We had a horrible pine tree in our front yard. ;-) I've hated the thing since we moved in. It dropped needles year round, preventing anything from growing beneath it, it was full of sap and pollen.....that it liked to drop all over our cars, and it was just an ugly sight! There were two good things about that tree....the shade it cast on the living room window, and the hummingbird nest I got to watch last spring.....we actually saw the mommy/daddy build the nest, lay eggs, hatch, grow, then fly away.....it was pretty awesome. We'd always talked about taking it down, but we were afraid to because of the hot sun. Well, we finally just decided to do it.....mostly because we're trying to re-vamp the front yard. The Johnson kids (mostly Vala) expressed their sadness (the Johnson's are my nieces and nephews that grew up in this house, and played in that tree all the time.....it was a great climbing tree.....Neeka even 'ran away' to the tree one night) for the removal of the tree, but I'm pretty sure they'll get over it. ;-)
So, I called Dave's Tree Service (highly recommended) to come take the tree out. Three days before they were scheduled to come, Jonesy came over and said he wanted the (fire)wood from the tree, so he and Adam then decide they can do it! Yikes! I was not looking forward to that...though it was much cheaper...free! I canceled with Dave, and had a great time watching the guys (manly men) take the wretched thing down! I can't upload video right now (but I will), the thing had so much pollen in it, if you had allergies you would probably have died if you were anywhere near it!
It was difficult to get a pic, I was holding Squirrel, looking into the sun, and trying to work the camera at the same time.
How do you work this thing?
We'll just cut to the chase! It's almost gone!!
Bye bye tree!! Look at that mess! I was very concerned that we would be filling our yard debris bin for the next couple of months trying to get the brush cleaned up. Thank goodness the guys cut the firewood, loaded up the brush and took it to Jonesy's dad's house and threw it in his burn pile! The only thing I did (to help) was sweep the driveway!
You might notice the new retaining wall!! I'll do another post on that....when I get the chance.
So, the tree couldn't leave without giving us some problems.
He's hacking away at the dang thing. Adam is so awesome. ;-)
Oh surprise!! I broke a pipe under my stump! (I'll post the video of the stump removal when I can) He's pretty sure it's a rain drain.....fun, one more thing to work on.
Digging it up.
Notice the concrete block!! There was a metal (Adam thinks maybe stainless steel) pipe connected to the plastic (?) pipe. Well, they didn't exactly fit together so whoever laid them poured concrete over the elbow to 'fit' them together and prevent leakage. What a retarded jerk!!
The stupid pipe!
All done! He sure loved that pipe!! Lol!
