There's an Ash tree on the septic mound behind our home. When we moved to this place 15 years ago, it was a healthy, vibrant, shade tree that screened the back of the house from heat and storms in the summer and caught lots of snow that would otherwise pile up by the back door in winter. About six years ago, I noticed a few dead branches, devoid of leaves, inside the tree when the rest of it was greeting the spring with green.
There's a parasite on the loose in the upper Midwest called the Emerald Ash Borer, a small green beetle few have ever seen until the damage they've done causes the tree to fall or be removed. then they fly away in search of a new victim. This year, the lower half of the tree has no leaves. Even several of the larger branches in the upper reaches are barren. come mid summer, you'd be hard pressed to see the full damage, but that doesn't make it's impending doom any less inevitable. Next spring I'll likely have plenty of firewood. I may plant a couple apple trees further up the mound and farther from the house, but if I ignore that Ash, I'll end up having crash into the house.
Sometimes drastic action must be taken to protect yourself from further injury. As much as we like that old tree, it would be foolhardy to let it rot completely and crash into the house.
There's an Ash tree on the septic mound behind our home. When we moved to this place 15 years ago, it was a healthy, vibrant, shade tree that screened the back of the house from heat and storms in the summer and caught lots of snow that would otherwise pile up by the back door in winter. About six years ago, I noticed a few dead branches, devoid of leaves, inside the tree when the rest of it was greeting the spring with green.
There's a parasite on the loose in the upper Midwest called the Emerald Ash Borer, a small green beetle few have ever seen until the damage they've done causes the tree to fall or be removed. then they fly away in search of a new victim. This year, the lower half of the tree has no leaves. Even several of the larger branches in the upper reaches are barren. come mid summer, you'd be hard pressed to see the full damage, but that doesn't make it's impending doom any less inevitable. Next spring I'll likely have plenty of firewood. I may plant a couple apple trees further up the mound and farther from the house, but if I ignore that Ash, I'll end up having crash into the house.
Sometimes drastic action must be taken to protect yourself from further injury. As much as we like that old tree, it would be foolhardy to let it rot completely and crash into the house.
Too true. My only edit is that a democrat is not even likely to be charged, but protected.
Looking at what DeSantis has done in Florida gives me hope to save our nation if he is the '24 winner.