Work Done in 2018

[thewoodlands]

I left the camera in the garage so any pictures I took today are out there. I did more digging with the backhoe and then took the dirt/sand mixture and dumped it around the new garage and then raked it out, about seven to eight loads.

Tomorrow I'll roll it.

 

[thewoodlands]

I hope that I didn't post these earlier but here are a three Ash near the house that are on the felling list.

 

[thewoodlands]

I'll take about three days off from insulating and start splitting the pile in picture 1808 and then stack it, after that it's the pile in 1809 and then buck up, split and stack the cherry and ash in picture 1810.

 

[thewoodlands]

I cleaned out the three gallon Igloo water cooler and by the sounds of it, I'll need it especially Tuesday and Wednesday.

Hot and humid weather is expected across the area on Tuesday with
afternoon highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s with dewpoints
increasing into the lower 70s. The probability for heat index values
exceeding Heat Advisory criteria Tuesday afternoon and evening are
increasing with each model run. Wednesday may also see heat index
values exceeding Heat Advisory criteria as an approaching cold front
continues to be slower than originally anticipated.

 

[thewoodlands]

I did some splitting today before we went to the town hall. The pile has yellow birch and all your maples in it, tomorrow I plan on stacking some depending on how quick it heats up.

 

[thewoodlands]

I did some stacking today with the help of plenty of water, I came in for some lunch around 1:45. Most of the day we had good cloud cover with some good winds which was nice.

 

[thewoodlands]

I did more splitting today and finished the first stack of wood I started yesterday and then started our second stack. I would've kept going but we lost power at the house (an inline breaker kicked out on the line out front) so I hooked up the generator for a bit until the power came back on.

 

[thewoodlands]

We might be in for a stretch of wet weather coming up so I'll split some splits of pine we've had down to kindling size so we can burn some of the pine branches we limbed up off some of the trees we felled for the garage build.

 

[thewoodlands]

After running into town so we could pick a few things up, I did some work. In pictures 1834 and 1835 I split some pine smaller so if we get a good rain, I can burn the stuff pictured in 1836. The stuff I split in picture 1835 is under cover so it will stay dry.

In picture 1837,38 and 39 I split some rounds and then did some stacking, I plan on finishing this stack tomorrow.

 

[thewoodlands]

Today I finished the stack I started yesterday.I think we have enough wood in rounds that I'll split that will finish the front stack, if it does, that will give us 1.86 cord or 6 face.

That area will hold 3.10 cord or 10 face.

 

[thewoodlands]

I split some beech until noon today, lots of water did the trick. The first two pictures are the beech I split, the third is the junk beech which will get burned in the outside fireplace and the rest of the pictures is what I have left to split.

 

[thewoodlands]

This was some cherry and ash from the clearing that went on for our new garage. I started on the west side of the pile on some cherry, after that was finished I moved to the east side of the pile bucking up some cherry and then the ash. I have some left but that will get finished this week.

 

[thewoodlands]

I did the last of the Ash and split some of the Cherry I bucked up the other day. I wanted more done but I had to make a run into town and then after I got splitting the Cherry, the body wanted food so in the house I went.

 

[thewoodlands]

After the winds later yesterday, I decided to check the trails for anything that came down. Picture 1888 & 89 are a small beech and a sugar maple, picture 1893 is what I think is another small sugar maple. Everything was brought home so I can split and stack it this coming week.

In the last picture, you can see the wood left that I'll pull out to get more rounds, smaller but more.

 

[thewoodlands]

This pine had been down for about two months from a windstorm so I limbed it up and brought the limbs over to the fireplace, I'll get the rest tomorrow.

 

[Bushels20]

Got after some oak and ash this weekend. C/s/s’d about 3 cords.

Last photo shows the work still to go...

 

[thewoodlands]

Got after some oak and ash this weekend. C/s/s’d about 3 cords.

Last photo shows the work still to go...

Nice job @Bushels20 , that will be some nice firewood once it seasons.

 

[Bushels20]

Nice job @Bushels20 , that will be some nice firewood once it seasons.

Yes, I’m looking forward to it. It is my 2021-2022 wood, so it will be good and seasoned.

Didn’t realize the first round of photos didn’t have the oak in them. Added some with the oak. Racks aren’t quite full...I didn’t quite get the job done this weekend. By time the kids/wife/buddies come around it never goes as planned. That’s ok though! I try hard not to let it become a “chore”. Once that happens, the enjoyment is gone. That’s why I try and stay years ahead.

 

[thewoodlands]

I did some stacking today with most of it being beech.

 

[Manly]

Today I finished the stack I started yesterday.I think we have enough wood in rounds that I'll split that will finish the front stack, if it does, that will give us 1.86 cord or 6 face.

That area will hold 3.10 cord or 10 face.

That’s a lot of ricks!

 

[thewoodlands]

That’s a lot of ricks!

The most we had was just over 60 face of hardwood but the last three years have we had some deaths in the family and this year being the third year we had a new garage built so we did the clearing of 40 plus trees which were mostly pine.

 

[thewoodlands]

The pictures are from the 10 thru 12, splitting,stacking with a day off for cooking some sausage & peppers and today I s/s and finally put a second coat of Thompson's on the blocks on the eastside of the garage. I'll give the eastside and the back blocks another coat which will be the third which the rest of the blocks have.

The seamless gutters went up this morning on the new garage by a company we had do it.

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

The pictures are from the 10 thru 12, splitting,stacking with a day off for cooking some sausage & peppers and today I s/s and finally put a second coat of Thompson's on the blocks on the eastside of the garage. I'll give the eastside and the back blocks another coat which will be the third which the rest of the blocks have.

The seamless gutters went up this morning on the new garage by a company we had do it.

Sausages and peppers? Have you sent the invite to the wrong address?

 

[thewoodlands]

Sausages and peppers? Have you sent the invite to the wrong address?

My parents would have that at a Christmas party they had for any friends stopping by and for the family, I never did get a recipe so this was my first time doing it and the wife said it was great.......good enough for me.

The wife made some stuffed peppers tonight so the house smells like garlic & peppers.

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

My parents would have that at a Christmas party they had for any friends stopping by and for the family, I never did get a recipe so this was my first time doing it and the wife said it was great.......good enough for me.

The wife made some stuffed peppers tonight so the house smells like garlic & peppers.

No need to send me the address, I will follow the smell. See ya in a few hours.