My $0.89 Obliterate the Oak Tree Experiment

As I mentioned in my last article, we have this oak tree growing up through our peach tree. I read online that if you put copper nails into it, it will kill the roots. I don't know how or why that's supposed to work, but I decided to give it a swing. We went down to the hardware store, and after looking around for a while, we finally came up with these copper tacks for 89 cents:

Here's the lovely oak tree we're trying to be rid of:

You can tell that it was dark when I trimmed it last time. I left a lot of stuff alive. I started pressing the nails into each branch after I trimmed off the stuff I left:

Most went right in without problems. Others I had to use a hammer to get them to go in clear:

This is what the tips of each branch looked like:

Pretty classy, if you ask me. :) I like copper. The largest ones got two:

I just kept adding...

...until they all got one:

Good thing I had some company during this monotonous task:

I also got to brush a little red spider off my face when I was done. I tried to take his picture, but he ran off too fast. :( Better luck next time. :)