Last summer, I discovered that my property is a little bigger than I thought it was and that a row of mostly dead trees and sucker growth were not my property line. So getting rid of that mess was foremost on my mind as it would open up the lot considerably. My dear friend and self-appointed adopted dad Charles promised that the first nice day of spring that he had a new chainsaw chain, he would get those trees down for me. This afternoon, he made good on his promise!
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- Looking north. That big ol’ tree is completely rotten.
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- Looking south. I thought that row of sucker growth was my property line, but it’s actually the mature trees behind it.
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- Looking south. Doesn’t the property look bigger?!
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- Looking north. Charles left a big stump in the off chance that it can be pulled out by a tractor. Otherwise, he will come back and cut it flush to the ground.
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- Part of the big pile of brush we will take to a nearby dump pit the next time Charles hooks up the flatbed trailer to his truck.
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- Charles making the cuttings easier to manage.
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- Cutting up the big tree.
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- Big dog is Charles’ and my beloved Brutus. Little dog belongs to a neighbour I don’t know. He thinks I’m his mother. He is cute…
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- Charles took the big tree down in sections and is cutting one of the big limbs to make it easier to handle.
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- Charles trying to figure out how to get the big tree down without damaging the nearby house or taking down power lines.
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- The first cuts, just getting rid of the sucker growth.
Things are coming together! The electrician is coming first thing in the morning (!!!), another neighbour is going to tackle my gravel pile with his tractor, and the guy who is going to move my graineries might do so over the weekend (OMG).
When am I moving back to Haven? SaskPower will come within 10 days of the electrician to hook me up to the grid, so I’m not moving back before that happens, and the gravel has to be finished, too. I may get back there yet!
You have so many wonderful friends! No wonder you love your Haven so much. I will be thinking of you often in the coming days and hoping the power is turned on in way less than 10 days.
Are you going to save any of the wood for outdoor fires on those cool nights? We always save a bunch when we have our oak trees trimmed.
It’s so dry here during the summer that you can’t have fires during the summer. Charles says I should stack the logs for whenever I get a wood stove, but that the smaller branches aren’t worth hanging onto.
WAHOOOOO!!!
What great neighbors you have! Of course, you have been a great neighbor, too, helping them with their projects. What goes around comes around. Hopefully you can get the stump out while the ground is soft with winter melt. Haven just keeps getting better and better.
It is that “Community” thing. This is really great. Things are coming together for you.
Nice to have helpful neighbors with skills you need. Perhaps the Haven will be in pretty good shape sooner than expected. Hope the progress continues.