Tree Removal

There are several trees that are dying, so we decided to take them down, one at a time, until we ran out of energy.

They are so ugly! I was happy when Matt brought the chain saw home, even though I knew it would be a LOT of work.

My cutie tree cutter. <3

Tree #1 on its way DOWN!

There it goes!

And it is down. Timber!

So then, we hooked the tree up to the 4 wheeler and drug it to the edge of the woods.

With that done, we started in on #2!

There it is. Once again, we hooked it to the 4 wheeler and drug it down to the woods too. It certainly made quick work of the clean up!

It looks nice and open now - but the other row is still there to block the yard from the road. And sitting in the hammock is still private!

With 2 trees down, the sun was alomst up over the ridge, so we decided to do just one more. The branches were so thick at the bottom that we (Matt) had to cut them out so he could get to the truck to cut it down.

I hate picking up sticks! However, with the 4 wheeler doing so much of the work, I really didnt have much to do.

Shelby ran the camera while tree #3 timbered down....

And with that, tree #3 is on the ground! Matt runs the chain saw like it was a knife through butter. When I grabbed it to help carry it back to the shed, I realized just how heavy it was! When we were done with that last tree, the sun was HOT and we awere ready for a break. Plus, pushing 3 trees into the woods was lots of work, and we also ran out of "easy" room to put them. So, for now, we are done.

And then we looked and saw that HUGE bee nest. Luckily we did not disturb them!