Friday, January 28, 2022

[Dave]

Hello Fhoto Friends.

I was AWOL yesterday; we began the first of several projects around the home, and I was busy arranging that and periodically keeping an eye on things.

This first project is trimming the large Jacaranda tree in the front yard. It was magnificent but overhung the full width of our roof and even a part of the neighbor's roof, dropping it's petals all over.

Photo #1: the inner yard. Lot's of debris that they need to clear out, and probably a few small instances of damage caused by the heavy falling limbs.

   

Photo #2: the outer yard. Buried under that pile of downed leafy limbs at center-right is a large ornamental grass - probably more damage here.

   

Photo #3: another look at the outer yard, this time from close to the street.

   

I have 2 more images, but it looks like I can post just 3; will do the last 2 in a response...

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Photo #4: the outer yard from the opposite side. Several damaged plants near the orange cone.

   

Photo #5: the now bare tree. They trimmed far more than I asked, and it looks pretty stark. I hope it sprouts new leaves quickly.

   

[Rich]

WoW Dave, that is quite a lot of trimming! I hope it comes back quick to fill in and your yard and plants aren't damaged too bad. Keep us posted on the new growth.

[admin]

"I have 2 more images, but it looks like I can post just 3; will do the last 2 in a response..."

I upped the maximum to 5 images.

[Luv2shoot]

I hate cutting down trees. We had several removed from our property. I cry every time we have to do that. I bet you will be glad in a year or two how good the tree looks. I am glad too that you had someone else do it .

[Man From Ironbark]

I've cut down trees but only because they are dead or dying. Working as a nureseryman for a lot of my life, several hundred thousand trees per year have either been sown or grafted or planted out, trimmed, dug out, tied in bondage and all sorts of variations on a theme of propagation. Have had upwards of sixty thousand in my suburban backyard at any one time. So the amount of trees I've brought into life actually numbers in the millions.