Buzzkill prevention thread {capture and kill the bad juju}
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too larry
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Talked with the debris removal guys this morning. They didn't know the big picture, but said their contract ran through the end of March. They got all the shorter pine and most of the oaks. I ask the flagman dude if the trees were cut up good enough, and he said to not even bother. He was bored, and would use his chainsaw if they needed cutting down any. Pretty cool. I got a few smaller oaks and limbs off the big trees to the road using the 'bota. Chainsawed a couple of broken trees between the garden and the graveyard. Took down the section of fence by the fruit trees, and got it pulled out from under the downed oak. After I had rolled up two other sections and got them out of the way.
too larry
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The wire pile is growing.
The section still left on the southern side of the garden is going to be a bitch. The tree that is on it is right over my soil mixing area. So before i do any chainsawing I have to move five 45 gallon kiddie pools of mushroom compost, and two of soil mix. Also all the tubs where i store my amendments, bags of potting soil and peat moss. stacks of buckets, pots, trays, etc, etc.. All under a very big oak. I may just cut the wire on each side and leave the tree there for now.
The section still left on the southern side of the garden is going to be a bitch. The tree that is on it is right over my soil mixing area. So before i do any chainsawing I have to move five 45 gallon kiddie pools of mushroom compost, and two of soil mix. Also all the tubs where i store my amendments, bags of potting soil and peat moss. stacks of buckets, pots, trays, etc, etc.. All under a very big oak. I may just cut the wire on each side and leave the tree there for now.
too larry
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I forgot to mention this earlier. Sister told me the scrapper {who is taking Mamma's wrecked trailer apart} came to talk to her. He is going to finish the trailer, because he agreed to the deal. But scrap has going from 7 cent a pound pre hurricane, down to 1 cent now. He is losing money. She is going to give him a little something extra to sweeten the pot.
too larry
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Got the two main logs cut. We used a chain to pull the pine along the oak so it was clear of the fence and gate. I cut it past the gate on one end, then pulled it clear by a couple of feet, then cut the other end. Once she got that section moved, we pulled it more and cut a 2nd piece off it, enough to give us a path to the oak.
From there she was able to grab the oak to take pressure off it so I could saw it. Would have been a pain without the grapple.
From there she was able to grab the oak to take pressure off it so I could saw it. Would have been a pain without the grapple.
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too larry
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I had done a little raking and picked up some silk flowers a couple of three months ago, but yesterday was the first chainsaw work I've done at the graveyard. Got all four of the broken cedar trees on the ground. Back was acting up, so only got one all the way trimmed and moved to a safe location.
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Mind those silk flowers. They're heck'a invasive.
too larry
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They must be. There are hundreds of them in the woods behind the graveyard.
too larry
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After the graveyard, I still had an hour to kill, so I went down to the pond. The main road coming in is just too bad for me to try to deal with any time soon. So I parked along the paved road and walked in the power company's right of way to where the pond is closest to the landline. I had already scoped out a pretty easy path. Most of the cutting was holly or small oaks. I made it down to the road that wraps around the pond, but still in the woods. From there I had about 20-25 more yards to reach the road that goes around the edge of the pond. When I got to it, it was under water. So that plan isn't going to work. I will still work on the road from where I cut a path in. It's not too far from my old camp, and that is my main destination.
The last time the pond was this full I had to cut the road through the woods at night after I got off work {I was living in the house by the pond then}. That was 1984 or 1985. Much easier cutting a road when the trees are all pointing up.
The old road I had planned on using is between the woods and that pine.
The last time the pond was this full I had to cut the road through the woods at night after I got off work {I was living in the house by the pond then}. That was 1984 or 1985. Much easier cutting a road when the trees are all pointing up.
The old road I had planned on using is between the woods and that pine.
