Over time, a medium-sized wild cherry tree near our front door started leaning toward the street, a little bit more every year.
Rather than wake up some morning to find the tree had fallen across the road and into our neighbor’s kitchen, we had it removed last year. When the tree guy was cutting up the trunk, I asked him if he could slice off some “cookies” that I could use as stepping stones.
I have yet to make a path, but Randy has used the wood to carve a few things on his CNC machine, including a garden plaque that now graces the front flowerbed.