Monster spring pole down

The big saw humbled a large black cherry spring pole on Friday.  The tree was then cut to the length of 22 inches for carrying up the hill.  Here's a pile of the main trunk after the cutting.  Lots of young birches are getting more sun as a result of the spring pole's demise.

A bit farther to the north, on the other side of the big raspberry patch between Friday's work areas, some cutting was done to help two young red oaks and a sugar maple get more sun.  The taller of the two oaks is on the left part of this pic, with the sugar maple on the right.  Both got virtually no sun prior to the cutting.

Former ash spring poles were taken down in this area about 18 months ago.  The few feet of standing trunks from those two trees were also cut down.  The smaller chainsaw did that work.

On the way back up the hill this p.m., the wonders of walking trails and trees were soaked up, as was a lot of humidity.  Temps and dew points are high through tomorrow, then relief slated for a nice Labor Day weekend.  Here are pics from the walk back to the house.