yard work

[treemandan]

WHAT A FREAKING MESS

That was the ash I have been hacking at for a few years. This is the cherry in front

This is real brutal so you might not want to look.

 

[Rickytree]

What's goin on with the Ash? Girdling root? Root rot? stump removal?opcorn:

 

[treemandan]

Any thoughts would be appreciated of course. I have been, well you see what I have been doing, what a freaking mess!

I imagine any harm I could do at this point would be negated by the harm that is happening on its own. I should have done this 4 years ago when we bought the place.

 

[treemandan]

Basically what you are seeing in the result of bad mulching technique( on the smaller tree) and that is clay on top on the ash root crown/flare from when they dug the foundation.
The rot has set it.

 

[treemandan]

At this point I am going round and removing soil. I am doing this periodically, this is a periodic job, in my yard, its very periodic.

 

[Rickytree]

At this point I am going round and removing soil. I am doing this periodically, this is a periodic job, in my yard, its very periodic.

so I am guessing it happens periodically....

 

[treemandan]

so I am guessing it happens periodically....

Well, I just started today