Of Fallen Trees and What We Do With Them

In my last blog post, I discussed {that a} tree had fallen on our fence.

It is a pine tree that was rising on the opposite aspect of the pasture fence. When it uprooted and fell, it bought caught within the branches of an oak tree, so it did not hit the bottom. Being precarious and subsequently harmful, it needed to come down. 

That is truly a reasonably widespread incidence right here. It is all the time pine bushes as a result of pines are pioneer bushes; they develop rapidly in untended open areas, then progressively give solution to younger hardwoods. That is referred to as succession. They develop tall and spindly competing for the solar. Their quick development makes them weaker and topic to uprooting when the bottom is just too saturated or breaking mid-trunk when the winds are excessive. Luckily, no buildings or critters have ever been hit (together with us!) though we have misplaced a number of fences from this taking place. These bushes had been the motivating factor in buying Dan’s portable sawmill and have offered a lot of the lumber we have used for constructing tasks.

Dan first checked to ensure it was secure, after which let the billy boys into the pasture to eat the oak leaves.

Piedy and Magnus on their solution to test it out.

Most individuals sometimes graze goats on pasture, however their most popular meals is browse, i.e., leaves and tender twigs from bushes and shrubs. They fortunately did the job of stripping leaves.

After they had been achieved, Dan reduce the tree down, trimmed off the branches, and dragged the log to the sawmill.

Bonus factors should you can spot the 2 cats.

The mission we bear in mind is the second pergola to shade the entrance bed room home windows on the setting solar aspect of the home. 

These home windows get the new afternoon summer time solar.

Having a mission in thoughts meant Dan may reduce the log to the specs he wished.

This mission is not imminent, however the slicing must be achieved to provide the lumber time to treatment. It is going to be prepared once we get to it.

Tough reduce & curing. Sticks (stickers) between the items enable air to movement so it’s going to dry evenly.

The pine wooden chips

Once we’re achieved, all the tree has been utilized. 

Did you notice the 2 cats within the above picture? In case you did not, right here they’re.

Katy

Meowy