I really like the ash tree too. I remember seeing a bow made of it, but I think the person told me it wasn't the best wood for a longbow; he said yew was. I re

I really like the ash tree too. I remember seeing a bow made of it, but I think the person told me it wasn't the best wood for a longbow; he said yew was. I remember the hemlocks were in trouble in the late 90s during a gypsy moth breakout in the NE US. Neighbors were spending a fortune trying to protect their trees. I didn't have the money to put into it, and I was lucky. I had about eight of them on my property, and I didn't do anything, and in the end, I only lost one. Two of the others looked beyond recovery, but I left them, and today they are good again. Some of my neighbors lose that number, or more and they had spent a couple of thousand of dollars over two years trying to protect them. I don't knock their efforts, since I am a tree lover. Let's hope this invasive beetle meets some obstacle like the cold where it can get cold, or a domestic predator finds them tasty!