Rick Gaehl<p>Here we have two venerable, old trees growing in a pasture field. The oak, on the right, is doing just fine, but the poor ash, on the left, has clearly got a bad case of dieback. Experts reckon the dieback fungus will eventually kill about 80% of ash trees in the UK. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThickTrunkTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThickTrunkTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trees</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a></p>