a tree grows in Somerville

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

A DPW crew came to my street today and planted a little baby tree. This made me curious: how do they decide where and when to plant new trees? Anyone know?

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[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I wonder about this too. The trees on my street are getting elderly, and they're all getting elderly together. They're mostly Oaks and Maples, and the Oaks are towering giants. I wonder what Somerville's replacement plan is for when they eventually start to go. I wish some little saplings could go in now (where there's room) so that the street isn't treeless once the current tree generation dies.

[ceo]

I have this vision of running across the DPW taking down a big maple and sweet-talking them into leaving the trunk in my driveway. Of course, it'd probaby be full of nails and staples and no sawmill would go near it, never mind that I have nowhere to dry that much lumber once it's cut into boards.