homeowner help

Hello, I have a small hobby farm with about 4 acres of forest that I will be using to cut wood for the fireplace and maintaining the trails. I really like battery chainsaws for their convenience, however, not sure if I'm better off with a gas saw. I have about a dozen or so trees to cut into...

We moved into our home two years ago; the previous owners had new landscaping put in just 8 months prior to that. I have what I believe to be a Dappled (Japanese) Willow tree at the south/west corner of my house. It seemed perfectly healthy our first summer, but last year only half of the tree...