Category: Trees

tree time!

12/13/2021

When your gutters need a cleaning and a lift has to be hired and there's an opportunity to make it do double duty. May your holidays be luminous and bring in a lighter, brighter new year!

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A few weeks ago, Donald was working by the wood stove in the kitchen when he heard a tremendous crash. He looked out to see that an old spruce in our backyard had fallen over, for no apparent reason. We were glad to have already taken down trees near the house. Spruce isn't good firewood, so Larry will chop it and give it to a guy who taps spruce for sap.

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i think that i shall never see a post as lovely as a tree

2/1/2012

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Regrets to ~~Kipling~~ Kilmer. Venerable tulip tree in the back yard, recently trimmed, silhouetted against clear, faux-spring sky.

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putting down new roots

11/11/2011

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Landclearing is an important part of the job. Healthy trees are pruned and sometimes re-sited. New willows are strategically placed in the field for beauty and privacy from the road.

Landclearing conducted by Larry Burcroff and his assistant Ryan. Rob drives.

Willow moving to new home in the field.

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white christmas came before halloween this year

10/29/2011

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How glad we were to have taken down the trees that listed over the roof. And to have discovered that snow makes our driveway undriveable, in time to fix the problem before winter.

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going, going, gone

8/25/2011

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April 17, 2011

June 19, 2011

August 22, 2011

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a tree isn't gone if its stump is still there

8/24/2011

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Remember Tim and Toni Locke who felled the overgrown trees near the house? This week, they came back to take out the stumps. An opportunist tree salesman, catching a glimpse of this procedure from the road, thought to make a sale by swerving onto the property to inquire if we needed replacements for the trees being removed. (No.)

Small skid steer works with the grapple rake attachment to maneuver stump extracted by big excavator (below.)

Holleywood's stumps were so wide, a stump grinder had to "grind them off" to fit in the dump truck that would cart them away.

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burning brush

8/21/2011

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Landscaping at this point is landclearing. Brush is removed not only because it's unsightly, but because it is choking and stunting trees. Like lilacs and a lovely fruit-bearing pear tree we discovered buried inside a clump. The brush is burned, creating (permitted) fires so dramatic that an artist stopped by for permission to paint them.

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tree felling, continued

7/1/2011

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The tree felling adventure was repeated this week when several overgrown spruces came down on the porch side of the house. They were not only listing, but crowding out an oak and a tulip tree which we hope will rebranch and fill out and thrive. Now, light streams in not only through front windows, but west windows, too.