Ah, the rights of spring are upon us. Not having enough to do, I just couldn't stand looking at that tree any longer without doing something for it!
We were too engrossed to remember to snap a photo whilst in progress but here is the aftermath of pruning a 30+ year old standard pear tree. Mr. A manned the pole pruning saw with a big extension while I scrambled up an extension ladder using the big long handle loppers and a hand held pruning saw. Lots of dead wood and lots of former heinous pruning by someone without a license! Poor tree! There outta be a law against folks wacking a tree who don't have a clue what they are doing!
It made for 2 hours of neck craning and ladder climbing . Now I get to wack down the remains so they'll fit in the Subaru Brat for an excursion to the dumps.
That's our driveway you see to the right up to the street.
Don't you just love the neighbor's horizontal, pecky cedar fence! A true work of Art somebody!
I still have some more selective pruning to do if I can work up the courage to climb up on the extension ladder to tree top height! We took off about 10'-15' from the top and a couple of dead limbs. We don't even know if this tree bears fruit any longer. I hope we'll find out this spring. Maybe we gave it a new lease on life!
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