B&B Happy Goats....journal

[Bruce]

I can hope for you can't I? Maybe you should put the kids "on the phone" and I can tell them they need to let the old people sleep until the sun is visible.

 

[rachels.haven]

Yikes! Fire ants sound deadly! Ouch!

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

That’s awful!! What a scare!! I’d have been a nervous wreck! I’m really glad they are feeling better and that you are too!! Make sure you have BIG boots on when you get those ants, not just flip flops!!

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

I’m glad you found the ants!! With Winston’s help of course! Last summer, our dog Grover found some of those buggers in the woods at our camp. He didn’t get it near as bad as your pups. But they got his dinger. Poor guy! . We never found the nest...he won’t show us.. Sorry about the tree..sounds like a beauty! Guess you don’t have a need for any of that wonderful wood?? Up here that would be a huge score!! Glad the gutters won’t get clogged. Chris doesn’t have any trees right around our house for reasons like that.

 

[thistlebloom]

Regarding sealing the cuts on your oak tree. It is not recommended that that is done anymore because it interferes with the trees compartmentalization of the wound. It can keep it from sealing the wound off and make the cut vulnerable to disease.
I hope the person you're using is a certified arborist. It would be a shame to damage a specimen tree that has such a long history.
You may want a second opinion, and not necessarily go by the lowest estimate. Sorry to butt in with an unsolicited opinion about your tree. I work with some great arborists in my job, and have also seen some very poor tree work and subsequent damage by wannabe arborists.

 

[Baymule]

We had two dead pine trees cut down this weekend, right at the horse barn. BJ raised Russell up on the front end loader bucket and he tied a rope around the trees as high up as he could. Then laid the rope out the way he wanted it to fall, around another tree and tied to the FEL bucket on the tractor. BJ kept the rope taunt, Russell made his cuts and the tree went down right where he wanted it. Then he did the other one, plus one that was still alive, but several other pines have died in that spot, so while we were at it, down it went. Then--the clean up! We were exhausted yesterday evening.

 

[Bruce]

Had a puppy shocker yesterday afternoon,

Dang ol Fahr Aints!!!!

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

We had two dead pine trees cut down this weekend, right at the horse barn. BJ raised Russell up on the front end loader bucket and he tied a rope around the trees as high up as he could. Then laid the rope out the way he wanted it to fall, around another tree and tied to the FEL bucket on the tractor. BJ kept the rope taunt, Russell made his cuts and the tree went down right where he wanted it. Then he did the other one, plus one that was still alive, but several other pines have died in that spot, so while we were at it, down it went. Then--the clean up! We were exhausted yesterday evening.

Glad it went so well for you! That’s tricky stuff!

 

[Bruce]

Is he bringing in a lift ot climbing? I think it would be hard to just drop the tree without it hitting something.

 

[Mike CHS]

Amberlops has some downed trees....still waiting for a reply from Rammy...

I incorrectly thought Amber was west of the storm area but obviously not.