I forgot to say that Lisbeth was out working with her chainsaw on Friday. (This photo is actually from last year but it gives an idea of what she's about!)
Anyway, she was cutting down the tree that you can just see on the right. No, not the thin spindly one. The one next to that. You can only see some of the leaves. It's an old laurel and she wants to make a seating area and the tree is in the middle of the space. She had to get it done because her friend came today. (The one who's helping her design the garden.) They needed the tree gone so that they could really see the space. Their discussion went well and Lisbeth likes her friends ideas. They also discussed what shrubs and plants might be good to plant so as to obscure the back of the neighbour's shed.
In the photo she's using a sawing-horse. Yesterday, it was more 'free-hand' as she lopped off the branches from the top down. She dealt with all the small stuff, immediately, putting it ready for burning at the end of the garden, leaving the bigger stuff stacked up for another chain-saw session.
P.S. She got a bit frustrated at the end of the day because she mislaid the nut that holds the chain in place. You have to undo it to dismantle the chain part of the chainsaw for cleaning and when she came to put it back together, the nut had disappeared. It took her ages to find that it had rolled under a plant. I kept out of the way and prayed the nut fairy would come to the rescue.
Anyway, she was cutting down the tree that you can just see on the right. No, not the thin spindly one. The one next to that. You can only see some of the leaves. It's an old laurel and she wants to make a seating area and the tree is in the middle of the space. She had to get it done because her friend came today. (The one who's helping her design the garden.) They needed the tree gone so that they could really see the space. Their discussion went well and Lisbeth likes her friends ideas. They also discussed what shrubs and plants might be good to plant so as to obscure the back of the neighbour's shed.
In the photo she's using a sawing-horse. Yesterday, it was more 'free-hand' as she lopped off the branches from the top down. She dealt with all the small stuff, immediately, putting it ready for burning at the end of the garden, leaving the bigger stuff stacked up for another chain-saw session.
P.S. She got a bit frustrated at the end of the day because she mislaid the nut that holds the chain in place. You have to undo it to dismantle the chain part of the chainsaw for cleaning and when she came to put it back together, the nut had disappeared. It took her ages to find that it had rolled under a plant. I kept out of the way and prayed the nut fairy would come to the rescue.
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