They could really improve safety by cutting all the branches off the dangerous trees.
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Anyone into gardening here?
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Might as well open up the hydro one training yard and call it a park. Lots of trunks and no branches makes for a sad situation.
Shoot the coyotes raccoons and you still have to deal with west Nile zeta and Lyme disease. At my dermatologists he mentioned a bunch of unfriendly plants including hogweed.
Back to common sense. Look up and see dead branches. Move away.
This one wasn't obviously dead. Likely there was an inclusion or crack at the fork but seeing that from the ground wouldn't be easy. Some days you win the lottery, some days you die. Enjoy each day.
Sonic ping each of our 5 million trees at $1500 each......why not?
Some years back a kid was killed by a falling branch at Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton.
More die in motorcycle crashes and we continue to ride. The E-bike kill / injure numbers are probably worse than the trees.
An arborist unrelated to the city recommended detailed inspections of urban trees every six months. Toronto owns 3.5 million trees. Holy make work project. Thats probably a billion dollars a year to do that.
My test was done at ground level for $1500. Add tests higher up and the price goes higher up X 3.5 million = $5.25 Billion for starters.
Tree branches fall, even very healthy looking ones, some species are worse than others (more "splittey"). There is no practical way to make the risk zero other than cutting down all the trees. Does not mean no due diligence by urban forestry but sadly **** happens and one could be very unlucky.
You can’t make the risk zero. Years ago I was driving up a mountainside in Costa Rica and a bolt of lightning struck a tree about 50 feet away. Basically split the thing open and left it smouldering. One of the most amazing natural phenomena I’ve seen but you can’t mitigate that really. Trees are tall and make reasonable targets. What you can do though is take care of the trees you have to make sure they are at least balanced and in decent health.
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The tree that used to be in the front yard was on city property and they maintained it until it was nearing RIP. My wife parked her car under it and was asked to move it so they could take the tree down.
She moved her car and the guy climbed the tree, stepping on the leg sized branch that hung over her car and it broke.
How’s that program work?
I'm on the sustainability committee for the Town and I proposed our budget covers the cost of soil, wood for an 8x4 bed, and some seeds for appx 30 households.
For those who don't have backyards, we can cover the costs of bags of potting soil and planters.
Nice! Sounds like an awesome program.
Thanks. I know it won't solve world hunger but it may help some people who are interested in growing their own food but don't want to pay the initial costs get started. It's part of my 2026 election plans.
You running for council or some political position? I assume in your home town?
That’s a great initiative! Not sure if it’s applicable but if you take a $2 bag of topsoil and cut an X on the top and cut a couple of drainage holes underneath you can grow a surprising variety of things in it (with a bit of food and regular watering). We had great results with tomato plants in a few one year. They can be placed on driveways etc.
yes council
I'd vote for you but I'm not in that area.
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