Why is my pecan tree dying and what is eating my plants?
Lots of dead branches. What could it be?
These questions crossed my mind several times throughout June and July. Several branches on the main pecan tree in our backyard were dried up and some culprit was eating my plants. It's funny what moves people into action. I think plain old vanity usually does it for me. John and I were preparing to have about forty people to the house for a bridal shower in August and I didn't want the tree to look "ugly" or especially like it was dying. It was mid July before I called the people at They Might Be Monkeys and scheduled an arborist named Nevil to come and talk to John about the tree. The charge was $85 for a very informative consultation. All I really wanted to know was whether the tree was dying or not, but Nevil gave John lots more information than that and an estimate for what it would cost to implement a plan to get our trees looking gorgeous and growing healthy. The estimate was not cheap and that ite
