Here on my Wisconsin farm , it rain a lot last hebdomad . Actually , “ a bunch ” is an understatement — it poured for days , with relatively brief respite between cloudbursts .
During the peak of the weather system , a particularly gravid storm with high wind roll through , and while it missed my farm for the most part , it did leave behind a few vocation placard . Along with the usual scattering of small branch , the storm blew down the top of a White Pine Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ( a sizable section about 25 feet long ) and a similar size chunk of a dead red true pine .
Suffice it to say , I ’ve put in a mickle of work cleaning up these messes . Post - storm cleanup spot of fallen trees is a task that should be addressed as quickly as possible . It can be soft for officious farmers to say “ I ’ll get to that later on , ” only to have grass grow up around fallen trees , make it difficult to see what you ’re doing and even heavily to get everything cleaned up exhaustively . Even worse , if winter get before you may pick up the mess and the grass gets dead set down over the many broken limb , you ’ll have to dig through the dead grass the following springiness in guild to find all of the concealed debris . ( Believe me : Been there , done that ! )
So I powerfully recommend that you take on the post - storm killing process as quickly as potential . bug out by bringing a orotund wagon to each area where you ’ll work — for small jobs , I like to use mytrusty red wagon , though for large projects ( such as clean up an entire fallen tree ) , I prefer a largehay wagon .
Next , snap up your chainsaw ( and maybe a pair of pruning loppers ) and start cutting the tree into manageable piece , focusing on take away the branches and cutting up the trunk into section . Load the larger pieces onto your police wagon while taking care not to overload it — tree shorts can be heavy andyou do n’t want to get stuck .
do by the larger pieces of the tree is the promiscuous part — dealing with the smaller bits of debris can arguably be a bigger challenge . It ’s astound how many bits of bark and leaves and small branch are scattered across the area , and you ’ll probably discover gouges in the undercoat from the impact of the tree .
You might believe you’re able to just take the air around picking up the piece of detritus one by one , and of course you’re able to , but it will be very slow , not to mention hard on your back . Instead , grab a metal bow rake and gather the C ( or thousands ) of bits into piles , which can then be scoop up up in large amounts and placed on your Big Dipper . This is a much more efficient and easier fashion to handle the sheer intensity of debris that a fallen tree diagram make .
clean up after a major storm might not be the most glamorous of husbandry projects , but if you tackle it right away with the right tools , you ’ll save yourself a fate of time and effort in the long rivulet .
