This is our Alder, and I wouldn’t expect a whole lot out of it. I’ve cut and burned cords of it as a kid, but don’t waste time with burning it now...
[ATTACH] Weaned them today. Rolled out some hay for bedding, expecting mild weather for a few days. We might have to sleep in a room on the far...
It is named Mt Flamstead, but we call it the hill. It gets pretty steep - my dad climbed it before I did, while we were considering buying the...
[ATTACH] Pasture pine (weeviled White Pine). We have a lot. It is all getting cut. Very low value, and not simple to drop and limb.
[ATTACH] This Red Maple is one of the few trees marked with a blue X. That means the tree dies but it is the logger’s call whether to market...
I’ve cut essential no Red Oak for firewood on this property because almost all of it is sawlog quality. Sitting here, there were 8 nice oaks plus...
[ATTACH] Some deer activity, above. This is my one small grove of young Red Spruce. It will be left alone for diversity and just because. Below...
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From a landowner perspective it is often not about the money, but rather about relationships. Some of it depends on your footprint... do you...
I work within a limited skidding window to be able to skid on snow, but not have too much snow. I've tried cutting ahead, but it kills my...
Nice - I built one several years ago and was pleased with it (only used it that one year, and have had multiple years not sugaring since then). I...
OK, attaching the prospectus as a PDF... I've deleted some of the personal identifying information and a couple of maps. One map showed how the...
I am a fan of home-built solutions. My winch has 150+ feet of cable. The probability of snagging on a rock or stump seems to be a strong,...
[ATTACH] Here’s my wife, visiting one of the crews on a job site (not ours). I think the forwarder carries 4+ cords per trip. The firewood stays...
After marking all the areas over three days with 2 foresters, they came back another day and inventoried all the marked trees within multiple...
The general idea with this harvest is to end up with the best trees left to grow, and remove lower value trees that are competing for the...
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Things didn’t progress very fast this summer, but eventually the forester came back out and walked a bunch of the woods with me, asking questions...
Nice setup, Woodsman ! I bought a used 2x6 setup this past fall, but don’t have the sugarhouse built. Two years ago I boiled on a small arch...
Many farmers have died from round bales doing that.
