Timber

We have had a pine tree and an oak tree in the grassy area of our front yard for years.  I have wanted to cut down the pine tree for quite some time now.  The most recent conversation regarding this topic was in May when we had the landscaping updated.  The hubs laughed and used his famous line "when you get a job".  :)  Boy have I got quite the list going!!!

My reasons for wanting to take it down were I was concerned one of the LARGE dead branches would break off on someone's car or worse yet, someone's head.

Well fast forward three months and Hurricane Harvey came through our area.  Fortunately the only damage we had were the large branches that fell from the pine tree.  Right smack dab on top of the plants in the flower bed.  Perfect shot!

The good part was the plants were almost ready to be replaced...may have lasted another two or three weeks at the most.

Last Monday on my way back from CHH I saw one of our neighbors was having their pine tree cut down.  I didn't say anything.  The hubs comes home and sees the tree cutting service and asks me if I saw them.  He wanted to know how much they would charge to take ours down, remove the stump and trim our oak tree and the neighbors.  So off he goes.  :)

Needless to say, they were at our home on Wednesday and Thursday cutting down our tree.  Tiffani and her family were staying with us so the grandkids and I sat outside and watched it come down.  Well, mostly Ms. A and I.

Our tree was very tall and top heavy with lots and lots of dead branches.  The prettiest part of the tree was at the very top.

Many, many years ago we had a sprinkler system put in.  They had to cut the roots of the pine tree and for a while it was looking pretty bad.  The neighbors had bets on whether or not it was going to last.  We put in tree fertilizer spikes, lots of watering and it survived.

Ms. A and I found it quite fascinating to watch the tree come down.

It was incredible the precision of guiding the branches down without damaging the flower bed that was only two feet away.

One time the whole tree shook really hard as a piece of the trunk banged its way down.  He said he was holding on so tightly so he wouldn't fall.

The girls favorite part was watching the branches go through the chipper.  The smells were amazing.  You could tell the difference when the green needles made their way through.

The hubs had them trim the oak tree so the sun can come through for the grass to grow.  Needless to say the front of the house looks totally different.  The front yard looks way bigger than it did before.  All because a tree is gone.  As my neighbor across the street said "it's unbelievable how a stick (tree) is gone and the yard looks huge".

The stump has been removed and replaced with grass.  With all the rain we got on Monday you can hardly tell a tree is missing.

If you are in the area and are looking for someone to take down a tree let me know and I will give you their info.  Their prices were the best we have found.

Take care,

xoxoxo

Debbie