TOH—I have a problem (cut down by electric company)
TLDR: live by a ravine. Electric company cut down without treating. Can’t move to a new house and can’t reach some root suckers already present.
Long story: my spouse is not on the same page and thinks I’m overreacting. He cut down a mature tree last fall. Luckily the blowback wasn’t too awful as it could have been. But now the power company cut down a tree I was planning on hack and squirting when the herbicide was delivered. I got it on Saturday night, Sunday it rained all day, I had appts this morning, electric company showed up and whacked it down without even stump treatment (spouse tried to treat last year. Didn’t take).
I now have the correct stuff to use but I feel 100% defeated, spouse thinks I’m overreacting.
The good news: the tree is 100+ feet away from the house and the mature roots go about 20 feet from the corner of the house.
The problem is there is a tree on the edge of the ravine surrounded by thicket, and about 15lateral feet from our well (400ft underground so won’t be affected by the root system).
The ravine TOH os 100% inaccessible. Spouse doesn’t see the need for an arborist and is upset at my panick.
I’m at a loss and just want to vent. I’m 54 years old and 4’10 and have health issues. Despite that, i am a tough old bird and have been fighting what I am able and just now got the good stuff.
Sorry this is so tangential. I’ve had quite a summer and I’m scared.
UPDATE: now the county is clearing some brush across the street and pulled down a ToH there. It’s not my property, however, I’ll cope with the suckers.
I have pathfinder ii, tric 4(thought they were a different product base), hi yield killzall, lots of ppe, and a drill. Hope I have enough protection.