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Kendra

I had the pleasure of meeting two men today, both arborists, who absolutely love their jobs.

It was striking, the passion and enthusiasm they showed.

Unfortunately, my 100 year old Copper Beech tree has the untreatable Beech Leaf Disease.

This tree is a monster, with an 8 foot diameter. It’s going to require a crane and logging truck to remove it.

I’m not sure who was more upset, me or them.

I received a PHD of information on the disease today, and all things tree related.

All my neighbors, basically the whole town coming after me like this 😂

My husband was told that on Facebook, they are losing their minds that this tree came down. Even looped in the Mayor.

Got so out of control I had to log in and make a post about it.

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@Kennyben
My sympathy…
We recently lost 2 huge terminal pine trees. Ridiculously expensive to remove due to the constraints of our property. The birds have abandoned us. It’s a bummer.

@johnmccabe
That part is killing me too, a ton of wildlife live in this tree. Numerous bird and squirrel nests.

@Kennyben you should make a bench or something out of the wood to honor the tree’s memory

@Coffeedrinker
I’m trying to think of something to preserve a piece of it.

I had a woman walk by the other day, she stopped and stared up at the tree. She then walked down my driveway and hugged the tree.
I smiled watching her do this.

I’m going to really miss this tree.

@Kennyben

my advice: don’t cut it, give it another 3-5 years

rationale: thanks to technological and biological progress solutions will be found soon to heal it

note: all progress had accelerated recently since November 2022 when generative AI revolution began

@csb
I can’t wait, it would create a dangerous situation. It’s over a public sidewalk, it’s next to a main electrical line that would take out power to 1,000’s of people, we are located in the center of town. Lots of traffic, school buses etc.

The liability is enormous if something were to happen. It’s been recorded as having the disease, so insurance would deny any claims against our policy. I’m heartbroken, but in a no win situation.

I hope AI can one day cure this and the Chestnut tree.

@Kennyben sorry to hear about the grief you've had. It's always sad when a tree has to come down, am sure you didn't need this on top of everything

@Kennyben Sorry about the tree. 😢 It has to go, but it is a big loss. And people are rude to complain, as if you would do it for fun. :/

@inscius
Seriously, they were all armchair arborists. Accused us of taking down a perfectly healthy tree and destroying the Main St charm.

I was waiting for a protest outside my home.

@Kennyben Idiots. I had to have a tree taken down once after a big branch fell of, on my fence, not on the road luckily. Had a competent friend help (not an arborist but a experienced lumberjack). Arborist is a fascinating line of work. 😀

@inscius
I just can’t believe how crazy people got over it.
I was crying over the loss, and then these lunatics start in.

@Kennyben They want benefit from other people's property but no responsibility. Arrogance :/

@inscius
Yeah, I got really angry over their posts.

I didn’t engage with any of them.
Made a separate post, made them look like idiots.
Ignored all comments on my post.
Screw them.

@Kennyben City slickers. Worship trees, but don't know 🙄 anything about trees