May 31, 2026

finished trimming ~300 olive trees this past week, chopping down into firewood and mulch

will also be chopping an old cherry tree in a few weeks before a storm makes it look like yours 😅

Chopping, like with an ax!

I did everything except the trunk and major limbs with the bow saw. Then my neighbor showed up with the chainsaw. Bow saw wasn't big enough to get through the rest. I had my axe out, but that prolly woulda killed me.

haha cherry tree is a bit too big for an axe and too close to the house, will likely have to enlist the professionals. olive trimmings we are mostly doing by hand, but gotta hatchet them up before they dry, otherwise its brutal. feels like chopping rock!