I went to bed at 8 last night. I had stayed up late then night before, watching stupid movies, on Netflix. I find it amazing that now that we supposedly have 200 channels available (first time we have had pay TV in many years) AND a subscription to Netflix, yet there still is virtually nothing worth watching. Got up around 3 this morning and figured I would add a blog post. I will probably go back for a "nap" before "officially" getting up.
Yesterday I fired up the splitter and did a little more clean up work. Temps were only in low to mid 90's. Thought I might need to find a jacket <grin>. High is forecast to be 99 today, but drop clear down to 85 tomorrow as weather from Isaac moves into the area.
I finished cleaning up an area next to the barn, actually I didn't really finish cleaning it up I just finished getting rid of the big pieces that were still in good enough condition to use for firewood. I had enough to make two rows across the back of my truck, maybe half a cord. Most of the wood is pretty junky, but it should burn in the wood furnace. When I split one of Carl's "bowl leftovers" I realized it was walnut. The piece was large enough to have made a nice size bowl from it. As I think about it I wonder if all these "bowl leftover" pieces lying around are actually rejects. I bet they are pieces that he trimmed on the band saw, to reduce the amount of work on the lathe, and after trimming he noticed a defect that made them unsuitable for further work. Carl had used a chainsaw to "quarter" a some of pieces that I split today. I almost wasn't man enough to get two of them on the splitter. I figured that I would be pretty sore today because I felt some chest muscles protest when I put the heaviest piece up onto the splitter. So far I'm not sore at all. PTL.
These are some photos of other areas that still need to be cleaned up. They are by no means all of the areas. These are just the ones that are just off the circle drive on the front side of the outbuildings.
A couple of pallets that I need to move to the outbuilding where I plan on storing the majority of firewood. I've already moved several pallets to that building as well as moving four to the furnace enclosure.
Rough cut boards. There are a couple of larger piles out back. Not enough to build anything but enough to be handy for something. A few of the ones lying around area rough cut 2x8'sx14'. None in this pile are that big.
A pile waiting to be split.
Carl started cutting the log in front into sections and got it to the point where it needs to be rolled to finish the cuts. Most of the sections are 16-18" long. The wood furnace can take a piece about 14x14x28. A piece of good wood that size would be heavy enough that it would be hard to get into the furnace.
I might be able to cut up the log in the foreground with my chainsaw, but it will take cutting from both sides.
Same with this one. Note the piece lying flat, on the left side of the photo. It will show in a later photo.
I don't know what kind of trees these logs were from. They are all 15-18" in diameter, some of the smaller stuff lying around.
These is a photo of the piece noted above. I started splitting it in the afternoon and ran out of steam. It is old enough that the center isn't even worth burning, but the outside 6-8" is still decent. The center will just go into one of the burn piles.
After tiring of wood splitting I did some tree trimming with my pole saw. There were a couple of places behind the outbuildings where limbs hung down low enough to brush the top of my truck. I removed them and added them to a burn pile. Hopefully we will get enough rain from Isaac, supposed to hit here Friday and Saturday, so that I can burn the two piles that I now have. (There will be much more to be burned, as clean-up progresses.)
Kathy bought a used headboard and bed frame while she was in town yesterday. We need to go pick it up today. I think we will have lunch in town. If I can motivate myself I should get out a little earlier than normal and move some of the boards that are lying outside under cover before the rains hit tomorrow.
PS. Mom, I'm not working that hard, I'm quite certain that the exercise I'm getting is good for me. I usually don't get started until 10 and I take breaks when I need one. Not to worry.
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