Aerial Tree trimming

We have this massive tree in the back yard. Branches had been hanging over the house, filling the gutters with leaves. This tree sheds all year round and it is a lot of leaves. Daryl decided to trim the overhanging branches.

The tree has relatively soft wood, if you cut it half way through it breaks off. It was worth a shot to see if an isolated branch could be pulled off. A bit of rope and some good throwing isolated the branch.

That didn’t work, so pulling it with the car was next.

That didn’t work either. Daryl needed to find a way to partially cut a branch 20 feet in the air. Three 8 foot lengths of wood screwed together, then screw the hand saw to the end. Magic! (We will eventually get a proper tool, but I hear necessity is the mother of invention).

Several good sized limbs later the roof was pretty well free of overhanging limbs. Then it was time to use the machete to hack them into manageable pieces for ‘the pile’ that will eventually be removed. A job well done!

When I left Pedasi last spring there was literally finger size green shoots sticking out of this stump. A month later it was a lovely little green ‘plant’ covering the stump. Well!! Six months later it was at least 20 feet tall.

We have no idea what type of tree…or vine… it is, but it had to go as soon it would be touching the power lines. That machete works amazingly well.

We do like our visitor. The egret seems to enjoy the food in the grass.

Cheers

Ruth