Garage Project: Part 1 - Tree Removal

Finally after living in our house for almost exactly one year - we have started the garage project. In our neighborhood almost all of the homes have detached garages and we are doing the same.

First item on the checklist: REMOVAL OF TWO GIANT-NOT-SO-ATTRACTIVE-TREES

We were sad to lose the shade but not the anxiety of thinking a branch is going to come crashing through your back window every time the wind blows. However, I am from Oregon......so two trees out - and two will go back in (eventually).

The trees were cut down, stumps destroyed, wood hauled off and everything cleaned up in under two hours. These guys did their thing. Harrison was in heaven with all the loud power equipment used - and he added chipper and chain saw to his vocab.

Looking down the driveway from the street and then looking at them from the backyard.

I told you they weren't pretty.....

And the Box Elder is history...

Next is the Sumac.....I was thrilled to see this one go. Just a couple of weeks ago a giant branch broke off and missed our window by inches.


Down came the trunks.....


Then the stump grinder....


and they are gone.

Now I realize the yard still looks absolutely horrific - there is MUCH more to come...