Progress

It's been a busy few days. We had the tree guys come last week, and they took down two enormous trees, so as to let light into my garden area. One was an ash, the other an oak, and both were about 60 feet tall. I got to see the oak being felled, and it was a sight! Actually the sound was just as impressive - a loud cracking thunder. Quite amazingly actually, as they had to drive down our (most agreeable) neighbor's side yard (aka rock gully) in order to hook up the truck to the tree to ensure the tree fell where intended. 

The tree guys suggested we might be able to sell our felled trees to a lumber yard or similar, which might finance the cost of the tree removal. Sounded good to us! Unfortunately it didn't pan out, as all the places wanted several trees, not just two, in order to make it worth their while to get their trucks and equipment out to do said removal. On well. We were connected with the Wood Turners Association of Massachusetts - a group who might be able to at least take the wood out of our yard. We were agreeable to this for the ash, but decided to keep the oak for perhaps cutting I to planks next year, or, at the very least, for use as firewood. Anyway, one guy came to our door Saturday morning to discuss this with my husband. He said great, as discussed, half of the ash tree is all yours. My husband then left to run some errands, and I took my boys to the playground to get some much needed exercise. I had a funny feeling, so hurried us all home, and when we returned, I found seven trucks, eleven people, lots of chainsaw noise, the entire ash tree gone, and the oak cut into chunks. To their credit, our new friends stopped immediately when asked, and were gracious about our generosity with the ash. Needless to say, the oak has now been designated for the firewood pile.