Finally! Earthmovers are here

We have been on our new homestead for seven months, (6 of those were frozen and under deep snow) We have many plans and the weather is now nice enough to start them. The load limits are off the country roads so heavy yellow iron can be transported once again.

Last fall we logged off a lot of maple trees that were too close to the home. Not only did this remove the risk of one of them falling through the roof but it will supply us with  a lot of fire wood and it was also done to clear land for a garden space, (future passive solar greenhouse) a chicken coop and run and a graveled over parking pad for my tractor and other things as to serve as an area to compost and a place for the LP tank for the headquarters for my company.

While I wait for the builders to start construction of my new company headquaters, Im dealing with another local excavator to remove the boulders and stumps and they arrived today. I put my drone in the air to get some pictures.











Its a mess after day one but im glad progress is being made.



We will start with a dozen 4 x 8 foot raised beds and Ive got 90 plants started in pots waiting to hit the ground.

Back at it again in the early AM before the rains come.

How does the dried wood burn in a heater.
I remember once I was in Canada, and started a BBQ for some fish, I let the fire burn a bit for coals to form and discovered coals do not actually exist when softwood is burned!!!
Had warm sushi fish for dinner that night.
Australian hardwoods, most common wood available . creates a lovely bed of coals to play with when cooking.

John C Daley wrote:How does the dried wood burn in a heater.
I remember once I was in Canada, and started a BBQ for some fish, I let the fire burn a bit for coals to form and discovered coals do not actually exist when softwood is burned!!!
Had warm sushi fish for dinner that night.
Australian hardwoods, most common wood available . creates a lovely bed of coals to play with when cooking.

We have hard maple and ash here. Great for cooking with and for heating our home.