Tree/House Status

We ended up cutting both big ash trees in the backyard down. While we did not want to, they were ate up with a fungus, which caused the splitting. And we will lose our shade, but I would definitely rather lose shade than a loved one or have our home destroyed. Not to mention, the last time we trimmed these trees and had one on the fence line cut down, Hurricane Ike came later that year.

I am not very up to date on tree terminology, but today I learned that both of them had cavities, where leaves, sticks or even water can sit at the top of the base and a cavity is formed. This what I gathered from a 5 minute conversation, so don't quote me on this! Haha!

First picture below shows the tree to the left completely gone. It was as tall as the other one that split. Shawn had to rebuild the dogs' fence and gate because it was originally nailed into the tree. They guys also had to take down the swing set. We have had to reassure Jase several times that they will put it back up!

The second picture shows what is left of the second tree, the one that fell on the house. Deer Park Arbor did a fantastic job and worked hard from 9:30-5:00. And I love it that they clean up the area as well. They are going to come back tomorrow and finish cutting this tree down and stump grind both of them.

And the last picture is what our front yard currently looks like. Crazy!!! Anyone need some wood?