The Big Chop

Well, I can never cease to be surprised. I was wrong about the Tree Man, he was back within a week, to sort the poor old tree out. With a lot of noise of chain saws, a great big shredder, and two good looking blokes in braces and helmets, and the bloke who owned the company, our poor old tree was sorted out. It was amazing to see what a knot the tree had wound itself into over the years. Species still unidentified, age ?? probably at least 50 years by the number of ringd in the trunks. If anyone would like to confirm this for themselves, there are plenty of logs that can be moved to the wood store, where you could count rings in relative comfort.In the end about 2/3 of the tree was removed and shredded, then dumped into field number 2, to make lovely compost. The remaining 1/3 of the tree is still large, and not too bad looking considering the drastic surgery it has undergone. We also have a huge area( about 10m x 3m that hasn't seem day light form a long long time, and might well turn into a shady seating area. Theres also an area of bank that needs covering with plants. I have an idea for this that involves burying planting baskets half way into the bank and planting up with 'self caring', low maintainance plants. I believe the local pound shop does a great range of plastic flowers and foilage. ( Just joking )