Saturday done
Comments (3) Game today, which took up part of the day.
I spent most of the day ripping and tearing trees, brush and vines with the tractor and box blade. Got the big wild cherry to break loose and pulled it out of the creek. Will cut it to straight section and debark some strips on it and leave it to dry for a couple of years. Or if I get the saw mill up and going soon may just cut it to a 10 or 12 inch beam and leave it to dry. Looks like I can get 14 to 16 feet out of it.
Removed the rebuilt section of beaver dam this morning and Bill got in and removed a lot more this afternoon. They should be working all night to repair the damage. Soon they will have cleared all of the smaller stuff along the creek and all the way to the barn. That’s when they either leave or get dead.
Removed most of the stumps from by Bills garden plot. Got one more tree to get out and then fill and level the area.
Cut up all of the dried stuff I had pulled to the camp site. Now to split and load about half into the truck and bring up here for the stove. Several hundred pounds of nice dry cherry heart, good burning wood.
Lakebed is draining nicely. Hope to get back in there before the next rains get here.
Worn out and hurting all over more than any where so am gonna call it an early night. Gonna try to get up and out to the local flea markets and see what we can find. Tell the next exciting update… 😎
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