Sad Tree, Happy Tree
Posted in Smallholding and Woodland on September 22, 2011
Our new-to-us woodland has a large number of standing dead trees or ones with bits dangerously hanging off.
Whilst I need to wait until autumn proper to kick off the program of works that is rapidly forming in my head, I am slowly racheting my time up at the woods which is no hardship.
Today I attacked the most dangerous tree that we have, part of a rotten Silver Birch that is hanging over the main access space near the entrance.
I converted this:
Into this:
(healthy parts of the tree have been left well alone)
Next on the list is to salvage this Oak with a split crown:
