Laura

Profile

Username:: troutbend
Name:: Laura
Location:: Estes Park, CO
Birthday:: 08/01
Status:: Married
Job / Career:: Hotel - Hospitality

Stats

Post Reads:: 483,022
Posts:: 1942
Photos:: 15
Last Online:: > 30 days ago

View All 1942 »

My Friends

10 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

My Bookmarks

BrownTrout Ln Cabins
Colorado Newspapers
Troutbend Cabins

Feeds: RSS | XML

This Oughta Be Good

Home & Garden > Tree Cutting

Tree Cutting

A 50 foot tree died along the driveway, and it could be blown over in the high winds we get here in the winter. If it fell wrong, it'd take out the power lines, so Mr. Troutbend had to think about how he was going to cut it down.

Yesterday was the big day.

It is a Douglas fir, the kind of wood that 2 by 4s are made of. The tree was rotten inside up to about 8 feet, and then the rest was clear wood that will burn nicely.

We made one section into a planter, hollowed out the rotten center part.

Quackers helped. He likes anything to do with the wheelbarrow.

posted on Aug 15, 2012 7:38 PM ()

Comments:

Sorry for the double post. I am experimenting with my Kindle Fire on the Interwebs. Obviously, I am still learning and have a long way to go.

comment by boots586 on Aug 16, 2012 12:57 PM ()

Oh my, you make me laugh. BTB, I love the planter. Someone is very good with a chain saw?

reply by boots586 on Aug 17, 2012 2:51 PM ()

I thought it had a dream-like quality to it.

reply by troutbend on Aug 17, 2012 8:45 AM ()

comment by kristilyn3 on Aug 16, 2012 11:29 AM ()

reply by troutbend on Aug 17, 2012 8:44 AM ()

Really like the planter. Several trees on this island crashed into houses during Charley. A huge coconut palm on our lawn leaned over to the water till it almost touched the ground, but it didn't crack. I was staring at it and thinking if it's going to lean, as long as it crashes into John's house (really ugly house) and not mine, we're home free. But it survived. And John's house lives but Ed planted huge bushes so he wouldn't have to look at it.

comment by tealstar on Aug 16, 2012 6:24 AM ()

We've got a few trees here that were bent down by heavy snow and never recovered. It surprises me, because like the hurricane, the snow doesn't last all that long.

reply by troutbend on Aug 17, 2012 8:35 AM ()

I love the planter. It is miserable to have to cut down a tree but
sometimes you just have to and it will keep you warm.

comment by elderjane on Aug 16, 2012 6:15 AM ()

There was a large bush that had grown around it, and I think it choked off this poor tree.

reply by troutbend on Aug 17, 2012 8:31 AM ()

Wow! And we really love Quackers. What a blessing for you (and Quackers.)

comment by jondude on Aug 16, 2012 5:04 AM ()

I'm sad to see the end of August coming because it won't be the same around here without Quackers.

reply by troutbend on Aug 17, 2012 8:32 AM ()

That Quackers is really something.

That Quackers is really something.

comment by boots586 on Aug 15, 2012 8:52 PM ()

He has evolved during the time he's been here. At first, he made little fussy noises to himself, and those have almost gone away, I suppose because he's more settled and happy. Yesterday morning he walked around the house all by himself, maybe looking for the fox. Usually, if we want him in the back yard, it's difficult to get him there.

reply by troutbend on Aug 17, 2012 8:44 AM ()

What a creative genius with the planter!! I like it a lot!

comment by jerms on Aug 15, 2012 8:32 PM ()

The outside wood is so good, it seemed like the thing to do. The previous log planter we had lasted 10 years.

reply by troutbend on Aug 17, 2012 8:29 AM ()

Firewood????? Cold weather????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

comment by greatmartin on Aug 15, 2012 8:17 PM ()

I know what you mean. As much as we fretted about the hot, dry weather, I am sorry to see the summer end. For one thing, the goose will be leaving for his new home.

reply by troutbend on Aug 17, 2012 8:28 AM ()

Comment on this article

1,942 articles found [ Previous Article ] [ Next Article ] [ First ] [ Last ]

Laura

Profile

Stats

Recent Posts

My Friends

My Bookmarks

Subscribe

This Oughta Be Good

Tree Cutting