Dead tree? Make it part of your garden

by Connie Oswald Stofko If a tree dies, you don’t necessarily have to remove it from your garden. These gardeners incorporated the dead tree into their landscape. The Japanese maple in the garden of Sally and Paul Tucker in South Buffalo was attacked by June bugs. “In one day it was down to sticks!” Sally said. Instead of removing the tree, the Tuckers left it in place and hung lanterns from it. “It’s cool looking,” she said. Photo by Connie…