Bobcat reminded me to dig up some pictures of our summer projects; this one is rather interesting.
My mother claimed lightning, but I'm pretty sure it was the result of damage when third branch badly needing to be trimmed back broke off between the two. Regardless the split was nearly to the ground this year, so we weighed the options:
Leave it...until one or both sides break on their own [didn't seem very logical]
Cut it down [but such a nice shade tree]
Chain it together and hope for the best [the split looked too rotten]
Pick a side and try to save it.....I'm probably nuts or optimistic, but had to try:
My mother claimed lightning, but I'm pretty sure it was the result of damage when third branch badly needing to be trimmed back broke off between the two. Regardless the split was nearly to the ground this year, so we weighed the options:
Leave it...until one or both sides break on their own [didn't seem very logical]
Cut it down [but such a nice shade tree]
Chain it together and hope for the best [the split looked too rotten]
Pick a side and try to save it.....I'm probably nuts or optimistic, but had to try: