How much wood could a woodchuck chuck?

I am so beat. I cut my tree down today. Not all of it of course, but more than I wanted to. I love the tree, but during this time of year, it drops mulberries all over the ground, which become sticky and sweet, and gets embedded into the grass, and brings swarms of flies and ants.

I cut lots of branches and lost most of my shade. I'm kind of sad about that, but I can't have the mulberries all over the place.

Tomorrow I will have to spend the day sawing all the large branches into small ones, and then trying to get them tied into bundles for the trash.

It's so much work!

So this is what I'm up against:

All these tree branches have to be put into a small trash can. Waste Management only allows one yard trash can per week--and there are as many on the side of the house.
Flies all over the roses

Mulberry stains all over the concrete

Swarms of flies nesting on the lattice. GROSS!