The last several days we have had
sunshine! The nice weather was needed after several weeks of rain and snow.
With this gorgeous weather, we have taken full advantage and have been busy outside
working.
Tony cut down some more trees
to help improve our defensible space around our home. A few years back we had a
DNR (Department of Natural Resources) Fire Forester guy come out to look at our
place and let us know how we would fare if a wildfire came through. The outcome
of that visit was the knowledge that we would be on our own. We were told that
ground fire crews would not be sent out due to the steepness and
inaccessibility of the mountain ridge we live on. They may send out an aircraft
to drop some fire retardant on our house but that’s about it. On the positive
side, the DNR guy did say that we had a great start on the defensible space
around our home and had the right to stay and protect it. {Click Here} to read
more about that visit.
Down came six small Alder
trees and one large Douglas Fir tree, and it took us two days to get it all
cleaned up...
...well almost all cleaned up. We still have the large rounds in the driveway that need to be cut up and split into firewood.
Even though we are tired and
sore from working nonstop for the past several days to get the trees down and
cleaned up... progress feels good!
