Marty and I Do Some Work Up in the Forest, Maybe Too Much

Friday June 17, 2022 Guerneville CA.

Forest work

Marty came by today to help  me do some work in the forest. We shot the bull for a bit then hopped on the machines and rode on up into the forest taking a chainsaw and some chairs up with us.rides

 

Chairs to the spring

We stopped here at the spring to deposit the chairs.ridiing2

 

Spring

We got a drink of spring water and then tried the chairs out for a bit before continuing on up the  hill.spring3

 

We stopped here to throw some sticks off the road.sticks4

 

Tree removal

This is the reason we brought the chainsaw up with us. I cut the old dead tree up enough to push it off the road.log5

 

Then we rode on to the next downed tree and worked on getting it off the road so we could get by.tree6

 

That’s better. That was pretty much all the work I had planned to do,……….But.cleared7

 

Break at the overlook

We continued to the top of the hill for a break.top9

 

The view of Guerneville from that spot.top8

 

Expending energy

After a good break we started back down the hill and ran into these downed trees. We were already tired out from taking the other trees off the road. This was a bigger mess than the other ones and I wasn’t sure we had enough energy to clear these out but we started on them.trees10

 

Got it done, barely

We got those trees cleared but were now pretty tired out and I said to Marty any more and we turn around and go another way.cut11

 

Old trail

We took another way home down this trail which was nice.trail12

 

It was 5 when we got back to my house so Marty took off for home. All the work really aggravated my sore hip and I could barely walk without a lot of pain. I needed my walking stick to get around and things hurt real good. I got he cold pack out and laid down on it until it got dark and I had to go out and put the chickens away for the night. The cold pack helped a lot and I could move without too much pain.

I need to learn not to overdue it. :O)

We had a nice time working up in the forest and got some work done and some exercise.

Nice day.

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Weed Mowing, Board Making and the Broody Hen

Thursday June 16, 2022 Guerneville CA.

New shelf board

I checked on the new shelf board I epoxied last night to see how it was doing. It’s doing just fine and I’ll work on it a bit later today.board1

 

Weeds

But first I need to do some more weed mowing here.weeds2

 

And here under these apple trees.trees3

 

I worked on the mowing throughout the day on  and off as my body would allow.

Mulberry tree

I noticed my mulberry tree berries are starting to ripen so I’ll be eating on those soon.berries4

 

Back to working on the board

I needed to trim the sides off the new board so I marked it and sawed off the ends.cutting5

 

Then I trimmed the corners and sanded it smooth.shelf6

 

I’ll be replacing this plastic one soon, but not today.plastic7

 

More mowing

In the evening I finished off the weed mowing and it looks much better.mower8

 

I’m mostly mowing the weeds for fire protection and so I can get around easier. Looking nice is just extra.trees9

 

Broody hen

I checked on the broody hen I transferred to the tote box nest last night after dark. She seems to be doing just fine.hen

 

I have another hen going broody and I’ll transfer her too as soon as she gathers enough eggs. They seem to like ten to 12 eggs to sit on.

Nice day.

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