A couple of weeks ago I realized one sweet cherry, Prunus avium, has come to it's end of life. So I decided to cut it so I could enjoy the few berries on the top of the tree. The only direction I could fell it was towards the house. So I fold it down slowly so the berries would still be hanging in the tree. I probably will have the wood for outside barbequing. If you guys don't has any better ideas. Since it's a garden tree I can't cut board from it, due to the risk of nails.
It's time to check in again and show you my sweet cherry when it's taken care of. I usually make a cross in my stumps to get its rottening process to start a bit earlier
To be honest. I have no idea. I watched the youtuber Wranglestar do it a couple of years ago and I started do it when I remember. I started to see decomposing in some stumps. But I do it because it made some sense.
Most forestry departments do a similar cross cut in stumps. Firefighters on wildland deployments also typically do the same thing. The idea, is that water and debris settles in those cut areas and rots the stump from the inside-out.
I hope you don't mind I continue this thread instead of starting a new. Today I had a field day. So a little maintenance of my woody part of my meadow. My sidekick enjoyed the fall When I removed the hay I saw one dead ash. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture for you when it was standing. A cute pile fore my rental house. There was also a dying goat willow (Salix caprea) The left on was dying I texted a friend if she wanted the willow otherwise I have no idea what to do with it.
It was a bit punky. So if it wasn't in my garden I would just chop and drop it. Anyway I just split the big stuff in two so it will probably float next winter.
