Wood If I Could

Lost my internet last night. It was the first time that has happened.

There was a dead birch aimed right at my wellhead. I had to drop it before it crushed my new ... very... expensive well.

Another view

 View from wellhead

Bingo!  Nailed IT!

Excellent cut

Notch Hall of Fame

Slowest Barber in the World

I just waited 90 minutes for a haircut that took...50 minutes. Amazing. There was one guy in front of me so I waited after 45 minutes I just had to see how long this was going to take. 45 minutes later he finished the guy's haircut.

While I was there 3 other guys showed up. My haircut took almost an hour. You gotta love small towns.

Then I did my laundry at the gas station/laundromat.

Went home and shoveled gravel.

My toads made fun of me.

Stuff for the Bunkhouse

Gathering things for the bunkhouse...

Microwave/convection oven and hot plate.

Heater/table for each room...

Wood stove...

Chipper and Toads

I got a very small chipper

Found this scat in the barn. Thought it might be a raccoon or skunk...

Turns out it was my pet toads, Eddie and Frank.

Decided to double the size of the foot washing station.

Perfect afternoon for sailing. Steady 10 mph wind and 80 degrees. 

I have redish sails.

It was only 130 feet deep!

Patio is open for business

Yucky Gravel

I guess I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. The previous owners left a load of gravel outside the green barn. It must have sat there for years. It is all full of roots, leaves and dirt.

And even some worms. Worms do not belong in gravel.

Foaming done on the inside and ugly gravel laid down as first layer.

Great thing about living at a lake. When you get hot you just jump in the lake...

Then you work a little more and dry out. More wood.

Oh boy, looks like a massive crop of raspberries will be here in a few weeks.

Dead Trees and Foam

More foaming...

Great pickled and dilled beans...yum

Worked on steps adding sand to stiffen them up...

Oh no! Some sand fell into the water. That might happen a few more times. :)

Cut down a bunch of dead birch trees..

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Don't worry there is plenty more available...

Two of about a dozen more birch and another dozen pine.

Boring day

Felled 6 trees. All rotten, dead birch. All the birch are dying around here.

Did the laundry...

More foam installation

Slabtio

Official foot washing slab

Official stake sharpening slab

This is a Slabtio or a patio made out of slabs

How to build a dock for little or no money

1. Go to your neighbors and steal their dock.

2. Tow the dock to your site with your kayak

3. Install said dock

Running out of slabs. Time to cut more.

View from my Slabtio