I got wood!

will — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:04:58 +0000

A month or so back i had a walkabout on the MYB farm, just seeing exactly what kind of trees are in fact on the property. We have yer, Scrub pine, and some cedar, hickory(both smooth and shagbark), 1 old cherry tree, lots of oak, lots n lots of maple (in fact one campsite is called “maple grove”), a stand of small locust, in an area undeveloped yet, even some birch and lots of poplar. The area was “timbered” some 15-20 years ago, bot the area looks very heavily forested. I think this is why I fell in love with the property when I bought it. Very shady in the woods here! Very sunny on the flatlands at the ridgetop, hence the farm/campgound designation. Very low Police presence up here also. Very quiet in summer too- lots of birdsong and woods noise. In fact I am probably the noisiest thing up here, what with my tractor, partys, and shootin’ i do.
Have’nt done much this week as almost every day it’s been rain,rain n more rain! I cut down the set of three dead standing hickory so i’ve had real good firewood this month, but I don’t know how I’m gonna get the last one i cut up the hill! Seems it did’nt want to follow the program and fall the way i wanted as the other 3 trees. I guess I’ll have to cut it into 8′ lengths and skid them with the tractor. Man I hate doin’ that. Even when I DON’T have all the mud that a week of rain will produce. I almost got the 4wd tractor stuck yesterday! Looks like there will be a serious bonfire this spring as i have literally tons of brush, tree limbs , stumps and weeds accumulating on the ridgetop garden from the woodlot. Also comming up some pics of the “metal junk” i am gathering from the hillside! It’s a shame how the previous owners of the property just dumped about 2 tons of assorted scrap over the hillside, out of sight, out of mind. Well, scrap is worth a lot more now than when it was dumped, looks like enough for a few cases of brew to go along with the bonfire! Everyone up on the ridge is ok, GL&GB are warm and comfy, GH is awol someplace, no police have been up in our neck o the woods, and the barn cats(box cats) are warm and dry with their “new” comforter( see Post”in sufferance”) and the deer are a hidin’(2nd week of bambi season).
See ya- you can now subscribe with the right side drop down menu. I want yer comments-don’t be shy!

Posted in bambi, beer, big bend, biker, bonefire, brew, Calhoun county, camping, cats, country living, farming, handguns, homesteading, humor, maple, maple grove, mud, Norman Ridge, property, recycle, scrap, shady, sufferage, timbered, tractors, tree, trees, Uncategorized, undeveloped, west virginia, west virginia humor, woods, wv

Willyobiker's Norman Ridge Newsletter

I got wood!