Timberrrrr!!

My brother Peter and his chain saw blew onto the Cape yesterday afternoon from Vermont. He loves to cut down trees so we knew he was the man for our job. We had 10 designated trees within our work line that had to come down to make way for the new septic system. The moment he got out of the car he strapped on his helmet and revved up the saw. Within and hour and a half he had all those trees on the ground and mostly limbed. Chris and I hustled as fast as we could to drag the branches to the brush pile. In no time that pile became mountainous. Now the challenge will be to locate a chipper so we can 'repurpose" that wood  to our paths leading down to the river. Fantastic job Pete!

Interestingly there were no trees on the neck in 1962 after hurricane Carol.  But it didn't take very many years before the area was covered with oaks and cedars.