Re: Garbage men!!
Sorry to hear about the basjoo. I hope the lasiocarpas fared better.
I have a basjoo, close to the sidewalk, but it's at the opposite end of the property, from where I put out my garbage, and it is about 10 feet tall. So far it's been unscathed. I did have a similar, but not identical, problem a couple of years ago. Our garbage is picked up by the city sanitation department. I place the trash at the curb, and I have a line of arborvitaes up against the sidewalk. The problem, here, is that they can never seem to be able to stand the empty cans up. They throw them on their sides, in the street, and they roll and blow around all over, and the covers get run over. I handled a couple of cans a week, and I always managed to get them standing right side up; these guys handle hundreds every day, and they can't do it. I had three cans stolen, and I decided it was enough. Now I keep the cans close to the house and, on collection day, I carry the bags to the curb. No more cans to get stolen/hit by cars.
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John
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