and a view of our gate, which I think is rather picturesque.I've seen many many signs nailed directly to trees, and it always makes me sad. Firstly, driving a couple rusty stakes into a tree trunk usually eventually results in damage and probable death of the tree. As the tree swells and grows around the nail, it doesn't take too long to pop the sign right off the tree, leaving a few nails and an ugly scar.
We made some signs to hang up around the property, the obligitory "stay out" signage I guess, and hung them up down at the front gate yesterday. I made stencils with hand drawn font, and used water base enamel paint on some recycled galvanized sheet metal for the final sign. We screwed the metal to pieces of cedar and used hardware to attach chains to the wood. Looping one chain around a branch and another around the trunk securely attached the sign. Some moss will be scraped off where the chain rubs but there are no punctures or girdles to the trunk. We'll have to loosen the chain around the trunk in a few decades. This is a mature ash tree, a slow growing hardwood that likes creek bottom areas. We're not sure of the specific variety of ash, I'll get back to you when we're better at that kind of thing.
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