A few weeks ago our neighbour pointed out to us that a crack was appearing in the side of our chimney and he thought that it might be because of the holly tree – he also hoped that it would not affect his garage wall.
Time for action? Taking a closer look at the tree it had reached the sort of proportions that make it much too large to be so close to a building, so F decided to cut down the tree and our neighbour offered to help.
Cutting the tree down was the easy part – the roots were another matter!
They had not dislodged the paving slabs and they were more or less parallel with the house and garage, so it should not have been that difficult, but it took a long crowbar, a large axe and lots of effort to make any impression on it.
We’ve ended up with a huge amount of wood and seemingly even more roots.
They have been cut into smaller pieces – the trunk and thick branches and thick roots will make useful firewood – the finer branches, roots and foliage are destined for the garden fire. That is the fun part of the task.
Cutting down the tree has created a space and F has put down a platform of slabs to be the new home for the four household bins - now we're neat and tidy!
1 comment:
Oh, removing tree roots is such a big job. I think my father usually burns them out, but that doesn't seem like a good plan when the stump is four inches from a building.
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