ECS History Department Year 7 ISBL Why did the Normans win the Battle of Hastings? right direction for his ships to sail from Normandy to England. Until the wind blew in the right direction it was impossible for William to set sail.
1 Start a cut on your side of the tree, lining up the bottom of your cut with that side of the horizontal cut. You can project your cuts path by looking down the bar.  Stop cutting and peek down your bar to see if you are lined up with the stick on the other side.
Never cut back a healthy branch of any tree by more than one-third its entire length. Don't make a flush cut (removing a branch right next to the stem). Leave the nub or branch collar that protrudes out less than an inch from the stem. That area contains the chemicals necessary for the tree wound to heal.