Comments | maquisleader: Storm damage

maquisleader

Storm damage

May 11, 2010 23:19

I came home to find that the storm last night had toppled the walnut tree in my side yard. Mom hated the tree anyway, supposedly the walnuts kill the grass. Since I mow there, I can say that a: there are no walnuts on the ground and b: there is grass there to mow. Our squirrels are very industrious. The one year mom picked up the walnuts and put ( Read more... )

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ares132006 May 12 2010, 05:55:13 UTC

I love the story of the walnuts and the squirrels stealing away the opened ones left on the sidewalk.

And look at the size of that tree. Several years firewood there.

maquisleader May 12 2010, 06:28:05 UTC

It's pretty good size, pretty much the entire side yard is full of tree now. Which is sorta ok, cos I hate to mow. lol

It fell in a great spot tho, srsly. It could have taken out the powerlines, fell across the street, on the house across the street, on the house to the south, on the shed with the mower, or the garden fence. It fell in the one place where it didn't do any real damage. Then again... if it'd fallen out on the powerlines and the street, I think the city and the electric company might have cleaned it up.

ralkana May 12 2010, 06:35:27 UTC

Yikes! Glad it fell in a safe-ish way!

maquisleader May 12 2010, 06:52:44 UTC

Srsly! Now I guess I get a chainsaw and get to work.

ljgould May 12 2010, 07:08:49 UTC

Oh my! What a thing to come home to. I'm glad no one was hurt.

maquisleader May 13 2010, 11:29:55 UTC

Mom waited till I was driving home from the airport to call and tell me about it. "you know that walnut tree we used to have in the yard?" Subtle...

I keep saying to myself, at least I won't have to mow there for awhile. lol

alleynyc May 12 2010, 15:06:55 UTC

Actually, honestly that hole is a godsend. It's very expensive to get a stump taken out. Now whoever takes the firewood can just chop up the rest and haul it all away.

maquisleader May 13 2010, 11:32:03 UTC

I would have just left the stump and stuck a planter on top of it. Since the tree was alive, I wonder if it would have grown or not?

I'm hoping I can find someone who wants the wood for firewood. I don't think I should play with a chainsaw.

Poor squirrels, they had quite a haul from that tree. I never ran over walnuts in the yard, they kept them picked up. I know, Molly would have something to say about that. "send me the squirrels" lol

alleynyc May 13 2010, 13:44:23 UTC

Totally. Although had Molly known, she would have just hired someone to plant a tall walnut tree in front of our apartment window. Preferably with a branch than leaned over the window ledge....

maquisleader May 13 2010, 18:59:45 UTC

True! lol