Yep, here it comes
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery.
Blustery
Can’t wait for Bitterly Cold
Guess I’ll put that new carburetor on the splitter today and get it going. Round up the chain saw, two-stroke oil, bar and chain lube and get my pallet firewood racks and the indoor wood rack cleared off of misc catchall stuff tossed on them over the year.
Cut and split some logs I have sitting up here and the boy can split and stack them inside.
Gonna try and get a pair of tunnel frame holes dug. I’ve got two bags of ready mix sitting outside and it would be nice to use them today instead of trying to cover or put in the shed. Looks like we’ll get some rain first of next week. Hopefully enough to make digging easier.
I got 80 lb bags of ready mix which I hate but it’s what Ace had and it worked out to an 80 lb bag being perfect for one tunnel frame hole so I guess I’ll continue to get and use them.
Our deer firearms season started the 11th and goes to the 21st and as happens every year, that’s about the time I want to cut wood but hate making all the noise. I was grinding on tunnel frames last Saturday but waited until 11:30am and was done by 3pm and it was warm out.
High of 69 today and low of 53 tonight so I’ll be making some noise today but I work this weekend when it will be cooler. Sat and Sun mornings down around freezing.
Hunting season is a little nerve wracking for us. Stick frame house surrounded by three large properties that people hunt and those rounds go quite a ways. Hopefully they all keep in mind where we are and where they’re aiming when they pull that trigger.
Kind of why I do make some noise on a couple of the warmer days.
Back up into a large pile of compost and get a scoop full. Drive down the bed and disperse it nice and evenly.
Although he doesn't have a hose going to it in the pic below, I'm pretty sure that's a hydraulic motor to drive the paddles.
Gonna have to build me one of these.
Waiting for water to soak into heavy soil.
Kind of like watching paint dry.
Ought to be able to dig a few more inches when I go back out there and then more water; repeat until 30” depth.
The wind is whipping but I have a nice sturdy first frame to brace to for this second one.