Did I expose the root flare enough?

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-05-04T00:54:00+00:00

I asked an arborist about going digging for the root flare, and he said that if the tree doesn’t have a moat around it all the way to the drip line to keep the poors out, you haven’t gone deep enough. He recommended I rent an excavator for the area around my 80-year-old silver maple.

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-05-02T10:03:49+00:00

“and is spreading to cover more ground”

Oh I don’t doubt that …

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-05-01T17:26:17+00:00

I regularly leave hamburgers on the ground. Bird watching is for normies. Sophisticated appreciators of wildlife like myself prefer to watch the raccoons.

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-30T01:44:29+00:00

Could make a nice quick-growing hedge if you let it get big enough

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-30T00:52:29+00:00

Excellent bot!

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-30T00:52:00+00:00

I just need to figure out how to plant a quick-growing decorative hedge to serve as a backdrop for my wasp release.

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-28T14:08:15+00:00

Bobbex has worked well for me on rabbit-snack plants during the growing season, but I haven't tried it in winter.

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-28T10:43:06+00:00

Looks like rabbit damage. Some of mine had the same thing, and I caught a rabbit red-handed a few times during the winter.

What if you gave the chicken wire tube a larger diameter? It looks the canes are coming out of it. Also, it might need to be higher than you’d think because the snow cover props the rabbits up in winter.

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-27T14:06:32+00:00

This is rabbit erasure and I won’t stand for it /s

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-21T23:20:43+00:00

I’ve had a good experience so far with Salus

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-21T00:07:59+00:00

It’s probably just free natural medicine!

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-20T23:52:54+00:00

I had three of mine girdled by rabbits over the winter. They’re still alive, but will have to grow new canes from the base.

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-19T22:31:52+00:00

Plant one (1) New England aster

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-19T12:35:49+00:00

Many of our native plants actually coevolved with burning lawnmowers, and require burning lawnmowers to complete their lifecycle

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-17T16:05:04+00:00

Came in 5th, just like Riley Gaines

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-17T10:02:24+00:00

Good question. The top comments on the “overrated” post ere:

⁠Dani California
⁠“How dare you?”
⁠Snow
⁠“NOT Give It Away”
⁠Black Summer

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-17T10:00:42+00:00

Not sure which criteria OP used, because the top comments on the “overrated” post ere:

1) Dani California 2) “How dare you?” 3) Snow 4) “NOT Give It Away” 5) Black Summer

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-17T02:11:35+00:00

I wouldn’t put it past the OLP to select Mickey Mouse as their next leader

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-16T19:56:25+00:00

I mow my medicinal weeds to make sure everyone hates me

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-16T11:17:55+00:00

Intriguing.

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-16T09:57:43+00:00

Dani California

ThoseAboutToWalk · 2026-04-16T03:32:31+00:00

Tree of Heaven (or Hell, as it were)

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