cutting trees

One of our team members was able to trim many of the trees on our compound. The finished open space looked great but resulted in lots of branches that needed to be cleaned up. Most of the smaller branches with their leaves made good food for the local goats and the bigger branches make good posts for future fences. This means we have to cut the smaller branches from the big ones to clean things up. This is the fun part of things. It’s great to be able to grab a panga (Kenyan version of a machete) and clean off the branches. I’m not sure if it’s the type of wood or the panga that makes it easy but its simple to do J. Once the branches are clean the harder work of lugging the small leafy branches to the fence and tossing them over starts. These branches are quickly eaten clean by the hungry local goats. At times it seems easier to just let the goats into the compound for lunch instead of tossing them over the fence however there are some dogs who would enjoy it for other reasons……and I don’t think the goats would have much of a meal thus defeating the entire plan.