Each winter I cut, split, and stack firewood for the next heating season. In recent years the trees cut have all been windfalls and since our woods is mature second growth the trees that fall can be large. This is a red oak that blew over a year ago. The top broke off about 10 […]
Every season here has its special beauty but spring, maybe because of the rampant abundance of growth, the season always stands out. We still have logs in the the garden area, pines which had fallen years before. After cutting up three logs with the chainsaw in March, I hauled the logs away in April and […]
March this year came in for us like a lion with a windstorm that blew over a number of trees, some across roads in our woods. Molly from our home saw one large pine go down. This was a large (about 24 inches diameter at chest height) pine that blew down during the March 1 […]