Backyard burn

Yesterday Kevin and I took advantage of the great weather to burn all the brush and sticks in the back yard. After digging a slight depression in the grounds as our fire base, we proceeded to burn so much that by the end of the day we had a 2 foot mound of embers. We cut down and gathered all the weeds in our back yard and then started feeding all the down branches and leaves. Once we burned through that, we attacked the honey suckle, small trees, and other brushes that was coming from the neighboring lot. ultimately we cut back a path to some of the trees that will need to come down in order to give our balcony a better view. That's work for another day, but we're making it easier on ourselves tomorrow by clearing out all this mess now.


Here's the fire at the end:

And some pictures of the yard after the brush was cut back.

Still a lot to go, bu we made a good dent. And I also know which trees stand between me and the view of the city, but the good part is that you can already see it through the trees in the winter:

This one to the west might be harder to trim, since it's in a neighbor's backyard. Still good sunsets with the smokestack.