Saw season has begun

Both chainsaws worked hard this morning.  We cut several trunks, with the biggest being paper birch downed over the winter with the bowsaw.  Here are several pieces from the largest trunk, with splitting as the next step.

A great deal of work remains to split and move the piece cut today to the stacking spot.  But today was a wonderful start to the 2017 saw season.  The big saw hadn't roared since October, but started and ran beautifully.

Every great work day starts with an excellent meal on Hardwood Hermitage.  Today was oatmeal bread French toast with berries.  The raspberries and blackberries were frozen last summer.  Growing your own heat is the best, but picking berries on your land might be a close second!