The clean up from the brief, fierce wind storm in May (some 4 months ago) continued in many areas throughout the city and countryside. This PhotoStory is a walk through the same woods we walked through 2 days after the storm.
The clean up of the many fallen trees and branches that had blocked some walking trails, and taken out a lot of maple sap collection lines has been progressing well. There was a lot of work to do, with more yet to go with the trees alone, then comes the job of "restringing" the pipelines and collection lines in order to be ready for next spring's maple syrup season.
Both these trees are out of the way and will likely be dealt with in "due course".
Other trees have been dealt with.
This is an example of a tree having been blown over, roots and all. When the trunk was cut, the stump and roots settled back down a bit, unlike some in the pictures above.
On the left is the scene from May, on the right is approximately the same view during our early October walkabout. With more detailed pictures of the beech tree remains.
With the wind having downed many trees, the canopy has been opened which will spur growth of new trees.
The clean up involves a lot of chain sawing, cutting of the small branches promoting decomposition and hauling the large logs out of the bush.
The logs were sorted into four piles: maple sawlogs, white pine, white ash and firewood.
The end cuts on the logs revealed differences between the trees.
The last picture is a pine log with very sticky extruded sap becoming mouldy.
But amidst all the destruction, there were some nice fungus and mushrooms.
And while the fall colours have been more muted this year, there were a few nice trees (including one from a nearby property).
