Due to a virus which has been killing off blue spruce trees in the city of Novi, we were instructed by city officials to remove all our blue spruces which were on the church property. The result: 28 trees were taken down on Monday, July 10 and Tuesday, July 11.
While the berm looks rather barren, it will not remain so for long. City of Novi officials have given us a list of suggested replacements for the felled trees. City regulations require the trees which provide a degree of privacy between us and our neighbors (not that we despise our neighbors).
Later this year, we will be adding quite a few bushes and trees to the property. Sadly, it will be many years before they achieve the kind of growth we had with the trees that came down.
Before:
So sad to see so many trees dying off. Alaska last year had a bug that was destroying large sections of forested land. Looked about like your Before pics. Hard to replace. God Bless.
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