Ok, I take back everything about the columnar aspen's. I came home to find 2 of them at a 45deg angle (at the base) with roots exposed, a more mature one flexing the whole ground around it and starting to lean, and 2 more leaning against a fence. Thankfully had some ratchet straps and stakes handy. But man, that didn't happen before in the last 10 years.
My concern now... is what do I do to stabilize them again? Do I just try to orient them vertically as much as possible and let the ground dry out and see what happens? Or has the soil around the roots expanded so much that it's lost it's compaction and now they will be at risk, requiring me to do something further?
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