Raining sawdust

In order to protect power lines and get a year of firewood, a cutting operation was completed today. The work required professionals and a big bucket truck because of the proximity to power lines. Because of the cutting high up in the bucket, it was raining sawdust today! Here are some images of the work.

The biggest trees taken down were showing signs of dieback. These were also the trees that were the biggest threat to the lines. Several lovely paper birches also taken down along driveway. Just the growth from all of the young paper birches on our property this year might make up for the biomass cut down today, though! We'll get a year's worth of firewood out of the deal. Lots of sawing and splitting to do to prep the heat for our 2016-17 season.