The anchor oak in the NW pasture lost a large limb. I happened to be nearby and watched it fall. This video was made less than two minutes after it fell.
Every time I hear that “first time homesteading over fifty” my attention is peaked and I’m glad to be back. My tree shed a huge limb, almost hit my neighbors. Her description of the sound and experience was very similar to yours. I think that all the new growth and rain actually weighs down these old trees a bit to much. I agreed to remove my 300 year old tree after my neighbor’s experience and it doesn’t feel wonderful. City life is much different and not better.
I started using "over fifty" as a way to set myself apart from all the "kids" in their 30's and 40's who are doing this. Hopefully it will inspire others who are not-so young to give it a try. The video I show tomorrow is after I cut the branch up and get a look at the break, a "post mortem" of sorts. In a few days I will post another video of an ash tree, which has been dead for years, which finally fell. I heard it fall also. Not sure what the tipping point is for these trees but there have been a bunch of them over the past few years on Holmestead Ridge. Thanks for watching!
Every time I hear that “first time homesteading over fifty” my attention is peaked and I’m glad to be back. My tree shed a huge limb, almost hit my neighbors. Her description of the sound and experience was very similar to yours. I think that all the new growth and rain actually weighs down these old trees a bit to much. I agreed to remove my 300 year old tree after my neighbor’s experience and it doesn’t feel wonderful. City life is much different and not better.
I started using "over fifty" as a way to set myself apart from all the "kids" in their 30's and 40's who are doing this. Hopefully it will inspire others who are not-so young to give it a try. The video I show tomorrow is after I cut the branch up and get a look at the break, a "post mortem" of sorts. In a few days I will post another video of an ash tree, which has been dead for years, which finally fell. I heard it fall also. Not sure what the tipping point is for these trees but there have been a bunch of them over the past few years on Holmestead Ridge. Thanks for watching!