Timber

Doug and I have enjoyed all of the trees that we have been blessed with in our yard, especially in the back.  Over the years they have provided tons plenty of shade for the Heinisch children's backyard activities.  They have also become home to countless birds. squirrels and chipmunks.  Every year or so we have had to cut one down or trim a large branch.  We have even had a few that were taken out for us by heavy storms.

Every spring Doug takes inventory and this year he noticed that one of our biggest had a dead limb.   As he investigated further he saw that there was a crack in it.  In looking inside he could tell that it was hollow in part.  As this tree would have done some damage to our swing set, other trees and possibly the neighbor's fence, he decided to call a tree trimmer to get his assessment.  They both agreed that it needed to come down.  They felt it could hold on for a few weeks, but the goal was to have it gone by the end of this week.  Today was the day, and although the 8 a.m. chainsaw alarm clock was not appreciated by Meg we were extremely thankful that they came as soon as they did.  The tree had completely rotted and only had about 20% of it's trunk left.  We felt blessed to have it taken care of before it did major damage.  Now Cam can chip golfballs in the backyard all summer long and I won't have to worry.