Ash Trees Part II

After  I took a break and returned they had one tree cut down to near the ground, and were working on the second tree.  At that point I left to go downtown for lunch.  This is fascinating but it's a slow process.  I wasn't going to sit and watch for 6 hours!

The first tree is gone and the top of the second tree.

I returned from lunch two hours later and this is all that was left.  And that was quickly removed.

We were down to the point where the three trees were just high stumps.

The owner of the golf course had requested the logs, so those lay on the grass for a week before disappearing.

Looking from across the street this left a pretty big gap in our fencerow of big trees!  This was before the leaves had emerged on the other ash trees.

However, more than two weeks later, when all the leaves were out, I looked up at our neighbour's big White Ash and wondered.  This tree appeared healthy last year and is now half dead.  I'm amazed at how quickly this has happened and I fear more trees will be coming down over the next year or two.

I stole this photo off the internet to show you the insect itself, the Emerald Ash Borer.  It burrows under the bark and kills the tree while you're not noticing.