 |
| 03 December 2013 |
Grub
This grub was ensconced within a chunk of the oak firewood discussed in the immediate previous post - along with a good-sized colony of black ants. I was really amazed at the size of this fellow, perhaps about five inches (maybe 12 cm) long and fat as could be. If there was anyway to save him I would probably have done so even though they must be a pest of oaks - as it is I will leave it for the cold to do in.
Downed Tree
 |
| 25 October 2013 |
 |
| 03 December 2013 |
This was a live tree, victim of a wind storm while I was in Cape Breton this summer. I waited till this last week to get down to chunking it up - which was a bit tricky as its' top was tangled in another tree leaving it at about a 30 degree angle. I measured off, with my saw bar, about nine chunks, then started cutting through from the top of the trunk - when about 2/3rds of the through (and if done correctly, just before the weight of the tree starts to putting tension on the cut and binding my saw blade) I started cutting through from the bottom. When I observed it starting to give, I carefully gave two or three quick bursts of power to the chain - leaping back as it fell to the ground, with the still hung portion of the tree again dropping to the ground now leaving the uncut trunk at about a 45 to 50 degree angle. Repeat three times leaving the branching top with good wood still hung and now rather scary to attack - so I leave it for another good wind to complete its' journey to the ground. The wood pile is the output of the sawing and rough splitting. Since this was basically a live oak when downed I will leave this pile with only a small plywood covering here in the woods till maybe February or March of '14.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)