Pretty old apple tree in the garden which produces hundreds of not-great-tasting apples every year looks like it’s in a bit of a state. I had to cut back a weird branch that had been cut before, presumably because it shot out horizontally, and there’s a ton of rot.
It’s not in danger of hitting any buildings if it ever does fall, although could maybe take out a distracted child or two if I’m lucky.
Is there anything I can do to save it?
You’re not wrong. I’ve lived in this house a good while now. It was previously owned by the family of a kid I went to school with. The family had long since moved and had been renting out the house for years before I bought it.
I showed the guy a photo of the garden shortly after I’d bought it about 15 years ago, because I’d cleared it after the previous tenants had let it get wildly overgrown. Even then, his first response was “I can’t believe that apple tree is still standing”.