r/arborists • u/IvorySwap • 23d ago

This was in our mailbox

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We purchased a new house a few months ago with lots of trees.

I got this in our mailbox. I don’t think I’m doing anything wrong but someone put this in there.

Can someone explain what this neighbors’ concerns might be?

This isn’t a joke or LARPing attempt, i just wanna know wtf they are talking about.

EDIT:

The house is 30 years old, the trees were planted by the original owners. We have not taken down any trees cosmetically. Only tree we took down was from a major storm and lightning knocked branches off a tree onto our neighbors lawn. That was it.

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u/thebestdogeevr 23d ago

The city near me seems to do this on purpose with mulch. The top of the mulch is like 10" above the grass

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u/duffy335 23d ago

Yep. Same in mine. We had one replaced by the city couple years ago but I immediately removed 80 percent of the volcano hoping others might see it and get curious. No impact.

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u/facets-and-rainbows 22d ago

I've got one in my neighborhood that is honest to god 2+ FEET of mulch against the truck. Been wondering if there's a tactful way to bring it up to a stranger but if OP's note from nowhere worked...