Well, it's not always a neighbor. The backyard gardener show on PBS had a
segment recently in a which a straight-line windstorm had upended an
enormous 100 year old oak in the middle of summer. He had an entire shade
garden under the tree, which was now exposed to the blazing sun of an
Oklahoma summer. He was also concerned about transplanting, and ended up
making some temporary shades with laths, shade cloth, etc. so that he could
carry the plants through until cooler weather in the fall, when he could
transplant them with more success.
"Toni" wrote in message
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[whining mode] New neighbors next door- to the west.
Their first week in they've cut down a *beautiful* 30 year old Black Olive
tree that shaded my entire front garden- full of shade plants. Anthuriums,
calatheas, ferns, teeny little gems that I had cherished for years in
containers before putting them in the ground.
That garden is only one year old- and now I am having to reorganize the
whole darn thing. Plants are wilting faster than I can transplant them.

And I thought our town had an ordinance against this sort of thing without
a
permit- guess that explains the city trucks I've seen stopping to take
photos of the stump three times now.
Would I be evil to hope they get fined?

And I know about Black Olive maintenance issues- I have one. But had they
bothered to live here a while before killing trees they'd have noticed
that
*we* always keep their walkways pressure cleaned- husband just can't seem
to
stop once he gets going.
Not feeling too good about my new neighbors right now. [/whining mode]


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Toni
South Florida USA
Zone 10b
http://ww.cearbhaill.com