Cutting back the willow

I have a sizeable willow in the garden. I have felt the need before to cut it down to size a bit. It gives a lot of shadow in quite a large part of the garden, and the plants in the raised bed underneath that don't like that. I had been thinking about taking some of the trunks out. And one Saturday Neil and I tackled it. 

Starting 

It went super fast! We managed to cut several trunks out without dropping them on our heads. And we barely dropped them on vulnerable plants. We could cut off all the branches in no time as Neil had brought powerful loppers. And we cut the trunks in two if otherwise they wouldn’t fit in the garage. They will be firewood! 

We worked until we got hungry and wanted lunch. We had only started after 11! I suppose we weren’t at it more than an hour. Afterwards we went for a nice walk.  But we really changed the light availability in the garden. And that after the work the neighbour did. It’s a different garden now! I hope the plants that get more light now will thrive. Time will tell! 

Finished