The New Hotness

Having an aversion to getting slapped in the face by Blackthorn branches overhanging the Dutchess Rail Trail, I generally give up waiting for anybody else to do the job:

They’re not all Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), but Ailanthus altissima grows like a weed around here and requires heavy cutback:

It’s not just small branches:

Apparently, there was no law against that …

A recent storm dropped many trees across the trail and the maintenance folks deploy bigger saws than I can carry:

Three months after we were told they had ordered replacement tiles, I’m beginning to think I must buy some on Amazon and do this job myself, too:

Maybe it’ll get done when the weather cools …