Ashes, Ashes, Most Fall Down

The failed shopping center behind Colonial Cafe has been let go to seed, so to speak.

The failed shopping center behind Colonial Cafe has dying ash trees.

In shopping areas on both sides of Crystal Lake’s Route 14 ash trees are dying.

A dying ash at Sam's Club in Crystal Lake.

A dying ash at Sam’s Club in Crystal Lake.

Ash Ad CopyShows what happens when property owners don’t take preventive action as I am doing with our ash tree in Lakewood.

I know that one other Lakewood resident is using this service.

Every year about this time advertiser Wayne White of Emerald Tree Care comes for the second time to treat the ash that shades our bedroom.

I missed him last year and he sent his daughter to do at least one of the applications of insecticide.

And our tree still looks healthy.

The emerald ash borer had reached the grounds of Mammoth Cave National Park when we visited a year ago.

Our ash tree, on the other hand, you can see below:

The ash tree above our bedroom.

The ash tree above our bedroom.


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