Dwellar Dwellings

BigV · 08-13-2013, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Today a tree service company removed the "widow-makers" left on the trunk.
We now have a new living sculpture on the property.
The family consensus is that this Douglas Fir shall hereafter be:

"Dougie, the Startled Dragon"

What I see here is death by strangulation; and the murderer is English Motherfucking Ivy. Look how high up those vines climbed on the trunk. They could only do that if they were well rooted at the base, and well rooted ivy strangles the roots of its host.

RIP Douglas Fir.

Lamplighter · 08-13-2013, 04:09 PM

The ivy vines you see on the trunk have been dead for 20+years
But, point taken.

Eventually this 200 yr-old tree, like all firs, will have to come down,
but for now it's another example of "not on my watch" cowardice.

That's based on a belief that the killing efficiency of ivy
is no where near that of the chain saw.

" Long live Dougie ! "

08-13-2013, 04:09 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	The ivy vines you see on the trunk have been dead for 20+years But, point taken. Eventually this 200 yr-old tree, like all firs, will have to come down, but for now it's another example of "not on my watch" cowardice. That's based on a belief that the killing efficiency of ivy is no where near that of the chain saw. " Long live Dougie ! "

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