branching off

[sergebroom]

My plans re the backyard's dead tree were cut short when, after completely branching off, I realized that explosives would be needed to extricate the remnants from the hardpacked stuff that New Mexicans generously call 'soil'. I think I'll go for something a tad less spectacular - like a chainsaw to cut the whole thing at ground level. A trip to a rental place will resolve the situation at its roots.