As the Daily Herald and the Chicago Sun-Times reported a year ago, ash trees are now a rarity in McHenry County.

Here’s Wayne White, the man who saved the ash tree that shades half of our home.

Victim of a beetle called the emerald ash borer.

The Daily Herald and Sun-Times reported the demise of ash trees in Illinois a year ago.

Thanks to Emerald Tree Care, one of McHenry County’s advertisers, however, the ash tree between our home in Lakewood and our neighbors is doing fine.

The ash tree shades our bedroom in Lakewood.

You can see what the treatment looks like here.