One of these trees is both the same

By adamg on Thu, 06/14/2007 - 6:53pm

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?

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i think

By lynn on Thu, 06/14/2007 - 7:10pm.

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

Where are the trees?

By Jenn on Thu, 06/14/2007 - 7:25pm.

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

No, you're not losing your mind

By adamg on Thu, 06/14/2007 - 7:44pm.

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

I like the concept of a

By RandomHookup on Fri, 06/15/2007 - 5:38pm.

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

Generally, it means the

By Bob on Fri, 06/15/2007 - 7:05pm.

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