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Originally posted by JRPotts:
Truth be told, it's in the parkway. I can't sell it.

However, I may bring a private cause of action against the Village for nuisance...and as the squirrels are an extension of the tree that they planted...trespass and criminal damage to property.

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Originally posted by t.a. superette:

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Originally posted by Clamato:
Depending on the size and condition, those things are worth money. Never have a tree company take down a walnut. There are special companies that harvest them.

the best/most valuable wood from the black walnut is in the burl/root system.

my mom has lived in the same house for 50 years. perfect specimen of black walnut tree is on her property. that sucker is pencil straight for at least forty feet before the first bough. tree guys are always knocking on her door. she's not selling. i figure she'll wait too long, then it'll be worthless. it's become pretty wind damaged over the years.

anyway, recently some guy scrapes the house next door to hers and builds a new one. during construction he asks if my mom will let him cut the walnut tree down (it's close to the property line and partially hangs over his lot), she politely declines. the other day she told me that the guy sweeps/rakes the walnuts that fall onto his lot back onto my 75-year-old mother's lot for her to pick up. . . so now i have that to deal with. sheesh.

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Originally posted by JRPotts:
Truth be told, it's some old woman's tree. I just take the walnuts that fall and rake/sweep them back onto her yard. The squirrel problem is all her fault!

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Originally posted by JRPotts:
Truth be told, it's in the parkway. I can't sell it.

However, I may bring a private cause of action against the Village for nuisance...and as the squirrels are an extension of the tree that they planted...trespass and criminal damage to property.

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Originally posted by littlegoesalongway:
"no violins? why no violins? in my opinion we need MORE violins. . .

never mind."


Thanks, Emily.

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Originally posted by t.a. superette:

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Originally posted by Clamato:
Depending on the size and condition, those things are worth money. Never have a tree company take down a walnut. There are special companies that harvest them.

the best/most valuable wood from the black walnut is in the burl/root system.

my mom has lived in the same house for 50 years. perfect specimen of black walnut tree is on her property. that sucker is pencil straight for at least forty feet before the first bough. tree guys are always knocking on her door. she's not selling. i figure she'll wait too long, then it'll be worthless. it's become pretty wind damaged over the years.

anyway, recently some guy scrapes the house next door to hers and builds a new one. during construction he asks if my mom will let him cut the walnut tree down (it's close to the property line and partially hangs over his lot), she politely declines. the other day she told me that the guy sweeps/rakes the walnuts that fall onto his lot back onto my 75-year-old mother's lot for her to pick up. . . so now i have that to deal with. sheesh.

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Originally posted by Fish:

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Originally posted by t.a. superette:

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Originally posted by Clamato:
Depending on the size and condition, those things are worth money. Never have a tree company take down a walnut. There are special companies that harvest them.

the best/most valuable wood from the black walnut is in the burl/root system.

my mom has lived in the same house for 50 years. perfect specimen of black walnut tree is on her property. that sucker is pencil straight for at least forty feet before the first bough. tree guys are always knocking on her door. she's not selling. i figure she'll wait too long, then it'll be worthless. it's become pretty wind damaged over the years.

anyway, recently some guy scrapes the house next door to hers and builds a new one. during construction he asks if my mom will let him cut the walnut tree down (it's close to the property line and partially hangs over his lot), she politely declines. the other day she told me that the guy sweeps/rakes the walnuts that fall onto his lot back onto my 75-year-old mother's lot for her to pick up. . . so now i have that to deal with. sheesh.

I'm not saying the neighbor's actions are defensible, but I suppose he could cut (back to the property line) any limbs encroaching on his property and let the tree look like Com Ed hacked at it, right? And (taking your mother's age out of the equation) it is HER tree dropping these things on HIS property, why shouldn't she be responsible for cleaning them up? What if it were one of those disgusting mulberry trees? I had one of those hanging over my deck in LaGrange once and did not get along especially well with that neighbor. Without asking or entering onto the neighbor's property I lopped off a sizeable chunk of branches that hung over the lot line. I'm not sure the nutcase neighbor ever knew I did it, but I sure as hell wasn't going to ask her permission.

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Originally posted by Fish:

I'm not saying the neighbor's actions are defensible, but I suppose he could cut (back to the property line) any limbs encroaching on his property and let the tree look like Com Ed hacked at it, right? And (taking your mother's age out of the equation) it is HER tree dropping these things on HIS property, why shouldn't she be responsible for cleaning them up? What if it were one of those disgusting mulberry trees? I had one of those hanging over my deck in LaGrange once and did not get along especially well with that neighbor. Without asking or entering onto the neighbor's property I lopped off a sizeable chunk of branches that hung over the lot line. I'm not sure the nutcase neighbor ever knew I did it, but I sure as hell wasn't going to ask her permission.

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the sadder thing, to me, is that your logical, rational, and perfectly legal solution is how many new glen ellynites think and act nowadays.

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Originally posted by t.a. superette:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fish:


yeah, i hear you. the sad thing is she lived for 50 years next to another neighbor who didn't mind or would NEVER have considered doing anything so petty. the sadder thing, to me, is that your logical, rational, and perfectly legal solution is how many new glen ellynites think and act nowadays.

socially, the town's changed. i know that must sound like some townie wishing for the good-old days, but in some respects i guess i do.

plus, the guy's a real dick. . .

;^p

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Originally posted by GlenEllynRing:

I couldn't agree with you more, T.A. I've lived in this town my entire life and I'm constantly amazed at how indifferent, even rude, people have become towards each other. That's why I bought up in Saugatuck. All of the neighbors look out for each other there and don't bitch and whine about petty stuff such as someones nuts crossing over property lines - pun semi-intended. ;-)