Tree Business

The chain saws were roaring again. We had a small, yet perfect window of time to bring down 3 large spruce trees.

We assumed that the trees were originally the previous owners ‘live’ Christmas trees planted after the holidays were over. A lovely thought, however as they grew, they crowded each other out and shaded an already cold house.

The first tree comes down by our very own pair of Young Bucks. E who is a chain saw loving, smoker jumper and Number 4, who is a work horse. The ‘bucks’ were both able to bring down the three trees on a pre-spring day of mild temperatures and nothing yet blooming through the snow.

The first tree shows that it was rotten at the core. We’re doubly grateful that it is down. Our ‘bucks’ get all trees down safely….the trunks blocked, the thick limbs cut and stacked and the long limbs piled up into 4 piles that covered the front lawn, all in one long productive day.

My spring break from school now begins. I spend the next 3 days dragging limbs across the lawn, toss them over the fence to my small slash burn pile. No wind, mild temperatures and the scent of burning spruce. I get a bit of help and encouragement from Hal.

I get a bit of the rotten trunk root burning and before you know it, I have the stump burning from the inside out.

I encourage the stump to continue to burn as it needs to come down as well. I haul and burn and haul and burn and occasionally get a bit singed.

The stump is well burned out….

We’ve a bit of trunk removal still to do, but I cannot wait to begin growing a gorgeous flower garden this year, BTW….!!! The trees we’ve left will now have a better chance to grow.

The snow is gone. The tree mess is cleaned up and spring bulbs are peaking through.

I am grateful and blessed.