Hermann work continues

[iris lilies]

Our deforestation work continues. Here is DH this morning, felling another tree. This one was shading his veggies garden.
I wont tell you how many trees have come down so far, it will make several of you tree huggers anxious.

we have a white mulberry producing fruit right now. We have not had one of those ever. A regular red mulberry and a cherry are in bloom, these are mature trees. DH planted 20 fruit trees.

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[lmerullo]

That's hard work! What will you do with the wood?

I giggle because I tip my tablet, and Mr Lily spins around! This photo thing is crazy. Can't get him upright!

[razz]

As tree hugger who has planted thousands of of trees over the decades and still plants trees everywhere, I also recognize that too much shade is a problem. Looking out my picture window at all the activity in the neighbours's row of mature spruce, I do wonder about all the critters who used to occupy all the trees being cut down?

[catherine]

I don't get anxious about you guys cutting trees because you know what you're doing. But are you getting signals from your neighbors?

Over the last 33 years in our house we've cut down two trees: a small tree with red blossoms (I don't even know what kind it was) that had faded under the shade of our ash tree, and a poplar that died, and had stood for a couple of years absolutely leafless.

In the first case, my neighbor came over and did a fake wiping her eyes after we took down the tree in the front. And another neighbor also expressed dismay that we took down the DEAD tree. because her son liked to look out the window at it.

But then OTOH there are the people in my neighborhood who got spooked after the snowstorm that downed limbs all over the place in March and they decided to remove almost all the trees on their property. And they topped a pine, which now looks ridiculous. Those are the people that make me anxious for trees. Not you guys.

[Yppej]

I do wonder about all the critters who used to occupy all the trees being cut down?

After my neighbor's big oak came down we heard new noises in the attic and believe its a squirrel - different sounds on a different schedule than mice or the stray chipmunk or mole we have had in the past. I don't know how it gets in and out of the house - not through loose flashing as that was redone.

The plus is whatever it is has scared away all the mice.

[iris lilies]

That's hard work! What will you do with the wood?

I giggle because I tip my tablet, and Mr Lily spins around! This photo thing is crazy. Can't get him upright!
He cuts tree tr ks into sections. While we do have a fireplace in Hermann, the chimney doesnt draw very well and besides, I want to convert it to gas. So we will give away the fire wood.

[iris lilies]

As tree hugger who has planted thousands of of trees over the decades and still plants trees everywhere, I also recognize that too much shade is a problem. Looking out my picture window at all the activity in the neighbours's row of mature spruce, I do wonder about all the critters who used to occupy all the trees being cut down?i know, we are displacing wildlife. The past two owners of this property were big into birds. I am not.

[iris lilies]

Re: neighbors.

someone called the cops today on DH for burning brush. I am sure it is annoying to someone, its unfortunate. We will have to likely get a permit in the future for burning small limbs and leaves. Also, his chain saw is probably annoying to some people, too.

[ToomuchStuff]

Re: neighbors.

someone called the cops today on DH for burning brush. I am sure it is annoying to someone, its unfortunate. We will have to likely get a permit in the future for burning small limbs and leaves. Also, his chain saw is probably annoying to some people, too.

That is why I see so many people buying those firepits for outside.

[sweetana3]

Was burning the brush legal in the area at the time? It is not here.

I put up with my neighbor's bbq smoke drifting into my windows (we are built close) because I love my neighbors. But I have often had to go around closing all my windows. With my asthma, I would have some significant health reactions to burning brush.

His chain saw cannot be any more annoying than the leaf blowers used at the condos across the street. They can go on for an hour at a time.

[SteveinMN]

His chain saw cannot be any more annoying than the leaf blowers used at the condos across the street. They can go on for an hour at a time.
But just because they can doesn't mean they should.

I'll give chain saws more of a pass because they do something almost nothing else can. But leaf blowers ... I wouldn't mind so much if they cut cleanup time significantly, but based on the length of time I hear my neighbor using his, it's not saving him a minute.

However, this is the same guy who has one of those big no-pipe motorcycles. So maybe he simply has a thing for gratuitous noise.

[iris lilies]

But just because they can doesn't mean they should.

I'll give chain saws more of a pass because they do something almost nothing else can. But leaf blowers ... I wouldn't mind so much if they cut cleanup time significantly, but based on the length of time I hear my neighbor using his, it's not saving him a minute.

However, this is the same guy who has one of those big no-pipe motorcycles. So maybe he simply has a thing for gratuitous noise.


Well, DH’s chain saw goes on and off all day on the days he is there so it is annoying. We are very annoying neighbors, no doubt.

dH says “but we are cleaning up, the place, that is good for the block” but
I see the point of neighbors which is

1) They didnt mind the grove of junk trees/dead trees
2) they wish we would act like normal Americans and hire all of the work done within 2-3days, rather than spread it out for months and even years, doing it ourselves

I think we are a little too Germanic even for this German town, where they are tight with their money and do work themselves

[pinkytoe]

At our last house, we cut down quite a few trees that were dying or in danger of falling over. There is a law there that a city arborist has to OK cutting down any tree over a certain trunk size. And a steep fine if you do without permission. The new neighbors in a hood always get a lot of scrutiny. I know we sure have...what are those crazy Texans doing now!!! Conversely, I think they're nuts for watering their lawns twice a day.

[Teacher Terry]

If the trees are dead taking them down is the only thing you can do. We have 3 beautiful fruit trees in our backyard that I have a love/hate relationship. I love them for the beauty and shade they provide. I hate all the flowers they drop plus many years if it warms up too early and then gets cold we don’t get fruit worth eating but have to constantly pick up tiny pieces of fruit.

[iris lilies]

If the trees are dead taking them down is the only thing you can do. We have 3 beautiful fruit trees in our backyard that I have a love/hate relationship. I love them for the beauty and shade they provide. I hate all the flowers they drop plus many years if it warms up too early and then gets cold we don’t get fruit worth eating but have to constantly pick up tiny pieces of fruit.

Most of them are not dead, a few are dying with tops dead, many are junk trees like locuts and mimosas and Strangely, no Alienthus which is the super junk tree i
here in the city.

Sadly we took down a perfectly healthy young ash tree because it was in the line of trees to come down but more importantly, with ash borer disease coming to Hermann in 3 years, it will be a goner then. So sad.

We do have some really fine big old trees around the house, one an astonishing big cypress on the north side which is good because I couldn't growmuch there anyways.

We are on the top of a hill and lightning hits these trees often, so some are damaged due to that.

I do wonder what happens when we remove these trees, lighening rods. Seems like the strikes will come closer to our house hitting the big shade yrees.