You and me today, Dead Tree…

Except I’m bringin’ a saw to the encounter. :)

Today was the day I looked at this dead tree on the kids’ property and decided it was time. A “Before” photo; the “After” photo.

Three hours later it was gone (well, down to a ground-level stump). I bought a bow saw for the task and easily cut off the two “branches.” Getting the trunk as low to the ground as I could without destroying all the surrounding hostas was quite another matter. It is truly astonishing how much you have to cut through a tree trunk — dead or alive — before the remaining “fibers” give way and you can push it over. But it’s gone, and just in time for the birthday party tomorrow.

Ha-ha! This is not the first post tagged with ‘dead tree’!

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June 8 posts
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