Well we finally did it. Ever since we bought our house I have wanted to cut down this pine tree that is in the picture above (you can't really tell how big it is, abt 30 ft tall) because it looks ridiculous in the front yard (I swear I will always think of how big a tree will get before I plant it because too many forget that trees keep growing), it is killing the grass, scrapes our van every time we back out of the garage and is pushing up the cement and making it crack. So we set a date and took the plunge. Our city will take all the branches for free on the first Saturday of the month, so last Saturday Sam and I and a friend (thanks Wade) cut all the branches off and hauled them to the wood recyclers, is that a word? We then took a little break while we tried to figure out how we were going to get the trunk down. We ended up digging out around the tree, cutting the main roots and then another friend, who has a massive truck (thanks James) hooked up to it with some tow ropes and pulled it over. The kids thought that was awesome, okay I admit, I did too.
This is what was left in our yard, a nice big hole. The kids thought it was great to jump into, atleast until we filled it in. You can also see the end of the trunk in the back of the picture. I think our house looks so much better, it must because we have had way more flyers taken in the past 5 days, and I love it. Our friends took the trunk for firewood (thanks Josh) so now all we have to do is plant some grass :)!
2 comments:
finally got the pictures to work! yay! And I am commenting on every single post, oh well. Looks good without the tree though, I think. There was no picture of the front of the house without it, but I can just imagine. =)
i heard about this adventure. your dad, of course said it was 'amazing'! :} good job! and tell kathryn happy birthday. man, we just let time fly by and didn't get her card out...thanks for the reminder!!
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