Earlier occupants of our home planted a group of three silver birch trees in a corner of the garden. They grew and, fighting for space, started to lean, so, some years ago, we had one removed and reduced the height of the others. The remaining two have re-grown prodigiously and it is time to say goodbye to another and to shorten the survivor.While we are about it we shall have the fir trees that border the road cut back a little.
The smaller birch tree branches and the cuttings from the fir trees are all chipped. It's useful stuff and at some time in the future I'll be spreading it down as a mulch.
Congrats for not adopting a tree-hugging mentality to all those pesky saplings which have been cutting out your daylight for so long. Someone must have imported those silver birches anyway - you don't live in an acid soil area, do you? If I had my way (with the environment, you understand) I would fell all the bloody eucalyptus's - fine in Oz, but bloody unsightly around here.
ReplyDeletelove the new view! plus i sure love the smell of freshly chipped trees. hope you have been well! xo janet
ReplyDeleteMore sun for your glass house and a much better view!
ReplyDeleteIt is always a hard decision to have one's trees cut down, but sometimes it needs doing and afterwards one is always glad it was done - as you say, it lets in so much light.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you just have to take the bull by the horns and cut them down, if you don't they just keep crowding in on the garden.
ReplyDeleteDear All, yes, you are right, more light, more sun. Job well done!
ReplyDeleteI also had to cut a tree in my garden once. Yeah, it was a dilemma whether or not to use a chainsaw. When the tree came down, sunlight beamed into my garden. It was beautiful.
ReplyDeleteJamie Keifer