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About a week and a half ago we had yet another 50 ft tree fall. This time it was the biggest portion of a 4 trunked red oak that came to a single base. We'd had it cabled, but we've learned since the falling of the tree that it was done all wrong. It hit a different neighbor's roof this time, and chopped a third neighbor's tree in half on the way down and left a segment on their yard that will cost anywhere from $400 to $2300 to remove based on estimates I've received - but their homeowners insurance should cover at least some of that. At least no one was hurt. But since the one trunk of the tree fell, the other trunks portions are more likely to fall, and those portions are pointed at my house. So I got a million quotes (and thank god since there was almost a $5,000 spread between the least and most expensive), picked a company and they are here today to take down the tree. I'll post pictures later, but it's going to be very strange not having that tree, it was one of the prominent features when looking at the back yard from the living room or the deck. I'll now have a clear spot in the complete surround of trees that was my back yard. Oh and a word to the wise for anyone in Maryland needing tree work - Maryland companies need to be licensed and insured. You can call the Maryland Department of Natural Resources at 410-260-8531 and verify if a company's license and insurance is up to date. Virginia companies do not need to be licensed and that's part of how I got burned the first time I had tree work done. Also, I have several names of reputable, licensed, insured, lower cost tree services if you need them. Tags: home, trees
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Belated again, but I wanted to post this before I picked up the new crop today. We had our first veggie casualty in the may 29th delivery - we didn't eat the long beans in time. But everything else was terrific. We had a fantastic southern meal last Sunday- oven fried chicken, biscuits and collard greens. The greens were surprisingly tasty - we all went back for seconds and there were absolutely no leftovers. I'm actually looking forward to getting collard greens again. :) We found out this week that we could sign up for an egg share and get a dozen eggs each week from happy hens (pasture raised, no debeaking etc) . So today will be our first experience with that. I've been getting eggs from the Takoma park Co-op since I read Omnivore's Dilemma, but I like the one-stop-shop aspect of getting it with the csa pickup. In the June 4th pickup we got lots of salad makings including a head of lettuce that weighed almost 2 lbs. My mother in law was in town this weekend and had planned most of our meals at fabulous restaurants so we're a little behind on using it all, but everything is still in great shape so I'll just be having lots of salads this week - which frankly is a good thing given all of the restaurant eating we've had recently. This week I tried cooking the chard in a similar recipe as we had used for the collard greens, but the memory of the collard greens was too fresh in mind mind, and it kicked the chard's butt, so I need to find more alternative chard recipes. I'm starting to run out of ideas for scallions so I've been subbing them in for portions of onions in other recipes. The fresh strawberries have been utterly amazing, and I got a bonus quart from my wonderful neighbor ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) serendipity9000 who went strawberry picking last weekend. So Yummy! Next year I must cancel my plans and go picking with her. Strawberries definitely rank up there with tomatoes on the index of things that are so much yummier when they are picked with no intent to try to package or ship them. You actually get to taste the ripe right off the vine flavor. ( Last week's veggies )Tags: cooking, csa, eco
Current Music: Squirrel Nut Zippers - Got My Own Thing Now
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