While what to do with the stump remains up in the air, 2 limbs on my locust tree no longer do. They too broke during the October snow. Out of the 19 trees that are either in my yard or along the property line, 16 were damaged. The locust tree is in the back yard, near the rabbits. As part of my attempts to protect property before the storm, I turned several empty rabbit hutches on their backs. Those hutches were all in need of new roofs, a couple needed new wire bottoms, and that's why they were empty (plus of course just keeping my rabbit numbers to a reasonable count). With that storm forecast, I knew the empty hutches could easily flip in the winds so I figured they would fare better laying down rather than standing. When the locust tree limbs cracked and dangled, one draped itself across the lowest limb of one of the Crimson King maples. Those two Crimson Kings provide much of the shade for the
rabbits. Thankfully, the maple limb drooped but didn't break. The empty hutches were under all of that. With the ends of the branches on those hutches, I haven't dared pull the hutches out so they've lain on the ground for over 6 months. The legs and perhaps sides survived but roofs and backs rotted in the moisture so there is now more to repair. But at least they weren't squashed.
The tree guys arrived yesterday to remove those limbs. I love watching them work. No crazy wild abandon, they proceed with the utmost caution. Helmeted and harnassed, they move safely through the tangled mess, lower branches first, saving only the limbs themselves for up in the tree work. It is well orchestrated and they earn their dollars.
There was only one casualty yesterday, my beautiful Bleeding Heart. It's a bit on the squashed side right now. Not all of it is broken so it will come back again next year.
Today's back yard adventure is in my neighbor's yard. She is having her inground swimming pool buried. Today's work is the destruction, which means heavy, noisy big boy toys. And the only access is through my driveway. Rabbits who live a quiet life in a private back yard do not like loud noises and strangers. Mine are getting used to that now.
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