What You Should Be Doing: May, June, July

Looking for any suggestions of what type of tasks should be done by woodcutters in the months of a May, June, and July.

 

Cut, split, stack on pallets.

Attend Charity Cuts.

Build more sheds for storing wood.

Mow grass, ...

 

Looking for morels in the month of May

 

1. replace motor on splitter
2. get the rest of last fall's cut split
3. load next seasons burn shed with all wood available that will be dry in time
4. figure out how short i am on dry wood for next year
5. shop CL hard for wood that is "burnable" now and will be as close as possible to dry by fall
6. finish loading shed with fall cut so it has a chance of being ready for 2015-2016
7. get off ash and get back to 3+ years ahead so 1-6 isn't mission critical next year like it is this year

 

Cutting more wood, trying to get stay ahead of all the girl stoves I gotta feed.

 

Just got word that me and and my buddy across the road are gonna be haying 8 of the 11 fields
AGAIN this year in his 80's and just wont quit

Also gonna be staining the house at some point and some tree cutting when the time allows

 

Burn uglies in the fire pit and drink berrs.

 

Anything I haven't finished stacking in April gets done in May. I put aside wood I will use for camping and the firepit, that gets stacked at another site. I have a second wood site, I will periodically visit the site when construction is slow and buck and stack there. For the most part, unless I get a scrounge, May, June and July is quiet for firewood for me

 

Open the pool, crank the tunes, keep the cooler full...and the occasional cannonball after sweating up a storm putting up a half cord(on a cool early morning)
Probably be harvesting cukes, pickling and blackberry jamming come late June.

If you have the right system of efficient processing down and burn 5-6cords or less a year(I'm 2-3/yr here) I see no reason to dedicate anymore than 2days/cord(maybe more if transported longer distances).

We should be enjoying the natural warmth of the summer(assumptions above made on the 3yr plan being in the bank already)

 

I can't stand the cold like I did when younger so I do most of my fire wood when it is above 40°F. 100°F in the shade works for me. (A breeze is appreciated when it is that warm.)

 

Go fishing & grow a garden so I have high energy healthy food
So I have the energy to refill the empty section of the woodshed in August
& CSS 7 cords of wood in the fall.

Will be burning lots of fire pit fires to cook some of the food.

 

Great answer. I sit back at my fire pit drinking beers and admiring the winter's hard work.

 

The list is long Grizz but the first thing we'll do is hang some new gates (two twelve footers)up to block ATV's from our property, after that I'll start cutting.

 

Just keep throwing ideas against the wall, some are sticking!

 

1. Hang Gates
2. Cut downed wood, includes shoulder season wood
3. split & stack it
4. Check trails after our first wind event, usually happens in late May
5. trail maintenance / fill in holes with pine needles & wood chips
6. open up some old trails that are blocked
7. take care of Ice Storm damage around the house
8. Make sure the Brook is wide open before winter hits
9. Make sure I take a picture, maybe two of all the work\
10. I left out some stuff but this should keep me busy

 

when is a good time of year to prune trees for timber stand improvement?

 

According to the expert from Iowa State on the radio, pruning should be done while the tree is dormant-- either in late autumn or early spring.