I keep blaming the mess on Bradford pear, but in reality, it is the fact that these are yard trees. Out in the timber you can leave the tops to melt down. In the yard, every stick needs to be picked up so you can mow again, and the grass is growing. These limby sons of guns do keep you busy, though. Next is splitting and moving wood to the barn.
Our fruit tree growing involved only dwarf trees, and over a few years we decided that our time and money was better spent elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteThe good news was that we never had to deal with trees the size of what you were dealing with.