In every storm we have been worrying that the large trees near the house might fall and crush the house or barn. They were too big for us to cut and too close to the house, so we had some experts in to do it. They were very efficient and cut down or pollarded five huge trees in one day. A cherry picker certainly made it easier, but one of them had to climb several of the trees to get tricky bits off. Scary stuff, high in a tree with a chain saw!
Before
Pine has gone
Ash has been pollarded too
They also cut down two more ash that you can't see clearly in the picture and a dead oak on the drive. The cows decided to rush towards that just as they nearly finished cutting, but we managed to avoid any of them being squashed! One of them was in heat, so they were all acting crazy.
It was expensive to have them clean up all the mess and would have cost more again than just the cutting, so we are now left with a huge mess to clean up!
But that is ok as at least the house and barn are safe.
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