Hello!!
As I type its raining heavily, but I have the fire on and we are nice and cosy.
I didn’t do a lot today due to the super miserableness of the weather – but that gives the muscles some recovery time!
Yesterday Jeff and I worked through another good portion of the tangled branch piles.
We extended and dug out the fire pit… then ringed it with some of the new stumps… lol – what could go wrong??
We were able to fit bigger pieces into the whole pit – and we also thought maybe eventually collecting the ash and throwing it down that huge mystery hole we have in the yard!! Its too much ash for the compost.
Pretty amazing progress! Yay us 😀
Jeff did a lot of the hauling – I get slowed by taking out suitable branches for the chipper.
I have a couple of piles ready to go that I will get into next time the weather looks more inviting.
Obviously there is a size limit to what I can put through, but also its hard to put in any of the twisted branches – of which there are a lot.
It comes down to what is more time efficient
Plus there are a lot of these pine cone ball clusters… they are heavy and bulky, so I often have to chop them back or off so the branches will fit through the chipper.
One of the piles to deal with when we have the chainsaw back. Need to be cut to a sensible, stackable length.
Actually – I just learned about Hugelkultur gardens and I am really interested in having a go! Its all about using big logs down to smaller ones and covering with partly broken down matter, soil and compost. Its supposed to be self sustaining and very water economical.
Since we have an excess of wood, I am super keen.
Today I picked up a bin of coffee grounds. I had left it a bit long and it was so full… I had to wait about in the rain until a fellow walked by who I asked to help me lift it into the car!! Nice of him to immediately say yes! There was no way I was going to manage myself. I have to get back to the coffee shop once a week at least.
I also picked up a heap of cardboard from the local supermarket to line the beds. Might as well start by thwarting some weeds huh?
Our little Raptors systematically testing the fence for weaknesses!!!
Anyway, I am off to sloth about with the cat. Jeff is on a nightshift, hopefully I will have the fire still going for him to return to a warm house!!
Cheers!
