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Red oak spared, for now, in Takena Park

Written May 31st, 2024 by Hasso Hering
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Two months ago a big red oak in Albany’s Takena Park was surrounded by caution tape and in danger of being cut down because of root rot. Now the tape is gone and the tree has been spared, at least for a while.

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About that ailing park tree: An update

Written April 1st, 2024 by Hasso Hering
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Caution tape around a big old tree is always an alarming sight. And this one caught my eye over the last few days as the bike took me past Albany’s Takena Park.

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This might sting a little …

Written July 18th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
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At first glance, seeing yellow caution tape in Albany’s Takena Park made you think that a venerable giant of a tree had been declared a hazard and was about to be cut down. Not so, however. It was a problem of a lesser sort.

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Come summer, more shade

Written February 10th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
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What are those new contraptions in Albany’s Takena Park, I wondered as I was riding past and saw them from the street. Four posts each, with connecting stringers at the top, like big four-poster beds.

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Whoosh! Leaf vacuum in action

Written November 20th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 4 responses.

With a vacuum like that, keeping your place clear of leaves this fall would be a breeze, assuming you could wrestle the big hose around, which looks easier than it is.

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