Timber

Here are the before and afters from our big tree cutting day, Saturday. I'm not so sure about the front yard yet. It's going to take some getting used to and some serious landscaping next summer. The backyard however, already looks better to me. It will need some work to, but the space is just amazing. I feel like we have a football field for a backyard.

house front--before (with a few inches of snow)

house front afterside of house--more trees were cleared

view from our front window--beforeview from front window after--what a difference
view from my kitchen window--before

view from my kitchen window--after

view from the back sliding glass door--after

view from the back fence--before

view from the back fence--after

Here are some picture of the process. There were two guys with chainsaws pretty much running constantly and then and third guy assisting with equipment, etc. They were very skilled workers. They were able to literally place a 50 foot tree right where they wanted it. Of course, placing a 25 foot tree was easier, but they could do both.


In case you lost count from the pictures and don't know how many trees we had cut down, we can't help you because we lost count too. It was somewhere in the neighborhood of 25. There were 7 in the front yard alone. Some of you probably think we're crazy, but our property does back up to forest service land and we did leave a few trees in our backyard and a couple near our mailbox (on the opposite side of our driveway). Also if you're reading this from Oklahoma where the state total number of trees is 25, I can understand if you're shocked at our Paul Bunyan approach. Also, we don't have to worry about keeping certain trees for shading and cooling purposes. It never gets too hot to worry about that. The important thing here is light. So removing some of the "shades" will help a lot. Now we just have to finish our years worth of clean up! Aye-yai-yai!