Wednesday, July 25, 2012

If wishes were trees the trees would be fallin'

So you might be wondering about the title of this post.  If you don't already know where it's from, see the end of the blog for the answer.

We had a series of thunderstorms come through for about a week straight.  It was great to get the pond filled from all the rain, but winds coming from the northeast played havoc on the trees.

I was surprised to go check the trail after the storms and see six different, large trees that had fallen across it.  With all these trees falling, I'm surprised I have any forest left.

To fix things, I took the chainsaw and waded into the mess.  Let's just say the trees were dispatched with extreme prejudice.

One problem caused when the bigger trees fall is that they take a lot of other trees with them.  In the picture below, you see the big tree in the foreground took out a similarly sized tree just off to the left.

From 2012-07-24

I think this big, old, dead tree just kind of got tired and just fell over, right across my fence on the back property line.

From 2012-07-24

This tree had been leaning for quite some time.  I guess all it needed was a gust of wind to finish the job.

From 2012-07-24

This section of trail seems to be cursed.  We've had several blow downs as well as one that got hit by lightning and cut in half.

From 2012-07-24

JADT.  Just another dead tree.

From 2012-07-24

It looks like a hurricane came through here but the split trees are actually from a bulldozer session I did to widen the trail.  It was surprising to see the one across the trail had just kind of tipped over.  I must have loosened up the soil too much.

From 2012-07-24

The barn area keeps getting closer and closer to being done.  A couple more burn sessions ought to do the trick.  Then it will be time to bring in gravel.  It'll be nice to be finished with this phase of the project and start building.

From 2012-07-24
The answer, to where the post title came from, is Stand by REM.  I'm not sure what it has to do with anything, but they lyrics kept going through my head while I was clearing the trees.

 Your feet are going to be on the ground 
Your head is there to move you around 
If wishes were trees the trees would be falling 
Listen to reason 
Season is calling

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