When I was a kid my dad always said no to building a tree house because hammering nails into the tree could kill it. I’m still wondering if he’s right or if he was just too lazy to build a tree house.
My dad split the difference and built me a “treehouse” on 4 4x4 posts, about 6 ft in the air.
I went in it maybe a couple dozen times over the years.
They’re a lot more exciting in the brochure :)
My best friend’s father ( long before we met) said they could build a tree house if they didn’t put nails in the tree, so they stole materials from building sites and built the entire thing captive, nailed to itself, wrapped in and out of the branches. They also used it a scant number of times.
When I was a kid my dad always said no to building a tree house because hammering nails into the tree could kill it. I’m still wondering if he’s right or if he was just too lazy to build a tree house.
My dad split the difference and built me a “treehouse” on 4 4x4 posts, about 6 ft in the air.
I went in it maybe a couple dozen times over the years.
They’re a lot more exciting in the brochure :)
My best friend’s father ( long before we met) said they could build a tree house if they didn’t put nails in the tree, so they stole materials from building sites and built the entire thing captive, nailed to itself, wrapped in and out of the branches. They also used it a scant number of times.
There’s no way that’s right. If that were the case, then woodpeckers would be the scourge of trees everywhere.