Leftwood, thank you for your input on the Green Ash. The winters here are much more severe with stronger wind gusts and larger drifts of snow. You shovel the driveway and the wind blows the snow right back. This is due to the removal of ten mature trees that were on my small court. Even without leaves they did a good job of screening the wind. We have very few squirrels and the birds have dropped off considerably. I enjoy feeding the critters especially during the winter when food is scarce. I have many shrubberies in my yard but they have been stripped clean of their berries.
We have spent thirty-seven years here watching our trees mature. At my age I do not have thirty-five years left to wait until trees mature. In fact, the village has run out of money to replace the trees they took down so there will be no new trees on public property.
Have you seen photos of a town that treated their mature trees? I saw it on this web sight. Their trees have come back all lush green, most were half dead with bark falling off. They were treated many years ago. I'm glad no one talked them out of saving their trees.
