photo progress of woodpile after 1 week with saw

Well after one week of using the saw on the woodpile, or thereabouts, here is the progress from Saturday to Saturday...

the first photo is  taken on day 2 of using the saw and the next one is of the progress in one week (one day I didn't go out).

also this tree behind the pile with the two trunks has to come down..photo 2

This is a pile of wood that I cut up from the piles above and have stacked near our woodshed (can't put wood in yet as we are still waiting on our new furnace to be put in the shed, scheduled now to start May 15).

I'm pretty pleased with all that I 've gotten done in a little over a week with the saw (2 days I didn't use it). These photos do NOT include any of the other pole wood I cut up or the trees that I cut down and cut up, this is just from the woodpile shown in photo 1.

Today the plan is to take some more trees down at the edge of the woods early in the day (sun is ocming out now) and then after that I hope to go back over to the pile of pole logs and cut up some more. Pretty soon I'll have to stop on that pile though as a lot of those logs are too large for the 14" bar on the saw,  so we'll have to use a larger saw for the larger logs...later.

Here is the area where I plan to go out and  work on in a few minutes..you can see a short stump where a top broke off and the 3rd tree front from the left is also broken off at the top (you can likely see  it at the very top of the photo) that one has to come down and the top is lying on the ground and has to be cut up. Also to the right center of the photo below you can see 2 dark brown trees, those are dead and I'm going to take them down as well as a few others in the woods, today.

A glimpse at some of my food forest guilds

Most of my food forest guilds are very very young, but I have a couple photos of some of them that are beginning to mature, taken last week:

saw came a week ago

Well I got the saw a week ago, and have used it every day since. Just heard from Oregon Rep and he said that they are now approving it's use in the rain. However, I don't think I'd likely be comfortable using it in the rain myself, as my disabilities make me a bit clumsy and I'd be more likely to slip and fall or somehting like that.

Yesterday the rain stopped in the afternoon and I went through 2 battery charges..cutting just under a cord of wood. They say we might have a break in the rain this afgternoon again, so if we do I'll try to cut some more today. Was just outside attempting to walk around the garden and got dumped on and had to come back in, so that wasn't successful...but we need the rain.

chainsaw trial day 5, exhausted !!

Day 5 has left me totally exhausted. I started out this morning clearing trails in the woods. Decided to get the zero turn mower out there and mow those trails, big mistake. I got it stuck in the mud and had to do a lot of pulling, falling down and finally Ron came out and helped me ..he drove and I pushed it out of the mud..fun fun fun.

After lunch I went over to the pile of poles and went through 2 batteries on the saw cutting through poles, partway through Joel got out the tractor and he and I moved some of the BIG wood from the ash tree pile. I also moved a bunch of branches from that mess and piled 3 smaller piles of cut up pieces I had cut yesterday.

After I went through those 2 batteries I came back in and put them on the charger, took a break and heated up some mini frozen pizzas cause I was too tired to do anything else.

Then I went out and weeded and planted seeds in the garden, as they say we are going to get 3 days of rain, good time to put seeds in.

Ron is using the tractor to haul the wood that I cut up over to the woodshed area (can't put it inside the woodshed as our new furnace hasn't been installed yet.)

rain

Well it has been pouring rain today (good for my gardens)..and is supposed to rain tomorrow and the next day possibly heavy storms, therefore, I'm not getting any cutting done outside today.

There is a chance that it might clear for part of the day, each day, and if it dries enough for having a battery operated chainsaw going I MIGHT get some cutting done later today...but likely won't be doing much..so days 6, 7 and 8 are a real toss up.

day 5 chainsaw trial, totally exhausted !

Day 5 has left me totally exhausted. I started out this morning clearing trails in the woods. Decided to get the zero turn mower out there and mow those trails, big mistake. I got it stuck in the mud and had to do a lot of pulling, falling down and finally Ron came out and helped me ..he drove and I pushed it out of the mud..fun fun fun.

After lunch I went over to the pile of poles and went through 2 batteries on the saw cutting through poles, partway through Joel got out the tractor and he and I moved some of the BIG wood from the ash tree pile. I also moved a bunch of branches from that mess and piled 3 smaller piles of cut up pieces I had cut yesterday.

After I went through those 2 batteries I came back in and put them on the charger, took a break and heated up some mini frozen pizzas cause I was too tired to do anything else.

Then I went out and weeded and planted seeds in the garden, as they say we are going to get 3 days of rain, good time to put seeds in.

Ron is using the tractor to haul the wood that I cut up over to the woodshed area (can't put it inside the woodshed as our new furnace hasn't been installed yet.)

Having some really bad back spasms and my arms and legs are shakey tired, so I'm planning on sitting the evening out.

Day 4 of chainsaw trial. Well this was an odd day as it started out rainy, which with a battery operated saw, that isn't too good.

Well later this afternoon I did some pruning around the house and the pond and woods edges, and I cleared a trail that had been completely closed off with fallen and half down trees and branches.

While doing that I ran across a whole lot of old barbed wire and uncovered an old barbed wire fence, so I came back to the house for wire cutters and managed to cut down and roll up a couple hundred feet of old rusty barbed wire and get it in the dumpster before tomorrow's pick up. (then put our garbage out).

After a bit of a rest I went back outside and began working on the ash tree that we had cut down last week. They really did a lousy job on cutting up the firewood, honestly, would you believe that half of the cuts they made to cut up the firewood were only half way through the wood !!! sheesh.... anyway I got through one battery and it was getting dark so time to come in. Was very pleased with what I got done. Tomorrow is to be a warm and dry day so I'll be back out working on the firewood tomorrow.

Someone suggested that with the huge snag in the back that we throw a rope with a hook around it and pull it down with the tractor, talked it over with Ron and guess that is probably what we'll do..good idea.