Helping hands

Neighborly work has been happening on the hill.  In appreciation for some of our labor, a neighbor gave us a bit of the wood we helped cut.  Also, he took his big excavator through his field to the Jut.  A very large Hardwood Hermitage red maple took a dive during a wind storm.  Or, a half dive.  The tree was leaning against another tree, so the best way to take that down was with really heavy equipment.  Cutting the maple while at that angle was simply too hazardous.

Two lengths of the tree, each about 15 feet long, now rest near the Jut in our neighbor's field.

 

The crown of the tree remains in the Jut.  There's plenty of good wood that will be cut here. After processing, this 2019-20 firewood will come home in several pickup loads.