When we moved into our house in July, 1976, while others were celebrating the bi-centennial,we were celebrating the joys of being first-time homeowners. Although the lot is loaded with trees, the most charming one is the smoke tree The American Smoketree (Cotinus obovatus, syn. Rhus cotinoides). It provides gentle shade in the summer, has been battered by baseball bats through the years and currently houses a small pine tree growing in its mid-section. Because of its proximity to the Consumer's Energy lines, the tree must be either radically altered or removed. We have chosen to remove it and plant another in another section of the yard. The one nice thing about the current location is that it prevents us from spying on our neighbors living room and vice-versa!
In 1978, Beth Ann Bochenek was born, Her dad and poppa, to honor her birth (680 grams soaking wet), planted a pine tree [Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)]. This tree has also been identified by CE as "problematic." Nearly half of one side of the tree will need to be removed. Although the ortho"tree"dic surgeon has told us they can remove only "half," it just doesn't seem safe to leave it standing. It will also come down this month.
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