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Pine Pain

Our tree looks ok now but I wanted to post this anyway to keep everything together in one place about our house and our experience. This email is from the arborist after we sent him a question about all of the yellow needles:

"Sometimes the impact of construction on trees isn’t felt for a season or more afterwards. Although it is normal for white pines to lose needles in the fall the amount of chlorosis (yellowing) on your tree certainly does seem excessive. This is especially true for the needles nearer the end of the branches as these are the most recent needles and the ones trees try to hold on to the most. I can only assume this is related to root loss during the construction. Unfortunately, the only thing to do now is to wait and see how the tree survives the winter and how if reacts next spring. Essentially you’ve done all you can do for it and now it is a matter of seeing how the tree will respond." Keep your fingers crossed.

Trying to be a one car family...

For Sale: 2002 Mazda Protege 5 Hatchback, red with snow tires/rims - $6,000.

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Passed safety inspection October 2009 (including new rear brakes) and valid Drive Clean certificate.

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