About three years ago the two trees on the south side of the house died. It has been bugging me for a long time. Finally we decided to cut them down ourselves. 
This is how tall they were. Sixty feet. You can compare them to the height of the house.
That is a 25' ladder against the one tree.
With the help of a lift truck. The trees came down quickly. The green tree behind them was catching the branches and lowering them to the ground. That saved our windows and our fence from getting smashed. Sometimes you would feel the ground shake when a huge chunk hit the ground. We also had some very large divots we had to fix in the lawn. 
This is our house dead tree free. I cannot believe the difference it made in our back yard. I didn't think they provided much shade. Well the trunks are huge and they made a ton of shade.
We have a TON of fire wood. If you need some, please come get some soon.
I am glad to see them go, but I am so sad. I love trees. I have great pictures of Hannah as a small child buried in leaves. Yes I am glad I don't have to rake them up, but they were fun to play in. Next spring we plan on planting trees in their place. 
2 comments:
Geez, they were HUGE tree's: I should have my Mom and Dad come and get some of the long branches- my dad carves and I am sure he would love them are there much long walking stick like branches??
i'm glad carter hasn't seen the pile on 8600 yet. otherwise i think he'd accidentally (or maybe on purpose) kill a few neighbor friends while playing with them. he he
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