I had to take Mom for bloodwork this morning. When we got to the end of the driveway, the road crews were working on our side of the street, clearing things out to hopefully allow for better drainage. They did the opposite last week.
When we got home, they were just loading up and leaving...
Jim was just happy that they didn't bother our driveway apron...
In the afternoon, we all headed outside again to do more clearing. Before he used the excavator to dig up the stumps from the trees he cut down, he wanted to use the metal detector. But nothing.
Starting to dig out a stump...
The thumb works great for grabbing them once Jim gets it out...
Moving it over to the side...
Once he cleared enough of a path, he brought the chipper up...
Doing some adjustments as we started chipping...
While I worked on the chipping pile, Jim went over to where we put the trees he cut down to get at the dead tree and started cutting branches off...
Continuing to chip - Jim is heading over to use the chainsaw on a big branch...
The chipper is amazing - the auto feed is incredible!
Look how incredible this area looks!
Once we were done with that area, Jim moved the chipper up so that we could start on all the branches he cut up...
In no time, we had all the chipping done...
Then Jim tackled the trunks, cutting them into sections that we will split later...
Now that everything was clear, Jim went back to removing stumps. We have a big stump graveyard now! The size of some of these is huge!
Pulling another stump out...
Adding to a smaller stump graveyard...
Once we were done, we decided to walk back into the woods behind where we were working. We really haven't walked back here in years and it's really grown up. But it's beyond beautiful!
Looking up at some of these huge pine trees is breathtaking...
Six trees in one?
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