Sneak attack: in Hermann where we have a weekend house DH is, as I have said many times, deforesting the scrubby trees and near-dead trees in the tiny grove at the bottom of our hill. Sadly, we will probably have to take down two nice maple shade trees in front of this house because they are in the way of our planned garage. That is really too bad and
i am sincerely bummed by it. On one side of the house we have a gorgeous huge bald cypress, that, while slightly annoying for dropping its needles all over the place, is generally a good tree. It is an eye cAtcher, perfectly formed and fully mature. It factored into our decision to renovate the existing 1941 cottage rather than tear it down and build new. We didnt want to kill it the cypress tree.

so now, we find it has snuck its long tendrils of roots into our sewer system. That is gratitude for ya.

TLDR: trees= can’t trust ‘em