We have this huge pin oak tree in the front yard. Some call it a white oak, others call it a water oak, but around here, it's a pin oak. It's a beautiful tree, but it drops acorns.
When Belle and I moved into the house, we wanted a crepe myrtle in the front yard, so I planted one. Crepe myrtles are odd, decorative, flowering trees. When they are young, or when they are stressed, they are spindly. Some old-time growers would weave the spindly trunks together. Others would choose the strongest trunk and cull the others. It's a choice.
Back to my plight. The pin oak was close enough to the crepe myrtle that acorns would fall amongst the spindly trunks of the crepe myrtle. Some took root and over the past several years, the oak saplings grew into the crepe myrtle, choking it out. It looked like hell, and I needed to get a handle on it. But, I have elevated procrastination to an art form.
Yesterday I hooked the utility trailer to the lawn mower and got out that little chainsaw that I bought in February. Went out in the yard and started doing surgery on those oak saplings. The utility tailer is a 4X10 and over the next hour or so, I loaded it with oak saplings. I dragged it over to the burn pile. I was amazed at how muck oak I had cut our of that crepe myrtle. The trailer was stacked five feet high.
I was also amazed at how capable that little 6" chainsaw proved to be. That little saw had plenty of power and I could wield it like a scalpel. No complaints whatsoever. The crepe myrtle is unharmed, and the pin oak is feeling decidedly unwelcome.
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