Help me stop the alders and willows
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Comments (10)When we were leaving the barn with Willow I met another tortie named Fiona. She jumped up on a box and was eating up my affection. As my son and I got closer to the door she took off like a bat out of hell and was in front of the door in a second. I told my son to wait. She was so fast he didn't see her. When the lady went to pick her up I noticed she limped. When she did pick her up I noticed she only had three legs. I went up to Petsmart the following week to talk to Gwen and let her know I was in love with Willow and that I had her tested for anything contagious and everything came back negative. She got her rabies vaccine, updated her shots and I had her microchipped. Of course I ended up in tears because I love this little girl so much. We got to chatting about "the barn" and I told her I fell in love with Fiona. Since I was already in tears I asked her what her story was, then at the last minute I chickened out. Gwen asked me if I had time, she would tell me. Apparently someone had scalded her from the waist down. It was bad enough to affect her little "pieces-parts" and she couldn't hold her urine or feces. The Avon Lake vet they go to performed miracles with her "pieces-parts" and she can now function the way she should. However, because of the scalding she dragged her hind leg and due to the scraping it was getting infected. Being a no-kill shelter and against all the rules and regulations they thought it best to euthanize her. When they took her back to the same vet to have it done, he said if he amputated her leg she should be just fine. He did and she is a little "swinger" now. Gwen says she gets into the rafters of the barn with only three legs. Had I seen her before I adopted Willow I would have adopted her because of her special needs. But she has made herself "at home" in the barn. I don't have rafters in my house. lol There is a special place in hell for whoever did this to a poor defenseless animal. Luv-a-stray is a top-notch class act when it comes to animal rescue. If you are located in Ohio and are looking for a dog or cat to adopt, please try them first. You won't be disappointed. Excuse me now I have to go blow my nose, and dry my tears. Jenny...See MoreHelp with a corkscrew willow tree
Comments (30)"these trees HATE wet roots. " LOL!! You may be the only one that thinks so :-) Like may other willows, Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa', aka corkscrew or Hankow willow is extremely tolerant of wet soils and will even tolerate standing water for periods of time. But they are also more tolerant of dry conditions than many willows, as well. But like most willows, they trend not to be long lived - prone to weak wood and falling branches and breakage and host to a zillion different insect and disease problems. Would suspect that the decline of your trees, Lauren, is NOT due to wet soils but one or more of the other issues that shorten corkscrew willows' lives....See MoreStop tree from fruiting? help!
Comments (17)Brandon, I think you know that it is not about life but about work, and there is only so much work a person can do. Trees can cause a LOT of work. If I had back all the time I'd spent pruning my oversize willows, pulling seedlings from the one neighbour's norway maple, pruning and cleaning and clearing debris and trying to keep other plants alive under the other neighbour's giant lawson cypress that ate my yard and house, and let's not start with the street tree and water shoots on the apple tree, I'd have a lot more accomplished and also not be as decrepit - I trace the degenerative disk problems in my neck partly to all the tree work I've had to do (bicycle riding didn't help), and most of it was/is not of my choice. It is a really difficult problem and it is hard to draw the line. The problem is when the wrong tree is put into an urban environment and causes work for people. People can only do so much work. A tree that makes a mess is particularly difficult to assess from outside the situation. How cleanable is the mess? Is it dangerous? (my neighbour's other tree is an Albizia whose little leaflets cover my back stairs and turn into a slimy death trap). Is it causing hard feelings? I used to have overflowing eaves constantly due to the lawson, and I was mad about it. Is it the one job an elderly home owner can no longer take care of? For example, pulling those 400 + Norway seedlings is something I can only do for another few years at most. Should I have to move out of my house into an apartment because of the neighbour's tree? Yes, people have to live their lives. Bernd, if the fruit falls over a short period of time, I wonder if you can capture it somehow - put down a tarp for a week or two? I realize the birds will still make a mess of patios etc, but maybe that can be dealt with with one big clean-up once it's all over. With my maple seedlings, I have decided that I can probably reduce the scale of the problem if I do a serious fall clean-up once all the seeds are down. If you study the pattern of the problem you may be able to figure out an efficient way of minimizing the effect. And also, plant some new trees now so that the birds do not starve once you cut this tree down. Perhaps there is another spot in your yard where such a tree could be grown with less problem - if fruits fall on grass vs on patio, they may be easier to deal with. Karin L...See MoreWillow Acacia Needs Help
Comments (19)We've planted the tree and it appears to be happy about that. I removed all the dead branches and no more branches have died. As lazygardens noted above, it may simply have needed to get out of that nursery pot. I want to update the group on the news flash that someone from the shade tree program contacted me yesterday. She was very concerned and asked lots of questions. I showed her the picture now that it's planted and she agreed it looks like it's doing okay. She emphasized the need to get these trees planted as soon as possible. Trees are not meant to grow in black nursery pots. She also told me tree replacement is always a possibility but depends on individual situations. For example, if a person leaves the tree in the container all winter, fails to water it, etc, no tree replacement. They want this program to succeed but, as in all of life, there is a certain amount of personal responsibility involved. Picture's not that great so fwiw I'll attach it....See Morebuyorsell888
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