Yard Work 2008 #5

Friday - April 25, 2008.

Check - Grass cut.

Check - Driveway edged with a hand edger to cleanup the line.

Check - Done.

Then - on Saturday, our new neighbor (new since December, but we only met her two weeks ago) cut down the maple tree that was growing up on/through our front fence. This tree was probably less than eight years old, and started by accident. When we first moved here, it was one of those accident trees, planted by some bird, and was less than 8 feet tall. We asked the previous neighbor if we could cut it down 2-3 years ago - and he said not to worry about it and that he would take care of it. Yeah - they were those kind of neighbors. Once a year yard work type neighbors.

Before

Our new neighbor has been making up for six plus years of neglected yard work. And she and her family took it down today, and I attacked the roots that were growing all through our grass - even eight feet away, going underneath our driveway. Some of the roots were over 5 inches in diameter.

After

It was a nice tree - but just in the wrong location.