More red maple thinned

We helped out some oak and birch this a.m. with another session of cutting and splitting red maple. The spot is only about 250 feet from the house, so there will be less moving of the wood before some additional splitting and the final cutting. The first pic shows the two maple stumps, with some of the oak that will be assisted because they'll be living in much less shade.

It was a beautiful morning. Temps will get much warmer for a few days before Independence Day.

Colors of the season

It's mid-June, which means daisies and lupine are standing tall and proud. 

This is the second harvest of kale, lettuce, and radishes.

Maple project completed

There's still some room in the cord-and-a-half area north of the main garage, but we added nearly three-fourths of a cord today, mainly from the large red maple taken down at the end of last month.

Later, on a walk, sunlight was captured by one of our many wonderful yellow birches.

Cool end to May

The morning low was 39! A great time for some more work. We took down and started processing a large red maple. 

Before/After Satisfaction

We completed the birch processing project this morning! A before/after duo of pics provides much satisfaction. Rain expected this weekend, so we wanted to get the job done.

Birch processing

We accomplished much in two hours today. The low was 45, with a freeze warning in place for tonight. The cool weather makes for glorious times processing firewood. A lovely birch about 200 feet north of the house didn't bloom out this year. It appeared to suffer much last summer in the heat, with leaves turning from green to tan well before color season. Even the most beautiful things can't live forever in the forest.

Lots of cutting on lovely morning

We completed the cutting and stacking of the birch project this morning. Most of what went into the sawbuck can be seen in the first photo. The small shed went from empty to full in just over two hours! The space filled amounted to nearly 40 cubic feet!