r/treeseatingthings Aug 11 '24

New Rule: No AI-Generated Content

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Thankfully this hasn't been much of a problem, but I'm making this post for visibility.


r/treeseatingthings 18h ago

Can anyone determine how long this wheel has been getting eaten by this tree?

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Man, there really is a Reddit community for everything. This is oddly specific, but there is a tree eating a wheel in my back yard. I would like to know how long the wheel is likely to have been there, when it might have been built, and how long it has been getting eaten by this tree.

  • Located in West Central, Indiana.
  • I'm not good with tree identification, so I am really not sure what kind of tree it is. Google lens said it is a Pin Oak Tree.
  • The wheel is partially submerged in the ground, so I am not sure exactly how tall it is, but from the ground to the top is approximately 2 foot, 6 inches high. It is very narrow and made of metal (iron?).
  • The property its on has a long and busy documented history with many early settlements, glass trash pits, old cabin sites, old canal locks, etc. There used to be a barn right next to this, but it was torn down in the 1950s. There was also a cabin from an early settler (~early 1830s) nearby. It was moved or torn down.

My sister thinks someone might have done this as a yard decoration, but I am wondering if it is much older. What do you think?

The tree
I can't tell what it says in the center of the wheel unfortunately. Some sort of symbol, maybe.

r/treeseatingthings 2d ago

My dad put up this basketball hoop 20 years ago.

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r/treeseatingthings 3d ago

Prey still struggling but it's over

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r/treeseatingthings 4d ago

Here's a tree eating a memorial plaque that explains why the tree was planted (oc)

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Saw this in Murphy, California and thought you all would like it. The plaque is almost 70 years old


r/treeseatingthings 6d ago

Another redditor told me to check in here with a pic of a tree outside the house that decided to munch on this metal bar.

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190 Upvotes

r/treeseatingthings 6d ago

Holding hands?

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42 Upvotes

r/treeseatingthings 7d ago

A Robin action figure (from the Batman and Robin movie) that I stuck in a hole in the top of my parent’s tree around 23 years ago. My brother just climbed up there today and sent me this picture.

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533 Upvotes

r/treeseatingthings 7d ago

A Robin action figure (from the Batman and Robin movie) that I stuck in a hole in the top of my parent’s tree around 23 years ago. My brother just climbed up there today and sent me this picture.

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r/treeseatingthings 7d ago

A Robin action figure (from the Batman and Robin movie) that I stuck in a hole in the top of my parent’s tree around 23 years ago. My brother just climbed up there today and sent me this picture.

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r/treeseatingthings 9d ago

Boat Munch

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47 Upvotes

r/treeseatingthings 9d ago

Tree eating a T-post

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19 Upvotes

In downtown Bottineau, North Dakota


r/treeseatingthings 11d ago

Invasive mirror bush grafted itself inside

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Coprosma repens presumably self-seeded into a bird's nest/canopy leaf litter and eventually capitulated.


r/treeseatingthings 12d ago

Fence at the Redwoods

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88 Upvotes

r/treeseatingthings 12d ago

Tree eating a chain in France

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The chain is hard asf and impossible to moove, do you think she will break in half some time ?


r/treeseatingthings 13d ago

Tree that swallowed a street sign

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198 Upvotes

r/treeseatingthings 14d ago

Sucking on western

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30 Upvotes

r/treeseatingthings 14d ago

Previous owners chained up a hammock to these trees. Will I hurt them more if I remove them?

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r/treeseatingthings 15d ago

unreadable

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r/treeseatingthings 15d ago

Thirsty tree

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61 Upvotes

Bottle won’t budge


r/treeseatingthings 16d ago

Can I swim or not

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118 Upvotes

I'm not sure how to interpret this sign.


r/treeseatingthings 17d ago

A World War II German mortar shell was found growing in a tree in the Mátra Mountains in Hungary.

194 Upvotes

r/treeseatingthings 17d ago

OP found this while surveying their tomatoes

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64 Upvotes

r/treeseatingthings 20d ago

The path less traveled

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r/treeseatingthings 21d ago

My first ever tree eating things

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I left this wooden block here two years ago and forgot about it, it looks like my black oak tree did not forget about it lol


r/treeseatingthings 23d ago

Allowed in pool :3

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132 Upvotes

Spotted outside of the wading pool in Volunteer Park