Day/Night Owls Chit Chat

[Nicole]

Hey Black Orchid, you made use of that tomato juice yet? I thought of it as I’ve just made myself a G and T.

[Black Orchid]

I haven't been shopping yet but I am having a bourbon and coke and nibbling on Brazilian cheese bread

[Texan]

We lost a Bradford Pear tree this Spring. I just spent 2 hours cutting it up with a chainsaw. I’m glad my sons helped. It’s a huge mess.

[cods]

thats sad tex.. I lost my cherry tree last year.....

at least they are replaceable....

[Texan]

thats sad tex.. I lost my cherry tree last year.....

at least they are replaceable....

Yes, but utility workers also took down a dozen small trees along my fence line for a utility project this week. My yard is looking bare and my chickens have no shade. I only have a paper shell pecan tree and a peach tree sapling left in my back yard.

[Black Orchid]

Did the pear tree split at the seams?

WOW that seems like a lot of trees they felled. I would be quite upset

[Black Orchid]

I have running been around for hours and I am SO exhausted. My brain is a step behind the rest of me.

And I forgot the tomato juice wahhhhhhh! Oh well hopefully next time? *shrug

[Texan]

Did the pear tree split at the seams?

WOW that seems like a lot of trees they felled. I would be quite upset

The pear tree was just old and didn't put out any leaves this year. It was about 25 years old, which is the typical life for a Bradford Pear. I'll replace them with pecan and fruit trees. The Bradford pear is a fruitless tree. It is beautiful when it blossoms and provides good shade when mature, but like most fruit trees, it doesn't live very long. The trees in my front yard are oak and ash. Great long lasting shade trees, but slow growing. I'll leave the South side of my back yard clear in case I want to grow a garden or put up solar panels.

The trees that they cut were more like large bushes along my fence line. They were destined to be cut down because they were growing beneath overhead utility lines. They blocked wind and gave me some privacy, but they didn't provide much shade. I plan to plant honeysuckle and maybe some berries along the back fence to restore some privacy. My neighbors to my rear are 150 meters away. I just met him while inspecting the carnage of the sewage line installation. He is a cop and his daughter is my youngest son's age. They went to elementary school together. Meeting neighbors is about the only good thing form this utilities debacle. I know most people in my neighborhood, but behind me is a whole different neighborhood and you have to drive 2km just to get to that street. I don't know those people as well.

[brian ross]

Did the pear tree split at the seams?

WOW that seems like a lot of trees they felled. I would be quite upset

The pear tree was just old and didn't put out any leaves this year. It was about 25 years old, which is the typical life for a Bradford Pear. I'll replace them with pecan and fruit trees. The Bradford pear is a fruitless tree. It is beautiful when it blossoms and provides good shade when mature, but like most fruit trees, it doesn't live very long. The trees in my front yard are oak and ash. Great long lasting shade trees, but slow growing. I'll leave the South side of my back yard clear in case I want to grow a garden or put up solar panels.

The trees that they cut were more like large bushes along my fence line. They were destined to be cut down because they were growing beneath overhead utility lines. They blocked wind and gave me some privacy, but they didn't provide much shade. I plan to plant honeysuckle and maybe some berries along the back fence to restore some privacy. My neighbors to my rear are 150 meters away. I just met him while inspecting the carnage of the sewage line installation. He is a cop and his daughter is my youngest son's age. They went to elementary school together. Meeting neighbors is about the only good thing form this utilities debacle. I know most people in my neighborhood, but behind me is a whole different neighborhood and you have to drive 2km just to get to that street. I don't know those people as well.

Interesting that you use kilometres and metres for distance measuring, Tex.

Were the bushes/trees on your side of the fence or were they outside your fence line? I would assume that if they were inside your fence, the utilities company would have to either replace them or provide compensation. If they were outside your fence line, then well, they were pretty much someone else's problem...

[Texan]

Did the pear tree split at the seams?

WOW that seems like a lot of trees they felled. I would be quite upset

The pear tree was just old and didn't put out any leaves this year. It was about 25 years old, which is the typical life for a Bradford Pear. I'll replace them with pecan and fruit trees. The Bradford pear is a fruitless tree. It is beautiful when it blossoms and provides good shade when mature, but like most fruit trees, it doesn't live very long. The trees in my front yard are oak and ash. Great long lasting shade trees, but slow growing. I'll leave the South side of my back yard clear in case I want to grow a garden or put up solar panels.

The trees that they cut were more like large bushes along my fence line. They were destined to be cut down because they were growing beneath overhead utility lines. They blocked wind and gave me some privacy, but they didn't provide much shade. I plan to plant honeysuckle and maybe some berries along the back fence to restore some privacy. My neighbors to my rear are 150 meters away. I just met him while inspecting the carnage of the sewage line installation. He is a cop and his daughter is my youngest son's age. They went to elementary school together. Meeting neighbors is about the only good thing form this utilities debacle. I know most people in my neighborhood, but behind me is a whole different neighborhood and you have to drive 2km just to get to that street. I don't know those people as well.

Interesting that you use kilometres and metres for distance measuring, Tex.

Were the bushes/trees on your side of the fence or were they outside your fence line? I would assume that if they were inside your fence, the utilities company would have to either replace them or provide compensation. If they were outside your fence line, then well, they were pretty much someone else's problem...

I use metric only here. When in Rome........ We are taught both systems in school and I even learned both systems in engineering school. Of course, I haven't been in school in 26 years.

The trees on the fence line were just behind my fence and were barely on my neighbor's property. He would get the compensation, even though I benefited most from the trees. The utility company payed me $500 for my trouble and they will restore my fence as it was before they started. They trimmed some of my trees along the property line, but they didn't take them down.