A hackberry tree growing around the wheel of Farmer's old hog chute over by the hog barn
Dad and Skeet spent the last few days of Christmas break cutting firewood, clearing brush, and doing general clean-up of the woodlot between us and Chapmans'. His new strategy of stacking newly-cut wood where it falls and letting it dry for a year before hauling means that there has been a lot less firewood work this winter. The theory is that the wood will dry better outside and that it will be much lighter to carry without all of the green moisture.
That means we'll appear to have less wood in stock over the next year, but it also means less backache and wear/tear on the pickup (which is on it's last leg anyway).
The red mark isn't a good sign if you're a tree (it means you'll be culled to free up room for your healthier neighbor tree soon)
A two-year old tap hole is all healed-over
One of the old maples by the hogbarn remains - it doesn't give sap
A close-up of the wheel and the hackberry
Most of the brush-clearing involved cutting up the invasive Amur Honeysuckle
Dad burned the biggest brushpile, but saved the rest for songbirds and rabbits
Skeet spent most of this morning perched in the big old downed Ash tree
The downed Ash tree over at Ralph's is a dandy, although it's hard to access
The big brush pile nearly down to embers
Had enough of the cold already
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