Cut away any brush around the trunk and clear two escape routes on the “non-falling” side of the tree. They should be about 45 degrees away from each other in opposite directions.

I was inspired to make a side table out of a stump when I saw one in Architectural Digest in a very expensive apartment in New York City (is there any other kind?).

News Man-sized saws slicing 20-foot tree trunks: Some things never change at 70-year-old Medina sawmill Published: Dec. 02, 2018, 6:00 a.m.