Discovering that one of our large pine trees was dying it was recommended to have it felled sooner than later as Radiata Pines are known to become very unstable as they die.
First the sheds under the tree needed to be dismantled, which was on the agenda before the news of the fate of the tree anyway. Rod worked over many sessions to clear the way.
In the history of our time at Ashwell we have never seen this area totally clear as when we first arrived there was a bird Avery and then we added a mower shed (an existing shed dragged down the hill behind the car) and then a potting shed and screened area for plant raising.
The branches are somewhat sparse compared to the other pine, one of the tell tale signs of its health.
Tim and Matt were great, hard working tree fellas. Despite that we had some junky piles of stuff and make-shift compost heap they successfully avoided them all. Now to get rid of all this timber!
