Our Liquid Amber tree, pretty to look at especially in autumn, was too close to the house and had caused much damage to our timber deck. The birds, frequent visitors, had made it impossible for us to stay under the tree for any length of time most of the year round. In the end we made the sad decision to have it removed.
Dom climbed up the tree which was in its last autumnal glory . . . .
and started pruning . . . .
till there were only a few branches left. . .
The excitement was recorded on video too, such as this one where the last nearly ended up on the roof !
Falling the last Liquid Amber branch from Kin-Mun Kan on Vimeo.
and then there was only the main trunk left . . .
meanwhile the heavy chipper worked away at the front . . .
and then the main trunk was gradually sliced away . . .
into pieces small enough to be carried . . . . 
and finally the main stump was ground . . . .
leaving the house with a bare look, hopefully not for too long.
1 comment:
hi KM,
Ha! finally managed to access your blog from anthonytan@ippfa.com after having problems with the hot-links on the Outlook Express at my home email.
How old is the Liquid Amber Tree and how tall? It looks like the local Sea Almond Tree or "Ketapang". I think I remembered seeing it at our last and only visit there - was it in front of your raised wooden patio where you would read the morning daily sipping your cup of coffee?
Always difficult to miss those who gave us companionship and shade......including the bird droppings. Anyway, no more being a slave to leaves-sweeping and broken tiles.
I shall need your experience when I have to fall the old mango tree, given to me as a seedling by my father, and we enjoyed Thai Mangoes very much, and I had thought it would be good to have an orchard just at the backyard. It has however grown to be a headache to my condomium neighours' swimming pool!
Here's cheers to good old trees.
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