During the last day of our group garage sale the tree guy stopped by to see about our dead tree. Instead of making a second trip out he was ready to drop it right then and we were happy to get it done.
The tree came down in under 10 minutes free and clear except for a couple branches on the other trees in it’s path. I wasn’t home to yell ‘timber’ since I was at the garage sale.
We think the dead tree was beetle infested. Yuck!
Now the work of trimming the branches and cutting the rounds will begin.
Besides that project our master shower project is beginning, too. Demolition starts today.
The garage sale was a huge success. We had 8 or 9 families participating. The first day was the busiest with $3000 worth of sales. We made a good amount in the 3 days and it was worth the extra work we put in. We are happy to clear out things we aren’t using anymore.
Hopefully I’ll be able to get around to see what I’ve missed the last week. Hope all is well.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
..I hope that you have your tree milled into lumber. Beatle wood can be beautiful.
That’s good to know, Tom. Thanks for that info!
Hello,
It is great the tree came down so easily and quick. I am glad you had a successful garage sale. Take care, have a happy week ahead.
I was watching a “home building” show this weekend and they used beetle wood and it was quite lovely!
Wow – a huge tree. Glad it went well and also that you had a good garage sale – great time of year for that. Have a great week.
Glad to hear the tree come down with no problem. We have a couple more to take down yet.
Wow lots of money made at the yard sale. Yard sales never go good for us!!
It’s sad to see a tree die, but good to remove it before those nast pine beetles could infect another one. We have a beautiful emerald ash tree in front of our house and I always worry about the beetle that sometimes infects them. It has not reached our area as yet but has arrived in Denver. Your combined garage sale sounds very successful. Our community hosts one every year but it got rained out this spring.
Glad you could get it done…then and there. How did your garage sale go?
Cheers to a productive adventure!
Glad you could get rid of the eyesore tree so quickly and hopefully no infestation that lingers. Were you able to keep some slices?