Last Tuesday though I had half of one of my giant crab apple trees go down in a nasty thunderstorm. Didn't seem to bother anything else though. That same storm went on to do a lot of damage south and east of here and some field were completely destroyed.
I haven't decided on whether or not to save the half tree that was left standing. It seems to have started to lean a little more and it looks like the next gust of wind could just knock it down. I think I'll try to prop it up and hope that it puts down some new roots and it may look like like a whole tree in a few years.
The good news out of all of this is that I am working on trying to sell the wood from the tree to someone who would use it to smoke meat. Apparently it is not the easiest or cheapest wood to come by and really gives smoked meat a good flavor. I then plan on putting the money towards some new trees to replace it.
I would have put some pictures up here to show all of this, but I dropped my camera last week and it is in the shop right now I guess. It's funny I take a few pictures every week and don't think much about it, but once it is gone it is really noticed.
There is supposed to be a pretty good chance of heavy rain and possibly strong storms in a few days. I don't think I am really too worried about things yet, but it might mean more work for my trusty little electric chainsaw.
