The guys who did the clear cutting of the woods north of us returned to "clean up" the land where the trees once were. They brought a big bulldozer with a back-hoe on the other end and made several huge piles of limbs, leaves, and whatever else was on the ground. Then they set the piles afire.

Fortunately, it was Autumn and not a hot summer day, because we had to close all our windows for a while. Within an hour or so the wind shifted and we were in the clear again. The burning piles smoldered for almost a week but we didn't have any more smoke problems.

Eucalyptus trees are cash crops in Galicia and this sort of clear-cutting/burning is a common sight here. Most growers re-plant after the fires have gone out and they've done a little more cleaning. But the land-baron owner of the land next to us doesn't live around here so we don't know what his plans are.