How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?

This is the trunk of the weeping cherry tree. I guess the tree found out that Cindy did not like its trunk. Remember? The folks who sell these trees decided their natural trunks are too fragile so they graft the beautiful top to a sturdy bottom. Just not too sturdy. Somehow the trunk was damaged and the rot spread to its heart. Then it started oozing sap. It must come out. We'll see what gets planted in its place. We're thinking of crepe myrtle.