One of the best things we found for keeping up with the limbs and dead stalks that accumulate in the yard is a chiminea, or if you prefer chimenea. Ours is cast iron, but it's great to burn up the detritus, and sit around in the evening watching it burn. As an added bit of safety, I installed a ring of rocks around the base, (it is sitting on the ground in the back yard) and always have the garden hose at the ready during the burn-cycle.