I had previously cut a LOT of bamboo off the backside of the dam. Below are photos of from July 3rd, my recent starting point.
The top of the dam is on the right side of the photo.
This photo is taken further down the backside of the dam.
Below are the 5 8-9' long logs I cut from a dead tree located downstream of the dam. It was dead when we moved here 2 years ago. I was concerned that it might be rotten but it was solid. There are some branches still to be cut but they are all in an area still to be cleared before I can get close to them with the tractor.
This was what it looked like yesterday.
And this is what it looked like this morning after Kathy and I spent over an hour the brush pile. (It burned for over 3 hours, but the first 1.5 hours was all that required close watching.
I left the green "brush" near the top of the dam. I've sprayed it with brush killer once and want to do it again before I actually cut it down. Hopefully Monday I can spend another couple of hours clearing and get the rest of the wood from the dead tree out. It is a little muddy down at the bottom, because of a leak in the dam. I have no idea where the water is entering the water side of the dam. All I can tell is that down near the bottom of the back side there appears to be water that has leaked through the dam.
The temperatures have been remarkably cool for mid-Missouri, but they are heating back up into the 90's at the beginning of the week. YUK!!
I was cutting Kelsey some tomato stakes with my old radial arm saw and blew a breaker. The breaker would not stay closed so I had to run an extension cord to finish cutting the stakes. The wiring out in my shed is absolutely horrible. I thought I had probably shorted out a wire somewhere in the wall. After taking the breaker out is appears that the breaker just went bad. Hopefully I can find another at the antique breaker store.
That's the news from MO. Hope all of you had a nice 4th.
May God bless you and yours.
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