It has been a plan for a while, to remove the conifers at the end of the garden. So yesterday we started digging round the roots of the one by the garage door. Then last night Chris put the fuses back into the lighting circuits and discovered the kitchen light was still crackly (after my daughters efforts with the water). So this morning, Church got ditched to catch up on the jobs around the house. So Chris removed the strip light in the kitchen, followed by more water pouring from the ceiling and when homebase was open we all went and bought a new light for the kitchen. So after a late lunch and a new light in the kitchen we all set to work on the tree again. It felt like we were recreating a mango grove tree with all the roots being exposed. The kids seemed to think that pulling a rope or watching nick jr was more interesting. So when the last root was half cut through, being under the tree, it was left to Chris push/guide and me to pull the tree down. Sadly the apple tree had to get pruned to allow it down too, as the conifer was growing between the apple trees branches. But we achieved the two main jobs this weekend that we had to do, lights downstairs and a tree down. I just hope the green bin men are kind in a week and a half's time as our green bin is overflowing and so is the black recycling bin.