This tree seems to have a semi-weeping configuration. It's been spreading too wide. The branches trail to the ground. It's a major challenge mowing under the tree, or doing cleanup. So I generally don't.
Today I did a lot of pruning. Here is the before picture.
That big branch on the left had to go. I could not mow under it. Also, it looks like it might be at risk of breaking off. In fact, when I examined it more closely, this alarming, full thickness, several feet log split was about two feet from the trunk.
Here is the tree after pruning. I was careful. My chain saw is just an electric 16 " blade.
I think that the branch on the right side also needs to be removed. I want to use the pole saw to remove as much as I can, first, due to the height and size of the limb. That will have to happen some other time.
Interesting, with the area cleared, I saw this fig tree sticking out of a dwarf evergreen. Where did that come from? i can't imagine that I planted it there. It's probably been there since before we bought the place.
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