Monday, April 30, 2018
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Four busy days
After gloomy weather in mid-April, the last four days have been spectacular. Lots of sun (about 145 kw/hrs of solar power will be produced from Saturday through today) and pleasant temps mean plenty of wood activities. Here's some of the wood from that huge red maple our neighbor took down earlier this month.
Cutting 22 inch pieces one more time in the sawbuck led to lots of wood ready for the stove. Here's some of the recent cutting that's starting to fill the wood shed.
A broken white pine that fell into Curved Oak Trail was cut up today. The small trunk and branch pieces will be removed from the trail soon, hopefully before rain tomorrow morning.
Cutting 22 inch pieces one more time in the sawbuck led to lots of wood ready for the stove. Here's some of the recent cutting that's starting to fill the wood shed.
A broken white pine that fell into Curved Oak Trail was cut up today. The small trunk and branch pieces will be removed from the trail soon, hopefully before rain tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Rock wall panorama
An evening walk produced the first official Hardwood Hermitage rock wall panoramic photo!
Later, the walk showed how oaks can be stubborn. This young one just didn't want to give up leaves over the winter.
Tonight's walk had multiple purposes: 1. To celebrate the return of some sun. It has been rather cloudy lately. 2. To enjoy later daylight. We aren't getting totally dark until nearly 8:30 now. 3. We needed another wind damage inspection. This birch grove emerged unscathed, as did all other parts of the hill that were visited.
Later, the walk showed how oaks can be stubborn. This young one just didn't want to give up leaves over the winter.
Tonight's walk had multiple purposes: 1. To celebrate the return of some sun. It has been rather cloudy lately. 2. To enjoy later daylight. We aren't getting totally dark until nearly 8:30 now. 3. We needed another wind damage inspection. This birch grove emerged unscathed, as did all other parts of the hill that were visited.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
2018 debut of big saw
That huge red maple received the cutting treatment today from the big saw, the first use for that incredible tool this year. It fired right up after more than four months off.
The morning's first cutting was in the Jut on Hardwood Hermitage, with two cuts of 22 inches each off the thickest part of the trunk. The tree was about 18 inches in diameter there.
More cutting and splitting continued in earnest after hopping the rock wall (which serves as the lot line), to work on the rest of the tree, most of which was in the neighbor's field.
A large section of the maple remains uncut. It will be yanked off the rock wall soon.
The morning's first cutting was in the Jut on Hardwood Hermitage, with two cuts of 22 inches each off the thickest part of the trunk. The tree was about 18 inches in diameter there.
More cutting and splitting continued in earnest after hopping the rock wall (which serves as the lot line), to work on the rest of the tree, most of which was in the neighbor's field.
A large section of the maple remains uncut. It will be yanked off the rock wall soon.
Friday, April 6, 2018
No wind damage
Intense winds hit the hill for more than 24 hours this week. On a damage inspection walk today, a big surprise was seen: No damage.
Some work was completed nonetheless. This small but still wicked yellow birch spring pole was dropped with the bowsaw.
1,500 feet to the east, our neighbor (who looks really small compared to the tree) dropped a huge red maple from the Jut into his field. The future firewood from the behemoth tree won't start burning for about 18 months.
Some work was completed nonetheless. This small but still wicked yellow birch spring pole was dropped with the bowsaw.
1,500 feet to the east, our neighbor (who looks really small compared to the tree) dropped a huge red maple from the Jut into his field. The future firewood from the behemoth tree won't start burning for about 18 months.
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