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%$@#*&^ utility workmen
"Blues Ma" wrote in message It's always best to find out what the utility easements are around your property. These are legally defined and easily determined. If you have valuable trees that begin to encroach that area, have them trimmed by a professional before the utility hacking season. Excellent advice. I used to work for the power company, you would be surprised how many people plant in the right-of-way without giving a thought. People would get upset when their shrubs/trees would be destroyed, and only had themselves to blame. CIE would always excavate and plant grass seed when we had to go through the right-of-way, never would we replace shrubs/trees/concrete/sheds and just about anything you could think of. |
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Frogleg wrote:
On 01 Jul 2004 02:34:05 GMT, (OhSojourner) wrote: I'm steamed about this. It wasn't necessary to remove the trellis in order to do their job. It's also not a comforting thought to know there's no guarantee of keeping things protected and maintained on your own property. You might call the electric co. and ask if you can be informed ahead of time when they plan to do trimming in your area. If you're very polite (and pitiful) about your ruined Schisandra, they *might* help you out with a new plant. Update: I sent them an email yesterday, and they responded shortly afterwards with an apologetic email, promising to follow up to get more details. Now I'm hoping that I can locate a plant of similar age so I know how much they can reimburse me for. Thing is, utility companies' business isn't horticulture. "A little bit in the way" to you is simply "in the way" to a trimming crew. If you don't want things slashed down and hacked out, check with the company to see what kind of clearance is supposed to be maintained, and do your own trimming. None of my own plants were in the way of power lines. They were working on a very tall, old tree that was on the other side of a fence on the border of my property. They were trimming some of the higher branches, and they decided to toss the branches onto my property (in the direction of the trellis, where other workmen ), when they could have accessed the tree and tossed the branches onto the other lot (which was behind a garage where nobody was growing anything). The fact that they could have used this vacant area instead is what's especially annoying. Of course, maybe they were just following their scheduled paperwork and the tree "belonged" to my street (not the street of the adjacent lot that would have sustained less damage). Actually, I'm not even sure whose tree it is. It's behind a fence that somebody put up years before I bought the property, so I assumed it was the property of the neighbors. Maybe not, if what I'm deducing is correct. Incidentally, this was the same power company who was at fault for the major blackout last year. Maybe they just hire klutzy people (and/or were trying to overcompensate for the mishap that happened last year.) Well, at least, hopefully I might be able to get the plant replaced. |
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I hope you were able to determine if Heronswood Nursery has the vine you
need.......... madgardener "OhSojourner" wrote in message ... Frogleg wrote: On 01 Jul 2004 02:34:05 GMT, (OhSojourner) wrote: I'm steamed about this. It wasn't necessary to remove the trellis in order to do their job. It's also not a comforting thought to know there's no guarantee of keeping things protected and maintained on your own property. You might call the electric co. and ask if you can be informed ahead of time when they plan to do trimming in your area. If you're very polite (and pitiful) about your ruined Schisandra, they *might* help you out with a new plant. Update: I sent them an email yesterday, and they responded shortly afterwards with an apologetic email, promising to follow up to get more details. Now I'm hoping that I can locate a plant of similar age so I know how much they can reimburse me for. Thing is, utility companies' business isn't horticulture. "A little bit in the way" to you is simply "in the way" to a trimming crew. If you don't want things slashed down and hacked out, check with the company to see what kind of clearance is supposed to be maintained, and do your own trimming. None of my own plants were in the way of power lines. They were working on a very tall, old tree that was on the other side of a fence on the border of my property. They were trimming some of the higher branches, and they decided to toss the branches onto my property (in the direction of the trellis, where other workmen ), when they could have accessed the tree and tossed the branches onto the other lot (which was behind a garage where nobody was growing anything). The fact that they could have used this vacant area instead is what's especially annoying. Of course, maybe they were just following their scheduled paperwork and the tree "belonged" to my street (not the street of the adjacent lot that would have sustained less damage). Actually, I'm not even sure whose tree it is. It's behind a fence that somebody put up years before I bought the property, so I assumed it was the property of the neighbors. Maybe not, if what I'm deducing is correct. Incidentally, this was the same power company who was at fault for the major blackout last year. Maybe they just hire klutzy people (and/or were trying to overcompensate for the mishap that happened last year.) Well, at least, hopefully I might be able to get the plant replaced. |
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%$@#*&^ utility workmen
Those unsightly utility poles can be easily pruned with a chainsaw. . .
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yes they can......and a little stump remover, they'll dissolve back into the
ground. Problem is, Bee, that they regenerate with impunity.......the Utility mother plant is notorious for that g something about the dependent life forms that reside around those utility poles that require their replacements......................lol madgardener "Beecrofter" wrote in message om... Those unsightly utility poles can be easily pruned with a chainsaw. . . |
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I've noticed that people who work on the outside of a house seem to have no visual acuity below their knees. So with each new worker I warn him: "...and please don't step on the plants." Usually works. zemedelec |
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