Comments on: Storm Damage http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/2009/05/30/storm-damage/ (It's not defined!) Mon, 21 May 2012 23:22:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Blair http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/2009/05/30/storm-damage/#comment-4294 Blair Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:26:42 +0000 http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/?p=1265#comment-4294 Ah well. They took the bags with all the small stuff, but apparently the branches were too large. A friend's coming over on Friday with a pickup. We'll haul everything over to the county waste transfer center. Ah well. They took the bags with all the small stuff, but apparently the branches were too large.

A friend’s coming over on Friday with a pickup. We’ll haul everything over to the county waste transfer center.

]]> By: Blair http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/2009/05/30/storm-damage/#comment-4293 Blair Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:11:35 +0000 http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/?p=1265#comment-4293 Actually, even though the tree is between my house and the neighbor's, the branch landed straight back in the park behind the house. Something like 20 feet from the house. I finally spotted where this branch broke away. It must have been a pretty incredible gust of wind that deposited it in the park because by all rights, it looks like it should have hit the deck and possibly the roof as well. Leaving it for the county to pick up was a tempting idea, but the experience with past branches has been that it would probably still be there next summer. I got the chunk near the deck cleaned up on Saturday. On Sunday I had the crabapple branch in the yard cleaned up and was working on the remaining pine branch when the neighbor on the other side came over. Turns out he has a chain saw Five minutes later it was all over except for hauling stuff to the curb. While he was there with the chain saw, we also trimmed the crabapple where the one branch had broken off and cut off another dead one. I then borrowed a pole saw and cut some dead branches off the pine and pruned a few more that were still near the house. There's now a huge pile of branches out by the curb. As part of the county's recycling program, they also haul away yard waste. This is the largest pile I've ever put out, so I guess by Tuesday evening I'll know whether they put any limits on the amount. Actually, even though the tree is between my house and the neighbor’s, the branch landed straight back in the park behind the house. Something like 20 feet from the house.

I finally spotted where this branch broke away. It must have been a pretty incredible gust of wind that deposited it in the park because by all rights, it looks like it should have hit the deck and possibly the roof as well.

Leaving it for the county to pick up was a tempting idea, but the experience with past branches has been that it would probably still be there next summer. I got the chunk near the deck cleaned up on Saturday. On Sunday I had the crabapple branch in the yard cleaned up and was working on the remaining pine branch when the neighbor on the other side came over. Turns out he has a chain saw Five minutes later it was all over except for hauling stuff to the curb.

While he was there with the chain saw, we also trimmed the crabapple where the one branch had broken off and cut off another dead one. I then borrowed a pole saw and cut some dead branches off the pine and pruned a few more that were still near the house.

There’s now a huge pile of branches out by the curb. As part of the county’s recycling program, they also haul away yard waste. This is the largest pile I’ve ever put out, so I guess by Tuesday evening I’ll know whether they put any limits on the amount.

]]> By: Popper http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/2009/05/30/storm-damage/#comment-4288 Popper Sun, 31 May 2009 01:21:57 +0000 http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/?p=1265#comment-4288 Well Dang - the large piece fell into the park entrance on the neighbor's side of the fence. Throw the other pieces over the fence and the county will clean it up. Maybe they will even offer to repair the bent fence. And I like to tie Wylie in that section of the yard so he will be in the shade. Well Dang - the large piece fell into the park entrance on the neighbor’s side of the fence. Throw the other pieces over the fence and the county will clean it up. Maybe they will even offer to repair the bent fence.

And I like to tie Wylie in that section of the yard so he will be in the shade.

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