I barely managed to visit the Very Smallholding for a couple of weeks, so now I’ve got a jobs list that is taking over several pages of an exercise book. Having dealt with some of the more urgent items, I decided it was time to clear the path to the wilderness at the bottom of the garden.
After some minutes hacking with a scythe, I found something a bit bigger than a bramble.
That wasn’t there before.
A couple of weeks ago a big storm passed over and clearly it was too much for the large pear tree that had been growing in the bottom of the garden. The tree was probably almost twenty metres tall. I can’t get over the idea that we have a ‘garden’ big enough that we can drop a twenty metre tree and not notice it for two weeks.
So now I’ve got a lot of firewood sitting in the bottom of the garden like a whale in a goldfish bowl and I’ve got to work out what to do with it, and how.
Of course, I’m planning all the awesome things I can do now there’s more sun in this part of the garden, and how I could use the wood in my carpentry course or for interesting artwork, conveniently glossing over the fact that the thing must weigh a couple of tonnes and I’ve got to somehow get it up a slippery hill, after cutting it.
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July 21, 2012 at 5:30 pm
teigl
Cherry is such a lovely wood, can’t wait to see what you do with it when it is seasoned.
July 22, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Andy in Germany
I can’t wait to see how I’ll get it up the hill and somewhere I can make things with it… Watch this space.
July 23, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Randall
Anybody in the area still work with horse teams? What about wood cutters? And finally, I’ve never heard of a pear tree reaching 60 meters. Wow.
July 23, 2012 at 6:46 pm
Randall
Correction. 60 feet, not meters.
July 25, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Andy in Germany
Hello Randall, thanks for the comment(s): it iccurs to me I inly think it’s a pear tree because the landlady said it was: I’ve never seen any fruit…
July 27, 2012 at 8:52 pm
tritonmole
I’d say it must be more likely a pear than a cherry. The bark looks more like pear to me.
But you can decide it better when you look at the leafes. pear leafes are usually a little darker and little thicker.
July 27, 2012 at 9:59 pm
Andy in Germany
Thanks Stefan. I’ll have a closer look and consult Mr. Wikipedia. There’s a cherry tree in the garden too, so I can compare them, as soon as I get through the brambles…
July 28, 2012 at 7:43 am
Zweiradler
Mother Nature is throwing firewood at you? That’s an interesting and unexpected solution to the rising energy costs.
Nico
October 10, 2012 at 5:40 am
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