You would think the last thing on our minds on a 'green' day would be cutting down about a dozen full-sized Cherry trees. I wanted the one nearest the barn cut down before it leafs out, to keep the debris down and not have the potentially toxic leaves blowing around the horses.
We got carried away. After he cut that tree up into manageable pieces he decided to brush hog between the trees in the old fence line down the hill in the future pasture. He got lots done, exposing groundhog holes, too, and old metal fencing. Some of the metal is buried in the groundhog hole mounds and trees.
Mid-day, after all this hard work it was decided we would go to Southern States Cooperative and get that Stihl saw he's been eyeing for years. The model is called 'Farm Boss.' We took the dogs, because we can, and headed out for town and lunch.
Everybody was so nice to the dogs, too, Max was mostly on his best behavior and April was a real trooper and a gentle lady. Both were offered treats, again and again. Rounding out our order, we also got another cache of 'groundhog bombs' and 50 lbs. of pasture mix seed. The dogs slept on the way back.
He hit the trees pretty good when we got back; before dark he had most all of the Cherries down, lots of them already cut up into manageable pieces. The pasture mix seed is for the bare ground between all these downed trees. It was a beautiful day!
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