<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/woodland-walk-mar21.gif"><img class="alignright  wp-image-6690" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/woodland-walk-mar21-225x300.gif" alt="" width="188" height="251" /></a>Of course there had to be a post about wood after the removal of the ash tree. There's a section of garden around where the tree was strewn with large logs and there's that pile of wood chippings.

I've started to refresh the path between the trees and I've completed most of them however I've possibly only used half the chippings. What doesn't go onto the paths will find its way onto the compost heap in the corner.

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<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cutting-logsmar21.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-6689" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cutting-logsmar21-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="240" /></a>Some of the logs are too heavy to lift so I'm man handling them onto the tree stump and using my splitting axe to break cut them into manageable pieces. It's a daunting task but now I've started and literally got into the swing of wielding the axe after several years I'm enjoying myself. I can only split for about an hour before I need  a break but I'm sure, little by little, I will get through it. I'm also hoping that one of the tree guys will return and do a couple of days of splitting. Nick has also offered to help with splitting the wood when the weather warms up a little.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/wood-grainmar21.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6688" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/wood-grainmar21-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>While I'm splitting the wood I'm finding a lot of bugs in the rotten pieces and the grain on some of it is very beautiful.

It's easy to see how the tree was ready to be removed (not from this photo) because the base is quite spongy where the bracket fungus had taken out the cellulose from the wood.

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