Mystery tree
So this tree is in our yard,
The trunk is wrapped in plastic.
What kind of tree? Why is it wrapped? And what should we do about it?
It’s all coming back to me now
So you should know that I am not a “shopper”. I live in shopping mall heaven — I’m ten minutes from the Broadway Mall, 15 from Roosevelt Field and 25 from Whitman Shoppes — but I seldom go to the mall. I prefer to shop on line. And when I do venture into a store, I usually know what I want and buy it as quickly as possible. I’m not one to browse through stores just to see what’s for sale. There’s a local chain, Baked By Melissa , that specializes in mini cupcakes. They’re primarily in Manhattan. A few years ago Becca introduced me to their product - delicate little cakes, exquisitely decorated, very tasty. I walk past their shop on 7th Avenue whenever we go to the theater. Well, last week I remembered that they used to have a second shop on 7th, right next to the original shop, but selling gluten-free versions of all their cupcakes. The gluten-free shop closed, but the company continues to make a gluten-free version of their product. So I thought that gluten-free cupcakes wou
Quite the mystery. Did the landlord know?
ReplyDeleteI can't tell for sure, but it looks like someone might have been trying to force a shrub into a tree shape. Maybe the wrapping to discourage new growth on the "trunk"? I know they wrap new trees to avoid sun scald, that that isn't a new tree. If I moved into a house and saw that, I would cut it off. Not good for it long term, it gets damp underneath that plastic. Maybe as your landlord, although it doesn't sound from past posts he (or she) is very responsive to your requests. Maybe he (or she, I forget) did it for some reason.
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