Saving Trees
The hottest topic on Neighborhood Nextdoor for the past few weeks has been storm damage to trees, how to prevent it, and who is responsible. We all know Nextdoor can be a mob-like atmosphere, but one totally patient and calm voice rang out. It was Leslie Halleck of Halleck Horticulture, so we asked her to…
The third time was not the charm for WillowTree Custom Homes, as the developer again presented a rezoning request to the Colleyville City Council and again was denied. At a Dec. 19 council meeting in Tarrant County’s Colleyville, residents who live near the planned WillowTree development fought for their right to greenspace, arguing that building…
Today’s Tarrant County Tuesday takes us West to an enchanted stretch of S. FM 4 called Lone Camp in Palo Pinto County. This might be the most challenging article I’ve written in the eight years with CandysDirt.com. (Yeah, Candy, where’s my anniversary gift?) This is a story of a property that doesn’t fit cleanly in…
By now you have probably heard that about 100 trees will be chopped down in North Dallas, trees that line the Dallas North Tollway on the eastern side from Forest Lane north for about a half mile to Harvest Hill Road. All sorts of varieties, too, pines, live oaks — good trees. For 30 years…
