This past Friday night, the storm we had took out our "barnyard" tree. It was a 100+ yr. old White Ash that received a lightning strike to it 17 years ago. 70% of the tree came down then and I told my father to go ahead and take the tree out as I figured it would not recover. I am glad that he didn't listen to me as it spouted out to a very handsome tree and we got to enjoy it for all this time. However, the new architecture of the tree was structurally poor and the heavy, wet leaves were too much for the winds we got on Friday night. My mother and I planted a Chinese Elm nearby, knowing the Ash tree days were numbered. It has now grown into our new barnyard tree so the loss wasn't quite so bad.
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