Incredibly, in the 15 July Chicago Tribune there's an article about thieves
in Michigan stealing trees planted on people's lawns! BRBR

In New York City, and probably elsewhere, new trees & shrubs in public parks
are planted chained to a dead man (a large log buried in the ground) or a
nearby fence.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)