Stump Busting

The NW corner of 19th and Inverness. Every second year select Japanese Cherries are cut down and replaced with younger versions of themselves. This is a long process that begins with the fallen tree cut into rounds and left on the boulevard for a week or so, where they are usually scooped up by those with wooden fireplaces or stoves. Then, in the fall or spring, the arrival of that most violent of instruments: the stump grinder.