Ailanthus Tree Removal at TCC

October 23, 2014 -

PHOTO BY FLAVIA POTENZA MESSENGER 2014

From left, Richard Brody, Carolyn Day, Joe Pileggi and Donald Day prepare to remove Ailanthus trees at the Community Club.

It was the first call to remove the trees manually following the TCC general meeting that discussed the use of herbicides to kill the invasive trees and where a committee was formed to find a non-toxic alternative.

Carolyn Day, creator of the childrens organic garden, agreed to head up the committee and showed up with her husband, Donald Day, checked in with groundskeeper Joe Pileggi and set to work with a small power saw and a generator. When Richard Brody showed up with his weed wrench, a mechanical weed puller, the job was already done.

It took just about an hour to remove 10 trees, some with multi-trunks, Donald said as they piled the branches for disposal. The TCC should buy a wood chipper and put the chips back on the hillside as mulch.

A number of larger trees grow inside the fenced property of the trailer. Its too big a job for us, said Carolyn. Well make an emergency request to the TCC Board to have them taken down professionally. After that we can place black tarps on the stumps to discourage photosynthesis.

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Ailanthus Tree Removal at TCC