The Daily Peeve / Rant

[iris lilies]

I think it's a reasonable guess that it cost in the ballpark of $6000 - $8000 to remove this tree. There was a crew here all morning with huge vehicles including a crane and a chipper.

Well, you know, sometimes trees threaten, harass, injure and kill old houses. Once in a while they even reach out for humans to maim or kill. It is necessary to keep them contained and their potential for injury minimal.

I see that here in St. Louis, great old Victorian houses surrounded by junk trees that injure the houses. These trees toss down their limbs. Or even fall on the house! Their roots uproot foundations.

In any such altercation I side with the house.

My tax dollars went to a settlement when a tree in a city park fell right on top of a kid, and killed the kid.

Sometimes I don’t think you people truly understand the malevolent nature of trees...