>I just bought a house where the people before me inserted zinc-coated, steel >eye bolts into 2 trees to support a hammock. It seems that the trees are >growing fine. In fact, it looks as thought the trees are growing around the >bolts. My question is 2-fold: Was it a bad idea by the owner to insert the >bolts? Should I do anything about the bolts now? Please e-mail me at >vinnyd@aol.com
Hi Vinny,
Leave the bolts where they are, the tree will slowly engulf them; as for
whether the tree was hurt by the bolts, well, you wouldn't want to pierce
the trees' bark too often but the once for the bolts was an annoyance but
not necessarily a bad thing. You could also hang a hammock, the trees will
not suffer...... ;-)
Good luck,
Polly M. Law/Thrums End Art Studio
in the beautiful Mid Hudson Valley of NY, USDA zone 5