My husband, Mark, is going to play George Washington tomorrow...that is, along with the help of our neighbor, Jim. First thing in the morning, they are going to chop, or I should say chain saw down the Cherry tree located next to our driveway. We have had it for years and sorry to say this, but it is nothing but the "pits" to have around. Excuse the (groan) pun, but after the tree blooms, the blossoms do indeed develop into cherries..it's just that they are not that tasty, the majority are difficult to reach with a ladder for picking, and when ripen, they drop off the tree onto the driveway and on top of my husband's van which is parked there. An additional problem is the tree's root system. Over the course of time it has been growing in that location, a portion of the roots have developed into a protruding ridge that could eventually errupt beneath the neighbor's driveway.
We drove to Lowe's this evening where he found and purchased a saw for tomorrow's tree removal. It sure didn't look all that powerful to me, and I hope the two "woodsmen" are up to the task of getting it down carefully and safely. For the record, we did not plant it as a fruit tree. Originally it was a Weeping Cherry and remained as one until one day it's grafted Cherry branches took over..so upward and onward it grew instead of remaining as the original drooping variety with branches bent downward towards the ground.
I am definitely sad to see this tree taken down, but it is the only feasible solution.
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