Outside Work

While the inside work is at a bit of a standstill, the outside work is progressing nicely. Our acreage includes about 4 acres of dense pines. While calling area loggers, we realized pretty quickly that they were worthless and that we'd be lucky to find someone to take them without charging us. We got lucky!



This company has a buyer for pulp wood and has agreed to take our trees. We may even walk away with a couple hundred dollars to put toward the bathroom!

Looking north from our smaller shed. The logger is taking every other row of the pines per directions from the DNR forester who said our woods needed thinning. This shot was taken after the cutting.

We did have the logger clear-cut from the bigger shed to the smaller shed. We'll get this area good and cleaned up and plant a few fruit trees.

It's amazing to see the setting sun through the trees! By the time this shot was taken, they had gotten about equal with the pole shed; just getting into the thick stuff to the north. That smaller pile is 2x4 worthy- cool. Jake suspects it will take them about 7 or 8 days total to get all that we want cut. The logger also took a big one from the middle of the front yard (that blocked what little sun we get facing south), one too close to the garage, and one in a weird spot in the back yard.

Here you can see the clear cut section better (and the setting sun!). They've got about 4 piles like this now (which will be taken later by truck). We figure it will take us (ie Jake) nearly all summer to clean out the "leftovers". The loggers leave about the top 8 feet of each tree, as well as all of the branches they cut off. We already have a big burn pile started, but will surely add more and more and more.

Or FREE WOOD to whoever wants to come and clean it out! :)