My two apple trees are technically on city property at the side of our house. But we're the caretakers since we bought this house 3 years ago. I hire a friend who works as a gardener about this time every year to prune them. I put in fruit stakes and water them and pick up the fruit once its dropped. So even though my husband argues that the trees don't belong to us, bottom line is the bottom line. I don't see any of our neighbors chipping in any money for the tree's upkeep. A couple of weeks ago we got a notice in the mail that the hydro company is going to be in our area over the next few weeks trimming tree branches that are close to the hydro lines. Today they were out. Did some trimming. Did a good job. Could have done a little more in my opinion! But I don't have to hire the gardener this year!
Glad they did a good job. When the County sends a tree trimmer around here, they just chop the trees up any kind of way. It's a shame.
They're just making sure the branches don't interfere with the electric wires. I've seen some trees get interesting cuts, though not necessarily in our neighborhood. My husband was out talking to the crew. The arborist knew they were apple trees, even knew the type. But he said he's been around in the summer when the apples were visible. The gravensteen branches go up and around both sides of the wire, so there's kind of a V down the middle now. Maybe they're a bit more careful with the fruit bearing trees?
My son has a large liveoak in the middle of his yard. The powerlines aren't paralell to the street, so he was notified that they would be trimming the tree. That would be good if they properly trimmed them. But they totally mutilate the trees! :-x The supervisor told him since it would ruin the tree, they would take it down to about 2 feet. Losing a beautiful tree but at least he doesn't have to pay what would be a hefty bill!
That's too bad about the oak. Down to about 2 feet? Were they arborists or loggers? We have a huge old cedar tree in the backyard, kind of central, fortunately the branches are not near the property line or the wires. I'd hate to see that come down. After we bought the house several neighbors asked us if we were planning to chop it down because they were worried we were going to log it. Probably thousands of dollars in lumber, but in our city we need a permit to cut a tree over a foot in diameter. The only reasons I'd even consider bringing that cedar down is if it was diseased, dying, or otherwise a risk.
