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Does a Garden & Art show in a North Raleigh neighborhood on a beautiful saturday morning say springtime to you? It does to me. My wife and I stopped by this little event being held in a N. Raleigh neighborhoods called Brookhaven yesterday. The homeowner has the most incredible landscape and I just had to get some shots!
Those tall pine trees are the first thing that will come crashing down on top of the house in a storm. Pine trees located within striking distance of a structure are never a good thing.
Those tall pine trees are the first thing that will come crashing down on top of the house in a storm. Pine trees located within striking distance of a structure are never a good thing.
That was my first thought! During an ice storm 2 weeks before Christmas a 100+ year old maple fell and landed on my parents house. And they wonder why I'm afraid f trees near my house.
Brookhaven is a wonderful neighborhood. I have some relatives that moved there when it was first built in the late 50's. My uncle told me that he paid $2500 for his acre lot.
Those tall pine trees are the first thing that will come crashing down on top of the house in a storm. Pine trees located within striking distance of a structure are never a good thing.
I'd reckon that those tall pines have survived many a storm. Think about Hurricane Fran; the trees that fell during that storm were the massive hardwoods. The pines bend and sway and put on a good show during a heavy storm, but tend to stay rooted. A top or two may come down, and some branches, but pines are overall resiliant during strong winds.
Its really a crapshoot with storms like hurricanes. The heavy rains make the soil like jelly and anything with shallow roots like loblolly pines will topple. Some do and some don't. I guess that's the nature of the beast...it all depends on house strong the winds were in your particular location. I prefer trees with taproots like hickories and longleaf pines. Many oaks are great for that too!
As for the dogwoods in some of NRG's pics. It looks like there is a serious disease going on. Many of the dogwoods in our neighborhood did not have a great show. Some if not all of the bracts on many of the dogwoods had splotchy brown patches. It looks like the anthracnose from out west is spreading its way east.
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April 18, 2009
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