Tax dollars at work

BEFORE

When we moved into our house there were 3 huge trees out in front. 2 in the easement and 1 on our yard. About 2 years ago the city came and took down one of the trees.

This past fall i started researching tree companies to come out and trim our trees and tell us what to do to keep them healthy. One company told us to cut them all down. AND they said that the one in the easement in front of our house would cost $3,000 to cut down!! WHAT?



So i researched a little further, found a company (preservation tree) that came and did some things to help our dying trees out(aeration, fertilization, etc). I was also curious about perhaps having the city take down the big tree instead of paying $3,000.



Well, right after christmas i got an email from our neighborhood association that they had 25 trees that they were going to plant in the easements and would be given out on a first come first serve basis. I immediately emailed the guy and asked if we could have 2 trees.



He said we could have them but we needed to remove the stump and the dead tree in order to have enough space to plant them.



All the stars aligned this week, i paid someone to grind the stump, the city took down the tree on Friday and we got our new trees on Saturday. Here are some pics.



It makes sense why it would cost so much to remove the large tree...they had a huge crane, open bed truck, shredded, bobcat, and a team of 4 guys!



Oh, the other interesting story is that they found bird eggs in the tree. But they just left them in some wood chips by our bushes. I found them yesterday and took them to a wildlife bird rehab place today. Turns out they were screeching owl eggs.

Throughout this whole experience i learned: 1) our tax dollars do provide some great services 2) we have some amazing neighbors 3) His eye is on the sparrow(or screecher owl)...so why do i worry if He will take care of me?

AFTER