Goodbye Big Trees

So sad, but we had to do it. We had to cut down two of the largest and oldest trees on our property. The one in the back, the tall dead pine, was struck by lightening last year and was a danger. The big beautiful red oak in the front was dying from the top down and the limbs were falling at random times down to the ground...also a danger. I took it really hard when the red oak went...we won't see a tree that old again in our yard...in our lifetime. I had the crew cut a 4 inch piece from the tree so we could make the boys a table when it is done curing. The removal was so stressful - the crew had to avoid hitting the other large older trees and damaging our wonderful curved driveway. Needless to say, there is a foot-sized hole in our driveway where a piece fell, several sections of our fence needed repairing, and the stump grinder ground up our sprinkler system - all of which was additional cost to repair. Let's hope that is all the tree removal we need to do for the next couple of years. :)