presley wrote:
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.

Do you mean "Gardening by the Yard"? It is on HGTV.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5


"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