One of these trees is both the same

Some Assembly Required noticed today that crews along Huntington Avenue near the Mass. College of Art were replacing seemingly healthy trees with new seemingly health trees, and he wonders why.

Maybe Steven "I came home the other day to find out all my furniture had been stolen and replaced with an exact replica" Wright is now in charge of tree plantings in Boston?

Posted In

i think

it's to do with the size of the trees and/or the length of time they've been planted in order to prevent the roots from breaking up the sidewalk?

maybe, maybe not, but that's my theory

lynn | Thu, 06/14/2007 - 6:10pm

Where are the trees?

I must be losing my mind, I cannot find the story about the trees on the blog you link to in this post!

Jenn (not verified) | Thu, 06/14/2007 - 6:25pm

No, you're not losing your mind

I'm losing my ability to cut and paste. The link now actually goes where it should. Sorry for wasting your time!

adamg | Thu, 06/14/2007 - 6:44pm

I like the concept of a

I like the concept of a 'health tree'. Perhaps I should look into getting one for my house.

RandomHookup (not verified) | Fri, 06/15/2007 - 4:38pm

Generally, it means the

Generally, it means the contractor did something wrong the first time around...wrong species, wrong soil, wrong size.

Bob (not verified) | Fri, 06/15/2007 - 6:05pm

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.