Last night and early this morning we did lots of this....I only took one photo; we worked too quickly to take many others. There's still a bit of crivac packs of steak to finish off - the rib, the eye and the striploin. She was a fullblood cow out of 003 and looks to be a 4 or 5 so should eat well.
Our friend and his three chainsaws came out today; their other friend, the wood chipper machine, came too. When Peter was here on the weekend we walked around and earmarked trees that needed to go; some diseased, some planted in the wrong place and crowding out others; some too close to the house for comfort in strong winds. The boys worked liked demons and got through a power of work. Only two trees are left, near the house tank and clothes line. They're also the two that will take the most delicate manoeuvres to drop safely. It looks fantastic already and will only get better as we work towards making the garden/yard into a park-like area.
This chipping machine is one of the meanest things I've ever seen. Even going near it and hearing it grind the branches makes me nervous. Once you go in one end you come out the other in tiny little pieces; talk about lethal.
This tipuana went in stages. Our friend hurt his hand last week so G had to do a lot of the chainsaw work (under direction).
Explaining the concept. Note the 4 wheeler in the background with rope attached; the full extent of WH&S.
Getting ready to run if things go bad. Going......
Going......
Gone! And managed to only just clip the corner of the outdoor area gutter on the way down, no damage done.
Job well done.
Tomorrow, if everything goes to plan, we want to make strawberry jam, tomato relish and laundry liquid.
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