Tree Rant

Last November I wrote about the tree the city finally planted in my sidewalk tree pit. It wasn’t doing well despite my daily watering and compost. I hadn’t given up on it, I was planning on trimming the tree next spring and giving it another year but the city came and pulled it out this week! I don’t get the tree planting system – the money it must cost the city in contracts! The tree didn’t look good when we got it, is there any oversight?

Now I’m left with this!

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Anyway, the contractor said  a new tree would be planted in a few weeks but nothing yet. I’m guessing it won’t happen until the spring since it’s so cold. I’m hoping for a Northern Red Oak but the city has recently put in several Junipers on our block. I like Junipers but it’s a small tree. I want a larger tree in hopes that in 2o years I won’t see the telephone wire madness across the street. I’ll updated when my new tree arrives. Wow, that was a rant, huh?!

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