This is what's left of a big old box elder that grew in our back yard. A couple of years ago part of the tree fell (r photo) but continued to grow, producing leaves every year. It was connected to the main trunk by a
strip of tree fiber about 6" thick. The 2 bleached branches in the center of the trunk fell last year but while they were still connected did not thrive and leaf.
Last night there was a large thud and since Fanny & I were the only ones awake
and the motion lights were not activated I did not go out to investigate. (Fanny was willing!)
This morning I checked the gutter gardens thinking the water box might have been pushed over by deer and found the large limb of the box elder down. It definitely is opening the back yard up to more sun! Our house was built in the 1940's fronting the old trolley line from Herkimer to Little Falls... the original builder/owner(...it was a do it yourself project) believed the state would put Rte 5 in the trolley right of way since that could be purchased as a 'lot' and was already cleared. He was only 2/10's of a mile off and our house sits backwards on the lot with the living room windows facing trees and brush...not a bad view! The bedrooms face the unimproved road to our neighbor's house. Luckily the tree trunk fell away from the house or the gutter gardens and the den would have been hit. Don't want to think how the 4-wheelers will react to the down trunk...trying to go under it or cross on to our land.
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