On Friday, May 4th, the weather station at Leslie Park recorded sustained windspeeds of 38 mph. Unfortunately, this created a problem in the orchard between #6 and #8. Two of the original pear trees from Dr Leslie's orchard were blown over. Both were hollow and predated the golf course. The expected lifespan of a pear tree is around 50 years, so this is not a surprise.
One of the downed trees. You can see the other in the background.
You can read about our efforts to maintain the spirit of the orchard HERE. Basically, every year we try to replace around 10 of the pear trees. When the golf course was built, there was a 12 tree by 12 tree section that was left. This meant that at least 144 pear trees, plus around 25 cherry trees were a part of the golf course.
Ten years ago, there were less than 90 of these trees left. Now, through attrition of new trees and the death of the old trees, we have almost filled all of the empty spots.
A new pear tree next to the old stump.
On May 30th, the windspeeds only reached 28 mph, but that was enough to topple this old oak tree between #11 and #13.
It was kind of big.
And also hollow.
In this picture from 2103, you can see the lean that the tree had.
Due to the tree's size, we will not be able to do anything with the trunk until the ground is frozen. Until that point, the tree will remain were it fell. Luckily, it is mostly out of the way.
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When I pass the Bat Boxes and Chimney Swift "Chimney" I always wonder if we had any bats take up residence in the boxes and chimney swifts in the "chimney". Has anyone ever checked?
As to the trees falling down, that was one large tree that fell on #13. It is interesting how hollow the tree and become.
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