Thank you! On my to do list for tomorrow is to go see if here are any shishito pepper plants left. I have a bin that I use for carrying plants into the house and out for temp changes like this. They all go in our sunroom when inside.
We have talked with the tree guy, and think we are going to take out 3 trees, since he will have the crane for the hickory. The other two are on the complete other side of the yard. 8K. Fortunately, we have that readily available in savings. It just means that another project, a want vs a need, is put off indefinitely.
These are all mature trees, and I’m guessing, I will finally get more sunlight in two areas, which if true, means I might be able to “hide” a “vegetable” garden behind a small fence that no one but me will see (referring to the HOA rules that forbid “gardens”…numbskulls…flower gardens are “gardens”, too, and they LOVE those!). In a month I will know better what I’m dealing with.
I was lucky: When borers got one of my big hickory trees, my Dad helped me take it down. (He was a Forestry Prof. and top notch tree feller.) I’d learned a lot from him - have taken down large trees myself - but this one was in a tight spot, and he had more in the way of ropes and such than I did. A bigger chain saw too!
Dad could “place” those trees’ landings like nobody else. No crane, just ropes, 60 years experience, and an unerring sense of the physics of the job. I NEVER saw him have a tree come down more than a couple degrees off where he’d planned it to end up... The “hard” part for him was if the tree had to be topped 1st, as without a crane that’s either tedious or dangerous, and he didn’t take crazy risks. And if wind could be a problem, he’d wait for a calm day - there was always lots of other consulting work to do.
The one tree Dad DIDN’T take down? The 2nd biggest in the county sycamore in his own yard. The power company wanted it down as it was near a major line, and the tree was old and unhealthy: It had suffered storm damage previously (a big branch taking down part of same line - boy, was that arcing spectacular!), Anthracnose, and a (later) big lightning hit. He let the power company do that one, on their dime. He was “interested” in the challenge, but all us kids had moved out, and who was going to do all that cleanup??!!
Dad really liked planting trees, and LOVED felling them. :-)