Got the Stihl fired up today. My plan this winter is to clear the garage site and driveway. It is turning out to be no small feat as our driveway will be 430 feet long.
The garage will be 24X28'. Basically I'm clearing out an area 52X44'. That will give us plenty of room to have the structure and turn around.
Today I started working at the hardwoods. I started by felling a few dozen small (2-4" diameter) poplar then moved onto a dozen or so decent (8-12") birch. I need to decide where to start the pile of 16" long birch that will be split for firewood. After limbing what I cut in such a short amount of time it's amazing how fast a burn pile grows!
Worked on limbing the trees until I ran out of light at about 5:15 pm.
Once I get the garage site cleared I am going to work my way down to the drive clearing a 20' swath. I think that our driveway will be 14' wide.
At dark the dog (Luna for those who haven't been mauled and licked to death) and I took the stroll down to the truck to head back into town.
A lot of decisions to make and even more work to do... Life is good!
It sounds like a work of love and lots of it. I know you and Amy will create a true home here. I'll be following.
ReplyDeleteI love the blog, and because I've seen your beautiful site, I can follow along in my imagination. It's so exciting to think that you have started!
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