After a blizzard or having reached the end of its life, a tree can fall to the ground. Although it does not happen very often since what is usually done is to take preventive measures, sometimes it can cause us a big problem, especially if the specimen has a certain size and / or has invaded the neighbor's land.
In any of these situations we will surely ask ourselves: What to do if a tree falls?
How do you cut down a fallen tree?
Unless the home insurance that we have contracted takes care of everything, what we will have to do is rent -or buy- a chainsaw and get in touch with someone who has a tow truck or, at the very least, a truck with a trailer. Once we have everything, we will put on gardening gloves, protective glasses and we will also wear clothing that covers us, except for the face, of course.
Then, It will only be a matter of eliminating it: first the branches and then cutting the trunk into pieces. These pieces have to be of a size that the crane can easily grasp, or that they can fit well on the trailer. The smaller they are, the better since that way they will fit more and we will not have to be taking trips from one place to another.
It's already cut: what now?
Now we have several options:
- Take the pieces to the Green Point from our municipality, or call the town hall to come and collect them.
- Make stumps nice natural garden seats, which will combine perfectly especially if it is designed in a rustic style such as the english cottage.
- Shred it up and put it in the compost heap, where after a year it will serve as a soil fertilizer.
- With the branches well cut, they can be padding the plants more delicate.
Has it been useful to you?