Timber!

Lots of tree cutting going on...

See all the stumps?
Mike's gotten about 10 of the dead pine trees down from the back of our yard.

This is the side yard, looking towards the road.
(For point of reference, the edge of the barn is in the left of the photo)

Since they're all pine, we won't be burning them in the fireplace.
So, for now they're in a pile at the very back of our property.
Once all the dead trees are down, we'll be renting a chipper with our neighbor, who also has some a brush pile to get rid of.

<--- Here's the rest of them... still about 10 to go!

Getting rid of all the stumps will be phase two.

I have to say, Mike's gotten quite good at wielding the saw...
-Last month, he helped his brother with two trees (in exchange for help with the barn doors)
-This past weekend, he cut up a HUGE tree at my parents' house that had come down in a storm.  It was a tree with 4 trunks, and all landed on top of each other.  Wish we had a before photo- it was crazy!






SO many dead trees: