It was me who cut down the cherry tree!

Back in 1998 we bought a number of plug plants online and in the bundle was a free cherry tree, well more like a dead stick really.  If we had bought it the cost was £1 so you get the idea.  Well we put it in the front garden and amazingly it survived and grew and grew and grew.
I seem to remember it was meant to be an ornamental cherry and we expected it to not grow to more that 6 or 8 feet.  A few years ago I lopped off the top when it was level with the roof and also had to cut out a root which had invaded the footpath, I was all for chopping it down but it always produced such a wonderful display of blossom in spring.

It finally met its demise yesterday when we noticed it was undermining the wall between the gardens and a couple of stones had become dislodged.  So in between lunch and  the mens wimbledon final we cut it down and disposed of the evidence!
So here are the pics then a before and after shot

The upside of course is that we will get more light into the front of the house and the tree did get infested with black cherry aphids every summer.

And so to the Wimbledon mens final.  We did manage to sit in the sunshine to watch it after an initial bit of rain.  Pity about Murray but at least he won a set.  2 pics then here, Tom is visibly not impressed and took to one of the chairs in the greenhouse and one of the TV with its weatherproof cover on!