My GF/ groundworker was sick for all but the last bit of this project. Was nice to have someone help with the hand-work at the end.
Had to cut the grade on the hill, and widen a bit, finding a empty steel drum buried beneath my mini travel path. Filled the drum with the gravel and soil from cutting the hill to prevent cave-in.
Bigger than a 55 gallon, or at least capsule shaped.
One mostly dead madrone, now not a risk to the house, deck/ stairway to the water.
One dead, dead alder chunked down over the well head, and power & water lines that weren't buried, just a bit of pipe- insulation.
Row of cedars to canopy raise.
Was the hottest week of the summer, with a sunny, and asphalt-y work site.
Took it in small bites, as I was solo.
Climbed two firs, and used two new carbon fiber extensions on my KombiSystem pole saw to knock the heads off. Then finished from below, climbing up onto 8-10" wood.
Had to prevent impacting the edge of the vertical to undercut slope's top edge, and the concrete bulkhead above the water, below the slope.