How Much Wood Can A Woodchuck Chuck?

A lot if you rent one of these.

We tried splitting them the old fashion way with a maul but they were just too big. 

This hand dandy log splitter is $62 a day and well worth it's weight.

We managed to split everything that would fit under the wedge.

This was a picture from Saturday.  By Sunday I had that stacked 5' high, 12' long and two rows wide.  I was stacking it as fast as Dave could split it.

Here is another must have toy.  A wagon from Harbor Freight that carries 1000 pounds.  I was able to move a lot of wood that I could barely even lift over to Dave at the splitter.

We are saving all the really large rounds for seats around the property and on our trails.

Here is the reason that the trees had to come down.  It's the moss.  It completely covers the bark in a carpet that is two or more inches thick.  Ferns grow on the moss.  It's really pretty but it slowly kills the tree.

They rot from the inside out and the branches get very weak.  The moss holds a lot of moisture too which adds to the weight on the weak branches.  Then we get a wind storm or a lot of snow and down they come.

Looks like we might have a lot of blueberries this year.  Last year was kind of a light year.

Caught this bee doing some pollinating.

All in all a very productive weekend.  There is still a lot of wood clearing to do but all the splitting is finally done.

Comments

[Tonya]

Even though that sounds like a lot of work, it also sounds like fun. The tools help with that fun part, I'd think, as well as the feeling of accomplishment.

[Barb]

Great pictures Jane. Love the ones of the bees and the frog. You are doing good work up there in the woods. Get a picture of the property all cleaned up. Looking forward to that, especially without the trailers. Love B