29/2004, you wrote: >> >>> Not a good day for our neighbors just back from Hawaii! And, to boot, >>> it's a tree owned by the City. >>> >>> Not high art but definately good for a racing pulse. >>> >>> Adam >> >> Ouch! It's amazing to see how few roots the tree pulled up. I guess >> they >> snapped off. We have a huge oak tree in our front yard that has a >> spot of >> oak-tree-rot on the side. The county extension agent says nothing >> can be >> done to cure the tree. I'm afraid every time we have a storm that it >> will >> crash into my office here on the second floor. I would hate to lose >> the >> ancient tree that shades our whole yard, but we may have to have it >> cut >> down - especially after seeing photos like this. My tree is about >> twice >> that big! >> >> Tina >> >> >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >