http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/ A Mom's Journey To Green Living Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:33:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-6861 bri Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:28:27 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=65#comment-6861 I wish my roommates loved trees as much as I do. the city is cutting down some beautiful trees in our backyard and around the neighborhood for plumbing reasons. It makes me so sad I could cry and so mad I could scream. Unfortunately my roommates don't feel the way I do and think I am over reacting. Trees are so essential to our lives I dont understand how we can't find a way to work around them and with them. Yet too many people rather do what is easiest and cheapest, and if that means cutting down an essential part of our eco system than they do it. It's such crap! I wish my roommates loved trees as much as I do. the city is cutting down some beautiful trees in our backyard and around the neighborhood for plumbing reasons. It makes me so sad I could cry and so mad I could scream. Unfortunately my roommates don’t feel the way I do and think I am over reacting. Trees are so essential to our lives I dont understand how we can’t find a way to work around them and with them. Yet too many people rather do what is easiest and cheapest, and if that means cutting down an essential part of our eco system than they do it. It’s such crap!

]]> http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-5943 Doreen Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:02:17 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=65#comment-5943 Barbara - you are so welcome! :) I truly understand your heartbreak and I applaud you for your passion too! Thank you for joining others like "us" in teaching our children that nature is a gift. I'm glad you "found me" too... please "visit" anytime... and I wish you and your family a wonderful holiday! Barbara – you are so welcome! I truly understand your heartbreak and I applaud you for your passion too! Thank you for joining others like “us” in teaching our children that nature is a gift. I’m glad you “found me” too… please “visit” anytime… and I wish you and your family a wonderful holiday!

]]> http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-5942 Barbara Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:05:37 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=65#comment-5942 Wow, Doreen, that is the nicest, kindest reply - it brought me to tears and it makes me feel better to know that you and others like you are out there!...thank you, and I am really glad that I found your website! Wow, Doreen, that is the nicest, kindest reply – it brought me to tears and it makes me feel better to know that you and others like you are out there!…thank you, and I am really glad that I found your website!

]]> http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-5930 Doreen Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:52:09 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=65#comment-5930 Barbara - oh, my tree loving friend, you are not alone! I'm sure you ARE heartbroken, as I was when I saw the emptiness of my neighbor's backyard. You did what you could, in asking them not to do it... Now you can make this sad loss of a majestic tree a wonderful lesson for your girls. Teach those two precious ones about how important trees truly are and they will grow up learning to love and appreciate nature instead of fighting against it! Hang in there and thank you for sharing the story... (hugs to you!) Barbara – oh, my tree loving friend, you are not alone! I’m sure you ARE heartbroken, as I was when I saw the emptiness of my neighbor’s backyard. You did what you could, in asking them not to do it… Now you can make this sad loss of a majestic tree a wonderful lesson for your girls. Teach those two precious ones about how important trees truly are and they will grow up learning to love and appreciate nature instead of fighting against it! Hang in there and thank you for sharing the story… (hugs to you!)

]]> http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-5929 Barbara Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:21:29 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=65#comment-5929 Hi, my new neighbors cut down a beautiful, fully-alive, old, huge, gracious pine tree that bordered the corner of my backyard, but was on their property. They did this because the tree made a mess. I had kindly, but strongly, begged them to please not do it. I tried to help them see the beauty and purpose of this grand tree, but they hated it and basically told me "it has to go". So, two days ago, early morning, I heard the sound of chain saws. I had to listen to it all morning. I'm just sick, sick, sick over it and don't know what to do with myself to pull myself together. My property line and backyard privacy is ruined, but I don't even care about that. I care about that tree...in just several hours, it was hacked apart and butchered and is now just a huge sad stump. I found your website and, after reading the above, I thought maybe posting this comment may make me feel better knowing that I am not alone in my love for trees. p.s. I am a Mom, too. I have two beautiful toddler girls. Hi, my new neighbors cut down a beautiful, fully-alive, old, huge, gracious pine tree that bordered the corner of my backyard, but was on their property. They did this because the tree made a mess. I had kindly, but strongly, begged them to please not do it. I tried to help them see the beauty and purpose of this grand tree, but they hated it and basically told me “it has to go”. So, two days ago, early morning, I heard the sound of chain saws. I had to listen to it all morning. I’m just sick, sick, sick over it and don’t know what to do with myself to pull myself together. My property line and backyard privacy is ruined, but I don’t even care about that. I care about that tree…in just several hours, it was hacked apart and butchered and is now just a huge sad stump. I found your website and, after reading the above, I thought maybe posting this comment may make me feel better knowing that I am not alone in my love for trees. p.s. I am a Mom, too. I have two beautiful toddler girls.

]]> http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-3895 » Another (not so) funny story about my “tree obsession”… - Mom Goes Green Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:27:51 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=65#comment-3895 [...] sincerely, I am that passionate about trees.  They serve so, so many purposes.  And I know some people may think I’m crazy, but too bad.  (Do you happen to know that trees [...] [...] sincerely, I am that passionate about trees.  They serve so, so many purposes.  And I know some people may think I’m crazy, but too bad.  (Do you happen to know that trees [...]

]]> http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-3159 Doreen Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:15:43 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=65#comment-3159 bill - I couldn't agree more! It could never cut down healthy trees.... ever! bill – I couldn’t agree more! It could never cut down healthy trees…. ever!

]]> http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-3141 bill Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:56:04 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=65#comment-3141 That's insane! It always just baffles me.. do people like how it looks?? Because to me, it looks the way you described it: just sad and barren and boring and depressing and gross. I've had people on my block do that, and those sad little stumps are just so hard to look at. That's the appeal is it, a lack of nuts and leaves?? That's the whole reason?? I honestly can't do the mental gymnastics required to see how a plain yard would be preferable to a forested one. Just a grass carpet. How BORING. Why even go outside then? You've got a carpet inside, too. That’s insane! It always just baffles me.. do people like how it looks?? Because to me, it looks the way you described it: just sad and barren and boring and depressing and gross. I’ve had people on my block do that, and those sad little stumps are just so hard to look at. That’s the appeal is it, a lack of nuts and leaves?? That’s the whole reason?? I honestly can’t do the mental gymnastics required to see how a plain yard would be preferable to a forested one. Just a grass carpet. How BORING. Why even go outside then? You’ve got a carpet inside, too.

]]> http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-3133 » Raccoons & snakes & birds, oh my! A natural attraction? - Mom Goes Green Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:12:35 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=65#comment-3133 [...] poor little harmless creatures?!  But she is the same person {although she is a nice lady} that chopped down all of her backyard trees last year.) Then there is the other neighbor (also a “tree chopper“) that called out [...] [...] poor little harmless creatures?!  But she is the same person {although she is a nice lady} that chopped down all of her backyard trees last year.) Then there is the other neighbor (also a “tree chopper“) that called out [...]

]]> http://www.momgoesgreen.com/my-neighbor-the-tree-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-2323 » Are you keeping up with “The Greens”? - Mom Goes Green Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:00:31 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=65#comment-2323 [...] as pristine as the one next door since we’ve stopped chemically fertilizing and weed killing and refuse to clear our backyard of trees so the lawn can be [...] [...] as pristine as the one next door since we’ve stopped chemically fertilizing and weed killing and refuse to clear our backyard of trees so the lawn can be [...]

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