Got this short video clip over on the trail, on the north side where the little stone bench used to be.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
New land clearing technique
After much trial and error, I think we finally discovered the way to clear land. First, I go in with the bulldozer and start knocking down cedar trees by pushing them over, then using the blade to dig out the root ball. By the time I'm done, the tree is laying on the ground, completely removed.
Second, I section the cedars with my chainsaw. Since the tree is completely uprooted, I cut off the stump ball, the I cut off the top and then all the branches.
Third, we haul off the timbers to our drying pile and then haul the top and branches to the burn pile, then use the bulldozer to push the rootballs to the burn pile. I hope by pushing them, it will knock as much dirt off as possible, so we don't lose it.
After we're done, the area looks like this. Hopefully some grass will now start growing in this poor soil.
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| From Drop Box |
Second, I section the cedars with my chainsaw. Since the tree is completely uprooted, I cut off the stump ball, the I cut off the top and then all the branches.
Third, we haul off the timbers to our drying pile and then haul the top and branches to the burn pile, then use the bulldozer to push the rootballs to the burn pile. I hope by pushing them, it will knock as much dirt off as possible, so we don't lose it.
After we're done, the area looks like this. Hopefully some grass will now start growing in this poor soil.
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| From Drop Box |
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Cool cedar fence design
Blow down archaeological dig
As I previously mentioned, we're trying to date the old blowdown cabin on the property by dating some of the many beer cans and whiskey bottles we found when tearing it down. Here's some photos of the can
The 'church-key' opening on top puts this can around the early 60's, since the pop top wasn't invented until 1962. Aluminum cans were first rolled out around the same time.
Another artifact was a bottle of "Old Quaker" rye whiskey. From what I could find on the internet, it looks like this bottle is probably from the early 60's as well. Apparently, it was rot gut whiskey. One of the few brands to survive prohibition. I checked ebay, but it look like the bottles are only worth about $10-20.
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| From Drop Box |
The 'church-key' opening on top puts this can around the early 60's, since the pop top wasn't invented until 1962. Aluminum cans were first rolled out around the same time.
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| From Drop Box |
Another artifact was a bottle of "Old Quaker" rye whiskey. From what I could find on the internet, it looks like this bottle is probably from the early 60's as well. Apparently, it was rot gut whiskey. One of the few brands to survive prohibition. I checked ebay, but it look like the bottles are only worth about $10-20.
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| From Drop Box |
Deer Cam for 2/27 to 3/5
I decided to experiment with doing avi video instead of still shots with the trail cam this week. It turned out pretty interesting. Here's some video looking at the mudhole in the 'football field' area.
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