Mini Logging Operation Complete

The contractor we hired to cut down a bunch of trees on the South hill and to the East of the build site has completed the project.  He cut these trees all by hand and moved them with the help of a skidder (shown below).

We now have approximately 30 trees of various species and sizes in several piles ready to be cut and split for firewood.  The trees include pine, maple and oak and range in size up 2 1/2 feet in diameter.

This old pine stump was one of the largest "house killer" trees that was cut.  Note the 2 extra large work gloves to give you a sense of the size of the tree.

We are going to buy another chain saw that is more powerful in order to be able to cut these logs to the appropriate length for the wood stove and wood boiler.


Here is a photo taken today showing fog over the Connecticut River and the Vermont mountains in the distance.  Fall colors are really making their appearance.