In July of 2014, we came home to this. Free wood. Delivered for free. Pieces were bigger and taller than myself, and wide. Very wide.
Ta-Da! All done. We have a few pieces we rolled into the barn to cut during our next work weekend, but the debris is all cleaned up and it's looking nice again.
I have almost all of the brush cleaned up from the tree, so the next step is wood splitting. Then that'll free up space to put the tree when we finally cut it down.
We are very thankful to have good weather to get this done.
Oh, and Hubby and I patched up a few gaps in the goat barn, and it's looking better and better.
I think I will be picking up sticks weekly, as the dead tree out back graciously provides.
He ended the afternoon with football and flannels, and I baked us some whiskey "sticks" .
This time I used 1 tsp. cayenne vs. 1/2 tsp. I also used a non-gmo pretzel "chip" vs. whole thick pretzels. I used 3 - 7.5 oz. bags of pretzel chips, spreading them out on two baking sheets (with a 1 inch side). On the stove, in a small pan, melt 1 stick butter, add 1 heaping Tablespoon brown sugar, 3 Tablespoons whiskey, 1 tsp. cayenne and 1 tsp. garlic powder. Heat on low until dissolved. Spoon mixture over pretzels, toss to coat. Bake at 250°F for 20 minutes, stirring halfway through bake time. If you don't like it that spicy, cut the cayenne to 1/2 tsp.
We slept well last night.
He ended the afternoon with football and flannels, and I baked us some whiskey "sticks" .
This time I used 1 tsp. cayenne vs. 1/2 tsp. I also used a non-gmo pretzel "chip" vs. whole thick pretzels. I used 3 - 7.5 oz. bags of pretzel chips, spreading them out on two baking sheets (with a 1 inch side). On the stove, in a small pan, melt 1 stick butter, add 1 heaping Tablespoon brown sugar, 3 Tablespoons whiskey, 1 tsp. cayenne and 1 tsp. garlic powder. Heat on low until dissolved. Spoon mixture over pretzels, toss to coat. Bake at 250°F for 20 minutes, stirring halfway through bake time. If you don't like it that spicy, cut the cayenne to 1/2 tsp.
We slept well last night.
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We have 12' long logs of hard maple that are nearly as big round as those you just finished working up. We've been avoiding them for quite a while now. Good thing we don't need the wood right now. We can procrastinate for a while yet.