Deforestation

Now I love greenery and will be planning a complete overhaul of the garden in the future, but some plants just have to go.

We found that most of the plants, trees in the garden are noxious weeds and are causing structural damage to the house (fig) and others are just plain poisonous if ingested by touching then putting hands to mouth (oleander). They are also blocking out the light as they are overgrown, so they have to go.

I suggested that we buy a chain saw to chop them down, I could also see many uses for it in the future once we acquire a combustion heater.

My man was very excited to get to play with a new toy.

Before

After

The last one is too big for us to have a go at and it is also extremely close to both houses, so we have professionals in to do that one as well as grinding out the stumps.

The cost of removing this one tree is more than what the chain saw cost, so we are happy that we spent wisely, as we removed seven trees by ourselves and then spent all weekend going to the tip.

The underpinners are in today to start digging holes inside the master bedroom then under the verandah once the tree has gone. So in two weeks time they should be finished and we hopefully will have a straighter house, with a few more cracks in the plaster.