Tree Work and Yard Work

 During and following Hurricane Dorian we lost nine trees around the house. They were cut and cleaned up a good while back.

Later on, however, we began to notice another large tree that was beginning to lean more and more toward the back deck and back side of the house.  As we watched it carefully, it was obvious that it was making a slow decision to fall!

Instead of waiting for the inevitable, we went on and had the tree removed.  There were three benefits:  no longer are we afraid that our deck will get squashed or the back of the house damaged, we gained a great deal of sunshine for the back yard and especially the banana trees there, and, we got several loads of good wood chips out of the bargain.

We are using these wonderful cedar smelling chips to fill in low places around the yard and to level uneven areas.  We then seed them with winter rye, which comes up quickly and gives us lovely winter green, and then oversow more grass in the spring.

Trish loads the chips and I push the wheelbarrow and unload them.  We come out about even that way.  We both love working in and on the yard it it is getting more beautiful all the time.  At the end of the day we are both worn out, but, I got to take the picture,