Doing my part for Global Warming
Category Life in Cape Breton
The Nor'easter last week managed to take down 5 big spruces around the property. Most of them were 40 or 50 years old and had managed to grow at least 60 feet in height. Unfortunately the construction and resulting excavation disturbed their root systems and down they came with their roots and soil attached. Donald and his helper Johnny showed up yesterday with chainsaws in hand, and cut the trees into 4 foot sections. They then dragged and stacked everything into two big piles and set them ablaze. The fires burned all night and I've been restacking the wood all day so that everything is almost consumed. Not a great thing for the environment but there are just not many other disposal options for big trees. The fires produced a great quantity of smoke; enough that our friends and neighbors, Ute and Harold from the Cape Breton Smokehouse, the home of the world's best smoked salmon, ( http://www.capebretonrestaurant.com) came knocking on our door convinced that our house was burning down.
The Nor'easter last week managed to take down 5 big spruces around the property. Most of them were 40 or 50 years old and had managed to grow at least 60 feet in height. Unfortunately the construction and resulting excavation disturbed their root systems and down they came with their roots and soil attached. Donald and his helper Johnny showed up yesterday with chainsaws in hand, and cut the trees into 4 foot sections. They then dragged and stacked everything into two big piles and set them ablaze. The fires burned all night and I've been restacking the wood all day so that everything is almost consumed. Not a great thing for the environment but there are just not many other disposal options for big trees. The fires produced a great quantity of smoke; enough that our friends and neighbors, Ute and Harold from the Cape Breton Smokehouse, the home of the world's best smoked salmon, ( http://www.capebretonrestaurant.com) came knocking on our door convinced that our house was burning down.