LAND CLEARING NEW HOME UPDATE

No new home update today, I didn't get all the pictures together and with this being a short week, too much going on and not as many people visiting the blog so we don't want anyone to miss anything.

Today will still be a home update of sorts, the land clearing (at least part one).

Trucks and equipment all over for almost two whole days and they worked their butts off.

We didn't want a burn pile, so they brought their heavy-duty woodchipper.  That thing was insane!  It could chew up almost anything that went in there.

Here are some before and after photos:

This is the area where our old mesquite tree is, the one we call Barnabas (that diagonal branch in the middle is where he's at).  We wanted all this cleared out because it will be too close to the new house (specifically the garage) and just looks like a mess, ha.  Of course we wanted to keep the old tree.  The rest was all brush, vines and mostly trees called "Hackberry".  They are considered junk or trash trees and have a tendency to fall in strong winds.  With a brand-new house next to that area, no thank you.  

So, above is the before...

...and here it is after!

If you look in the first photo, you can see the branch on the old tree that goes down diagonally, to get a frame of reference for how much was cleared.  Quite a difference!  

Here is another angle of more clearing in that area. 

Above is before...

...and this is after!  WOW!  So much more space now and it's just less "stressful" to look at, ha. 

Barnabas (named because it looks like something from a gothic story) now stands alone!

This was before they finished and cleaned up.  I had to go ahead and leave as they were staying until dark and I needed to get back to town to beat the traffic.  They also worked on the other side of the property near the power lines to clean that up and get some trees and branches away from those lines.  I left before they finished that part, so I don't have the 'after' photos but we'll post those as a part two after I get some new photos this coming weekend.

Hope your Thanksgiving plans are coming along!