Living out here in the west Coast Range mountains, we heat with wood which of course means putting up firewood every year, usually about 6 or 7 cords. Luckily, Chain saw man loves working his chain saws, which translates to lots of firewood.
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| Can you spot Roscoe above? |
It also means lots of chainsaws.
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| These are just the ones he brings along for this wood cutting session. |
And other tools of the trade. That hook looking one below is a peavey, used for turning logs over. He likes to paint his tools red to make them easier to see in the forest duff.
This maple wood is destined to be burned in the winter of 2019-20.
Above is next winters wood. Some fir.
Some maple we pulled out of our forest last summer.
Our mostly empty wood storage shed, ready to be filled again. On the right side of the photo you can see more stacked maple wood. We had a big wind storm come through a couple of years ago and it knocked down lots of big leaf maple trees. We have been harvesting it ever since.
This is chainsaw man's work station, where he sharpens the chains and works on saws. Most of his saws are Stil's.
He spent yesterday cleaning up these hand tools and putting new handles on some of them. That double bit axe at the top left is an old hand forged one. Looks brand new after he finished with it.
As I was walking around taking pictures this morning, I heard a scratchy noise and looked over to see this Douglas squirrel. They like to chew on old antlers. That is a moss covered elk antler he is chewing on that I found in the forest. Squirrels have to keep their teeth filed down because they keep growing same as a beaver's teeth do.
The sun is shining, our hay is liable to be cut any day now. Till next time,
Be Well.
5 comments:
Wow! I am impressed!!! That's a whole lot of wood to cut!!!! But it's wonderful you make use of fallen trees too! I love your life!!!
I feel cozy warm just looking at your fine firewood. Tool man here
love his tools to be just so. I can understand that is a fine bunch.
That is interesting information about the squirrels. With all the wood around here, I was wondering why they were knawing on our deck. Guess I need a few antlers! That wood cutting and hauling is a lot of work, but I know how cozy wood heat is and that makes it all worth it. Not to mention using what Nature provided in the storm.
xx, Carol
Oh my, the squirrel chewing- how interesting! Well done on the firewood. In other forestry related news, there was a couple on a morning show promoting the sport of log-rolling. They developed a new type of faux log that is more portable and accessible than a real one. A new endeavor for you?
He certainly is chain saw man. We have but one, and log turning was by hand and my job...we had a stand-up splitter which I loved. All is gone, but our farm boss Stihl is still in good working order for the occasional branch. Roscoe was almost lost in that pile, I am sure he was hunting rodents.....xox
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