Jan 28th, More tree damage in yard due to ice

This is the west side of the house. Note the icicles hanging on the tree limb. All the rain that fell and froze is what caused the problem. Just a small coating of ice would not have caused such extensive damage. Those icicles just put too much weight on the tree limbs and the power lines and down they came.

This end of the house is where we have some gutter damage which you can't see here but will be included in a later posting on the blog.

The ironic thing about this elm tree that was so ravaged and caused gutter damage is that it is right beside the new septic tank we had put in. All the guys wanted to cut the tree down but I insisted that it stay. Now it looks like it may have to come down anyway.

This is the road in front of our house. This oak tree lost a couple of big limbs that had to be pulled out of our road. Getting to the mailbox was a real problem the first few days. It took tractor work and chainsaw work to get it clear enough to drive on.

Our apple tree bit the dust with this ice damage. It wasn't very healthy and we were not really harvesting the apples, other than for the horses. We just never got into the maintenance required to produce good apples. Still, I hated to see it go because I really loved the smell of the blossoms in the spring time.