When our most recent wind storm took down several trees, Jeanine and I did the minimal amount of work necessary to clear the driveway for vehicle traffic. Today, we did considerably more to prepare the downed trees for removal. This involved cutting up the trunk and separating burnable wood from branches with pine needles. The latter will be taken to the town composting facility. Site preparation for landscaping starts tomorrow and the contractor delivered a mini excavator he will use for the initial work. In places where we plan to grow things, we need to replace 4 inches of clay with a similar amount of loam.