A few days ago I worked on cutting up the tree that blew over last January. I spent part of one afternoon cutting up the tree. Then part of another afternoon stacking the cut logs. I wanted everything out of the way when I harrow the pasture later. Since the tree was very much alive when it blew over the cut logs will have to sit for a year or so to dry out.
Later I will rake this left-over stuff to clean the area nicely.
As you can see the tree trunk got bigger as I went along.
Enough dirt is around the roots to hold the trunk off the ground as I got closer to the roots. That made cutting easier.
This part of the trunk was so big I had to cut from one side then the other to cut the log off the tree. This part of the tree is out of the way from harrowing so I plan to leave it this way until it dries.
Stacked, the trunk doesn't look as much as it did when laying down. Those are the side branches I plan to later cut so I can use as firewood in my wood stove. The other smaller branches I got rid of.
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