Have you ever tried to photograph a tree as it falls? I have tried several times when watching
trees being felled, but have been unable to capture the action of it. They only look like they are growing at a funny angle, like the conifer in the photo above.
This tree was in our neighbour’s property several years ago,
and had become a danger as it had grown up too close to overhead power lines.
I dislike seeing mature trees being cut down. I know sometimes it is needed, but they have taken so many years to reach their Age Of Beauty and it always seems a shame to remove them.
Margaret J
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Here they usually cut back the branches rather than fell the tree. It makes for some strange looking trees but they appear to survive.
ReplyDeleteOh this makes me super sad as well to see it taken down. I also thought at first that it was just growing at a crazy angle dear Margaret! You took it at a great angle before it lay down! I just hope mister cutter planted a new one somewhere in place of that beautiful tree's life.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much dear Margaret for joining this week's Timeless Thursdays! Always so thankful to see you there on the list and reading your memories for us :)
Unfortunately, many seem to be so quick at cutting down trees but very slow at planting new ones.
DeleteHello, it is sad to see such a big and beautiful tree cut down. I guess the power lines are more important. Have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteI admit to getting annoyed when people plant trees with little regard to their ultimate size. I also get very annoyed that many nurseries only label trees with the height they will grow to after ten years and not their maximum height and size.
DeleteI know what you mean about hating to see mature trees cut down...we had two maples taken down beside our house..and I hated to do it but a limb about 6 inches through just missed my daughters car and our house. Besides all the small ones that fell. But it was heartbreaking anyway.
ReplyDeleteThe local conservation group here in Matarangi at the Bluff Wetland Reserve felled all the pine trees last year and are replanting with native trees. All we heard was the sound of chain saws and crashing trees for days! It was for the good though because it allows the native trees that are already there to grow plus the felled trees will rot, house huhu bugs which will feed the Kiwi! Here is one of the trees falling :). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUm0HrWpjBs
ReplyDeleteI grew up with huhu beetles - haven't seen one for years - and we often actively searched for the grubs in fallen logs around the farm. I didn't know there were kiwi on the Peninsular, although it makes sense there would be. I'm glad they are being encouraged.
DeleteYes, there are Kiwi behind us and also other places here. The area behind our beach house is a reserve and they trap all rats, mice, stoats etc so the Kiwi can get established.
DeleteWhat a shame, it looks like a healthy tree. I wish it could have been trimmed to a safe size instead of being cut down.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about nursery centres putting the height a tree will grow to in ten years - ridiculous. Ten years just flies by.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago our next door neighbour had a number of very tall evergreens cut down. We lived in fear of those big trees coming down on our house and so were relieved that he had them cut. There were trees much like those behind us and one did blow over last winter luckily missing all houses.
ReplyDeleteI hear you about not liking to see the trees felled, but so often in urban areas it seems that people plant without due regard for size and shape of the mature tree.
ReplyDeleteI have a maple that needs to come down as the branches are brittle, and the roots are likely to clog a pipes near it... planted before we bought the house. I will miss it, but the practicalities of keeping it are beyond me.
Stay safe
Blessings
Maxine
I once met a woman who had planted a walnut tree seedling beside her house under the eaves - I got her to move it! It seems people forget that trees grow into ..... trees!
DeleteNot only is it a shame to remove them it also means less CO2 absorption, and when the removal of trees worldwide is taken into account, it is serious.
ReplyDeleteI just wish people would be more aware when they planted trees so they didn't have to be removed later on. The mass destruction of our world forests also upsets me - as you say, trees are needed for a healthy environment but it seems money takes precedence far too often.
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