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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist
How much do you love the oak? I hate oaks in a small yard, and love them from afar.
TV offered to plant one in my yard as I was the lucky one on the street to get one. I declined having lived under oaks many years I know:
nothing grows under them, so no grass
roots are impossible to dig through
roots eventually rise and are unsightly and uproot concrete and invade plumbing
their leaves are too small to rake
acorns can't be raked and can dent your vehicle, not to mention making more oaks
if they grow over the house, shingles mildew and leaves accumulate, aging the roof
and best of all, when they age they drop limbs on your vehicle, house or head
to say nothing of the moss with chiggers in it that hangs on your shrubs.
oh and did I forget the squirrels that eat the acorns and birth in your trees who will raid the birdfeeder and go in your garage after anything edible and destroy the container, and who enjoy warm winters by eating through the soffit screens? and who smell abominably when they die in your attic?
Boy, I've been waiting to say that. Thanks for the topic. Have the tree removed.
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We have a very large side yard and space is not an issue.
The tree which is hundreds of years old was here when we arrived and will still be here long after we are "gone".
btk