As I mentioned in my last post, we have been in the process of clearing the fence line of debris for the beginning of the fence installation today. Sharron and I decided to take it a step further and simply clear out any large debris inside the fence line too. This included any fallen trees, branches, limbs, etc. Did I mention that this fence is going to contain .6 acres of our land? Oh my. We started working at 11 on Saturday. I’d asked my co-worker Adam if he was interested in coming over to help, but he’d brushed me off. I’d also asked our friend John if he was interested, and he said yes, but only if he could bring HIS chain saw. :-) Sharron and I started by setting up a debris/mulch pit. We lined up several tree trunks to on 4 of the 5 sides. I kept adding to these walls throughout the day and it worked great. Mostly our work consisted of dragging trees and limbs to the pile and making it bigger. John showed up at around 4 and got to work with the chain saw. While he was cutting, I got the wheel barrow out and started hauling the logs. Whew! We stopped at just before 6pm because we were seriously tired. We’d cleared out about 5/8 of what we’d set out to accomplish.
We started again on Sunday at 11. It was MUCH harder to get going on the 2nd day, but we had a definite goal in mind. Our first obstacle was to clear out all of the logs we’d cut the day before. This took a good long time, but we kept making good progress too. After most of the logs had been cleared from one section, we decided it was time for the tarp. Sharron had bought a tarp and two handled D-rings (with hand foam for softness!). We loaded the tarp up 3 or 4 times and dragged it back to the mulch pile. That turned out to work VERY well and we’ll probably do the same thing when we finally get around to clearing out all the leaves. :-) The chain saw took its turn again on Sunday and I cut up a bunch of the trees that were still left. We quit for lunch at 3pm and Sharron realized that her back was in SCREAMING pain. I recommended that she take a hot bath and relax for the rest of the day. At 4:15, I headed back out to finish up. I still needed to cut a couple of the fallen trees, and drag a few more to the pile. Luckily, with the end in sight, I made short work of the remainder and even after clean-up I was done by 6pm. DONE I tell you DONE! Ha ha ha haaaaaa!
We went to the supermarket and got Salmon filets stuffed with crab and jumbo Shrimp for an appetizer. It was a great dinner.
Ok ok, we’re not 100% finished yet. The previous owner(s) had been making their own refuse pile…about 20 feet from the house! (the morons) We started removing that, but decided it wasn’t worth our time this weekend. It’s a project for another day.
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