FriendwithTractor
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Living in a rural area requires maintenance, (House, Tools, Tractors, Equipment, Landscaping) trees don't escape this maintenance. I love trees, I think they're great, beautiful things. However, you need to trim them, make sure they're healthy, not bothering their neighbors or taking over the place. Sometimes that means tough decisions.
For example, this past weekend I had the un-enviable task of cutting down an old Sycamore that my friend had grown up climbing and playing on as a small child. It held a great deal of nostalgia for him, but was sick beyond recovering (literally rotting down) and threatening his newly constructed house. We saved what we could of the trunk so that it can eventually become lumber and make it's way back into his life as something new. I believe he's already ground the stump and is trying to find something new to put in it's place.
So I can partially agree with tree huggers on the sense that trees are great, but there has to be limits.
For example, this past weekend I had the un-enviable task of cutting down an old Sycamore that my friend had grown up climbing and playing on as a small child. It held a great deal of nostalgia for him, but was sick beyond recovering (literally rotting down) and threatening his newly constructed house. We saved what we could of the trunk so that it can eventually become lumber and make it's way back into his life as something new. I believe he's already ground the stump and is trying to find something new to put in it's place.
So I can partially agree with tree huggers on the sense that trees are great, but there has to be limits.