The house was a rental for many years so it's no wonder the property ended up so unsightly. And many of the trees were planted too close to the house causing issues with roots and branches with roof, windows, etc.
We lost count after 30 the first year after we purchased the house. And we've continued little by little shaping what's left and having more removed if considered unhealthy or a risk during hurricane season.
This week we had a huge water oak removed at the front corner of our house/driveway. A large camphor tree near our garage right up against the concrete driveway, and heavy trimming of another camphor in the back that was top heavy on one side leaning in towards the house.
Next week we will have another type oak trimmed of two very large branches that grows over the driveway and house and a bowl depression at a fork that could rot from water and bacteria filled in with concrete. The tree is in a healthy state so we don't want to have it totally removed. Plus it provides us a great deal of shade we appreciate.
We love our trees but due to the risks we face each year, we had to do something. And we still have plenty still standing. Looks like a totally different place and our neighbors love us for what we've done.
Anyways, as the guys worked, I sat and watched as the oak was being taken down. Amazing how they do it and safely without damaging anything around the trees or harm to those working below. We were willing to move our pontoon and cars but they said not to worry about it. And the orange tree and lemon under the oak was left untouched by falling debris. The lemon tree was suffering from lack of sunlight so we should now see a major improvement.
3 comments:
Wonderful sketch of the tree work, I understand what you mean by hating to remove trees but even in the forest nature will cause some trees to fail to prosper due to larger trees blocking the light, sometimes we just have to bite the bullet and sacrifice a few, especially if they endanger our homes, we've cut a number of trees because of the risk from high winds or root rot causing them to possibly fall on our house.
We've been very fortunate the last couple of years when Florida started getting hit again with hurricanes. Some of our neighbors in nearby neighborhoods/subdivisions not so much. And we live center of the State that doesn't get hit with the brunt of it all.
Love the twisty oaks as they have such character but are the most at risk, it seems, for blowing over or losing branches that do so much damage. We've been lucky with just smaller limbs or branches coming down but not doing any real damage. I think this year we will be able to breath just a little easier.
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