{"id":330,"date":"2012-10-09T19:29:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T19:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/eagleledge\/?p=330"},"modified":"2012-10-10T02:32:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T02:32:35","slug":"taking-down-the-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/eagleledge\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Taking Down the Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our WWOOFER<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/wwoofer.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Brittany Brown from Ontario Canada joined us for a week of WWOOFing on our homestead. She shucked beans, helped with the clean up from taking down the big white pine, did some harvesting and winter prep in the community garden and joined us at community lunch. We learned a lot about Canada and what they use and do not use the metric system for.\u00a0 Use: temperature &amp; distance Not Use: weight and lumber lengths.\u00a0 She was a great help and we loved having her be part of our family for a week.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">New PJs<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/pjs.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Grandma Kris sent the girls matching feety pajamas!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Leaves<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/leaf1.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Autumn is here and time to jump in the leaf pile!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/leaf2.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<h2>Construction Update<br \/>\nTaking Down the Big White Pine<\/h2>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Our neighbor and good friend Neal Maker came by with his chainsaw and expertly dropped our 90 foot white pine which we are going to mill for the sub-floor of our long house. I was amazed by the precision of his cut and the way it fell exactly where he wanted it to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree2.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Tree shortly after it fell. It is on the path leading uphill from the cabin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree3.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>A view of the tree looking uphill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree4.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><center><embed style=\"width: 400px; height: 366px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree2.wmv\" autostart=\"FALSE\"><\/embed><\/center><br \/> The tree after it has been de-limbed. We gor 3\/4 of a cord of wood for our sap making and winter fire circle from the branches. We also got a 1\/3rd of a cord from 2 small yellow birch that came down with the tree.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Moving the Big White Pine<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree3b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Our neighbor Holly came by the next week with her tractor to pull the log down into our meadow to get it ready for the sawmill which comes on Saturday Oct. 27th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree5.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>It came down easy and I bucked it up with my chainsaw into 8&#8242; and 12&#8242; lengths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree6.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree7.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Ambiana &amp; Jakobi on the tractor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree8.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Holly &amp; Ambiana pulling a log length.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree9.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Colleen &amp; Jakobi attaching the chain to a log length.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree10.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Ambiana blows a bubble as she steers the tractor. Easy Peasy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/tree11.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our logs ready for the mill.<\/p>\n<p><center><embed style=\"width: 400px; height: 366px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/treeandleaves.wmv\" autostart=\"FALSE\"><\/embed><\/center><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sabian Symbol- Libra 12th Degree<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/October\/libra12.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our WWOOFER Brittany Brown from Ontario Canada joined us for a week of WWOOFing on our homestead. 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