Work Done 2024

[Pinesmoke]

I used to enjoy swinging my Fisksar but not so much anymore.

 

[Pinesmoke]

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Double tap.

 

[johneh]

I do everything by hand too, with the exception of the truck that delivers the logs and the chainsaw, all here is biopowered

My back feels for you

 

[stoveliker]

My back feels for you

It's okay - for now. I believe I'm not as up in years as you are. I'm keeping an eye on my body to stop in time (if there is such a thing).
I also don't burn that much, <3 x cords a year.

 

[thewoodlands]

I cleaned out an area the wife wanted done with the weed eater, I took two trailer loads over to the area I've been filling in.

 

[NickW]

So today after we mowed and trimmed and did some boardwalk repair and trimmed some brush the Mrs decided we needed to accompany some more ... So instead of finally getting the pontoon on the water we cut and stacked some wood...



Now we can fish off the pier for a little bit and she'll probably out fish me again...🤪

 

[thewoodlands]

It was a nice cool morning & day so I grabbed a saw and then I started back up on this downed pine branch that came down in some wind in the spring.

Picture 4872 is what I started back up on today, 4873 is from what I bucked up in the spring, 4874 is a woodpecker that moved in while I was taking a break, 4884 is some limb wood that I bucked up, 4885 we have a small ash log and a piece of cherry that have been in the garage for a few years that I bucked up today, 4886 is the walking trail partially open back up, 4887 is the pine that's left and the last picture is a cherry tree that was damaged by the falling pine, lots of tension on it so I'll use a bore/plunge cut along with having the wife in the area when I do it.

 

[Jsjac1]

I have been working on the new spot for the replacement lawn mower shed. I decided to cut some trees behind where the shed is going.
I chipped most of the hemlock. Any bigger that 5-6 inches I cut for fire wood.
Dropped a fairly large maple. That's what I am working on now.
Our daughter helped me pull the logs up the hill with the tractor.
The first picture is hooking back up to the chipper

 

[Jonathco]

Those stacks in the middle will take longer to season. I'd like to see the next stacks 2 wide at most. It will greatly help air flow which is what does the majority of the drying.

Well, I got everything re-stacked a few weeks ago. I went out this afternoon and split a piece of oak and cherry from the stack for testing purposes. The oak was 20.8% moisture, and the cherry was 16%. Better than I expected.

 

[MRD1985]

Split up and stacked what was worth it from the mulberry tree I took down in my yard.

 

[thewoodlands]

After coffee, I raked up two loads of leaves from the backyard, they've been coming down for over a month between the cherry & maple. I used them in a area I've been filling in.

After raking, I found more tarps that I can use so those were spread out in the front yard, before I came in, They were folded up and then put in the garage.

I gave the splitter some action today on the pine rounds I bucked up, the only room I have for it in a stacking area is in the hardwood section but I'll save that for any hardwood from my fall cutting so it went in a nice sunny area until something opens up or I make a new softwood section.

 

[thewoodlands]

I did get the rounds that I bucked up today out of the gully over to the splitting area. That will give this area in the gully more room for the rhino, I still have the limb wood that will get removed but I'll wait until cooler weather since the skeeters were back out today.

 

[NickW]

Dang skeeters! How are the ticks now? We just had our first weekend in the Northwoods without any last weekend...

 

[thewoodlands]

Dang skeeters! How are the ticks now? We just had our first weekend in the Northwoods without any last weekend...

We haven't had any problems or seen any on us or the dog after walks or working outside. This spring or early summer we did spray our boots we wear, the clothing we wear gets sprayed too.

Early on I thought they would be bad, we use a lint roller on the dog and our clothing before we come in, we had taken 6 off the dog at different times after walks and about the same for both of us off our clothes but haven't seen or lint rolled any off for a few months.

How are they in your area?

 

[NickW]

They were pretty bad earlier in the year, but once we hit July it was only here and there. We haven't been up much with the remodel stretching on forever, but I had days with 10. I did pick up some Permathrin to spray down our outside gear and will definitely be using it next year. Just walking the trail down to the water and back my wife got 5 back in May without touching the brush.

 

[thewoodlands]

They were pretty bad earlier in the year, but once we hit July it was only here and there. We haven't been up much with the remodel stretching on forever, but I had days with 10. I did pick up some Permathrin to spray down our outside gear and will definitely be using it next year. Just walking the trail down to the water and back my wife got 5 back in May without touching the brush.

Ya, all my cutting gear gets sprayed, I'm pretty sure it's good for seven washes. Since I started wearing a base layer under my pants & t-shirt, everything thing has been much better except for how hot you get. It beats getting nailed by a tick.

 

[Dieselhead]

I got rid of all my oak bark and chips that fell off while processing a few weeks ago. I disposed of them with 110 gallons of fire. Also painted my connector pipe so I decided to season it outdoors to get the stank out.

 

[stoveliker]

I have my secondary burn holes in the barrel higher, just above that rim

 

[clancey]

I see that you all have been working like little beavers : "thats good", I am old and sitting here with my feet up drinking my cup of tea. In the morning I like to watch the weather channel and I watch all those different lines going across the weather map and I try to chart them and just keep an eye on things. Nothing professional here just something that I enjoy to do in the morning. I do not like the wind "set up". There is a "invest system" in the Gulf area and with my "fake theories", I do suggest that I am worried about the weather in the Gulf for it has been raining a whole lot too down South as well. The lines coming from the north (wind patterns) are going left to right and the lines from the south area in the Gulf are going right to left and this in my opinion will create "spin" in the Gulf so I am concerned. Nothing professional here just a "feeling".. Here is my fake prediction---I think that we will get a hurricane at the end of Sept and the early part of Oct and this is all that I can contribute to this "work done space". . Now I do have a question about another matter. I grew up on the East Coast and in the Delaware Bay area in the summer time "swimming" we had these flies that used to get on our heads swimming and bite us and we called them "green heads" and I wonder if they are still around there? Have not been back in over 50 years so I just wonder about that?.. I am glad that you are all dressing up with extra clothing as you do your wood chopping work to protect yourselves from the ticks...The mosquito 's are bad too so think about all of that as well---stay safe and enjoy your beautiful quiet nature days as you do your different chores around your homes---especially you wl and mow the grass--lol lol...old clancey.

 

[thewoodlands]

This article is from 2023 so they're still around.

What to know about greenhead flies at NJ and Delaware beaches

While enjoying the sand and the waves many beachgoers in Delaware and New Jersey have noticed an uptick in flies. Yes, greenhead flies are back and so are their bites. Here's what you should know about them.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

 

[clancey]

Thanks really appreciate that---you should be a researcher--thanks so much,,,,clancey

 

[thewoodlands]

Thanks really appreciate that---you should be a researcher--thanks so much,,,,clancey

These were really bad up here this summer, it wasn't much fun taking a walk outside but we got through it. The skeeters are back out, they've become the new pain in the arse.

 

[johneh]

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[NickW]

Stupid deer fly's! We sometimes have clouds of them around our heads walking the trails in the Northwoods...

 

[clancey]

I look at all the pretty pictures and I forget about all of that--ugh...I think I will stay in and drink some more tea. Those flies look nasty...Get a "big fan",.Keep plugging...Thanks everyone. clancey