Dead Tree

There was a dead tree outside our backdoor, and shortly after we moved into this house, we had it cut down. It was not rotten or anything, but Rod was worried that it might attract termite. I took this pic just before the workers cut down the tree.

The tree people only cut down the tree and they left the stump. There is no access for a big tree stump grinder to our backyard, so all the different companies we spoke to were very reluctant to do the job. They suggested that we put a pot plant on top of it!

Rod started doing it himself - with different tools: electric saw, mattock, etc. Little progress was made in the last 5 months. I contributed: 2 cuts with the electric saw and removing several smaller roots (up to 5cm in diameter).

We finally bought an electric chain saw, and it was great! The pic above is the "after" pic - it took Rod about 1 hour to cut 10 cm off the top. I took this pic this morning before he started the 2nd round.