Renovations, Part III: Tree
I don’t know if it really counts as part of the renovation, but since cutting down a large tree is a major change to anyone’s yard, I figure this is fair game.
Damaged tree
This poor pine’s fate was sealed when it was planted almost directly under the power line. Over the years the power company has hacked it back, topped it, pruned it, and otherwise mangled it beyond all hope of beauty. The kindest thing to do was put the tree out of its misery.
Alan Metcalf cuts down my tree.
It was pretty cool. My dad has one of those chainsaws on a long boom, so he limbed quite a few branches from the ground before Alan Metcalf finished it off and bucked it into firewood lengths for me. I know pine isn’t the best for heating with, but we’ve got it, and Erik has expressed an interest in splitting it. And really, you just don’t argue with a man who wants to chop wood.
August 15th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Exactly! It might not be what you would CHOOSE to burn if you were buying something – but wood is wood!
The first house my husband and I purchased had a pine tree that was actually growing against the roof of the house now. Why on earth would someone plant a tree that is destined to be 50+ feet tall only 24 inches from the foundation/wall/roof of their house?
Kept my husband busy for awhile knocking the tree in blocks and then finally felling the entire thing. I ended up with an interesting stump to set a large container on in my new flower bed. *grin*
Thanks for the reminder to think LONG TERM when planting large trees. They only stay tiny saplings for so long!
Angela <