trees: For Mature Audiences Only
- 06/01/22 01:28 PM
When most home buyers imagine their dream home they often think about wooded lots... rarely do they think about the maintenance and hazards a wooded lot can bring them. Mature trees require a lot of maintenance. The following are pictures from my home. Over the last 20 years maintenance has cost me several thousand dollars and a few headaches. My boulevard trees have been replaced several times. One or two died of natural causes (those little lilac trees don't live that long). One big tree died because the power company got tired of trimming it. I maintain the current two trees so … (18 comments)
trees: Trees for Boulevards
- 05/18/19 02:34 PM
Every city has different rules regarding what trees you can plant on your boulevard, after all it's technically it's "their" boulevard. Before you plant a tree you best check with the city forestry department to be sure you can plant a tree there at all. Usually the idea behind this is that they don't want you to plant trees that may interfere with overhead power lines years down the road. The Minot Forestry Department (a department of Minot Parks) is now taking orders for boulevard trees to be planted this spring. Trees are $100.00 and they plant it for you. For an extra $25.00 … (20 comments)
I just took this photo this afternoon. After this weekends snow and then the way the fog "Frosts" the trees it's really beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The tree to the left is the same one below that I had blogged about with soft needles that turn gold in the fall, drop off in the winter, and come back green again in the spring. You can read that post HERE
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trees: WHAT DO I NAME THIS BLOG POST???
- 05/18/15 11:58 AM
This morning we woke up to 2" of snow on the ground, a thick blanket of white. BUT it was a beautiful cloudless day and the temps got up to 50 some degrees and every bit of snow disappeared by the end of the day. I was shocked to reach down and touch the grass at 6PM this evening and it even felt dry to the touch. Then I saw a familiar summer sight, a pair of canaries frolicking in the trees next to our home. I still have not purchased that wiz bang camera with interchangeable lenses I've wanted but I stood under those … (17 comments)
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Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker
When most home buyers imagine their dream home they often think about wooded lots... rarely do they think about the maintenance and hazards a wooded lot can bring them. Mature trees require a lot of maintenance. The following are pictures from my home. Over the last 20 years maintenance has cost me several thousand dollars and a few headaches.
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