We are definitely making progress on our trees. We are focusing on the brush at the moment. The brush stacks poorly and makes working with the chainsaw difficult. We are taking the limbs to the back yard, burning the brush and stacking the bigger stuff to be cut later. So far we have cleared the back and side yard and now we can drag limbs from the front yard to the back.
Getting the green brush to start on Saturday was a real pain. Eventually Joyce suggested cardboard and it did the trick. After it was started and we had some good coals, it burned the wood at the same pace as our trimming efforts. About dark we let the fire ash over. There were enough coals left on Sunday to relight the fire pretty easy. There was
a bit more smoke but all in all it went pretty well.
With the storms it seems we got those trees down at just the right time. I'm sure they'd be down now after the 80MPH winds we got last night. The storm blew the rain guard off of the exhaust pipe for the water heater and stove vent. We got a new one last night. We also got a rain check for an 18" 42cc chainsaw of our very own. :)