Zach Leathermandoes anyone else mourn the loss of a favorite tree
Eric Portis@zachleat our big old (partially rotted) willow came down in a storm two summers ago and I’m still not over it.
Jérôme Coupé@zachleat several of them, unfortunately
Jed Schmidt@zachleat i used to pick berries from a mulberry tree behind a nearby hospital here in kyoto and make jam for all my neighbors, but came back this summer to find they cut it down (it was… messy for sure). 😭
@jed trees feeding the community! we have a mulberry tree in our backyard and you’re always welcome to our mulberries!
Rian@zachleat Yes. When I was kid our church had several massive oaks. I was especially fond of the one in the yard of the parsonage because it had a rope swing with a round seat and enough room to travel twenty feet in any direction
@rianmurnen massive oak trees are incredible!
Eric A. Meyer
Jim Nielsen@zachleat pretty much mourn the loss of any and every tree around my neighborhood. i've grown to notice them all.
@jimniels Planting seeds to cope!
M@ Bntn 🗽@zachleat we had old twin maples in our front yard, both aging. We had to have one taken out a few years ago and it feels like a permanent portrait of a lover who lost their partner.
@bntn their roots forever intertwined
Ross McKay@zachleat a palm tree down the bottom of our road. "Died" during the big drought after 2000, "resurrected" after rains and an amazing fungus (I'm 100% certain the fungus brought it back). Slashed down in its second prime by new house owners. Boo.
Peter Rushforth 🇨🇦🇺🇦@zachleat I had a favourite elm tree, because it was beautiful and perfect. Now it's just a fond memory, like most of its kin.
@prushforth lovely — might be time to make new tree memories
Jason Grigsby@zachleat I don't know about a favorite one, but I've mourned many. The red plum tree that is gorgeous in the fall stands out. Oh, and the 120ft tall Grand Fir that cost us $15k to remove after we discovered it wasn't safe. Yeah, that one hurt.
@grigs 120ft is a lot of tree to be unsafe
@zachleat FOR SURE. It was aiming at two neighbors who are lawyers. One of them actually defends the city against lawsuits when the city doesn't approve tree removal permits and a tree falls. So her whole office would have had a conflict if it fell. Our permit got approved pretty quickly. :)
Here's a time lapse of the removal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSCD2anpN08
~120 ft. Grand Fir tree removal time lapse.
@grigs haha! The crane tells you they are professionals. The before and after was sad 😭
Simon MacDonald@zachleat Yes, we had to take down a 60 year old maple tree in our front yard as it was deemed no longer safe. We had an ice store that nearly split it in two.
Even our neighbour across the street has commented on how much he misses it.
We replaced it with a new "Morgan Freeman Maple" and yes, we did select that one specifically because of it's name.
Naiyer