Sweet sap and size bless a hearty tree

I HAD to cut down another tree that had got too big for its boots the other day.

This one was a tall eucalyptus.

There are around 500 different species of eucalyptus, all native to Australia, but only a handful of them are hardy enough to survive in Ireland. This one was a Eucalyptus gunnii, also known as the cider gum.