Back in the cedars today

[Kevin]

No new camp but I have a pole barn that needs a roof.
The stairs will be for my mom.
I want to try and get some fir out for the barn (pole shed) rafters but I only have weekends left and it's going up to 50 degrees in a week so this might be my last kick at the cat.

[LOGDOG]

178 acres with three small lakes.
Thanks for looking for that.
There are small yarders that can be made but I want to try my portable winch.

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/deaton0601.html

Kevin,

   Your place sounds nice. Any fish in those three little lakes? Are they spring fed? Trout maybe? That yarder in Backwoods Home magazine is pretty neat. I enjoy that magazine.

LOGDOG

[Kevin]

No fish other than minnows.
Lots of wildlife though, deer,moose, coyote, bobcat,otter, mink, muskrat, turkeys, grouse and migratory birds.
I imagine if a fish did get in there the mink and otter would be all over it.

[SwampDonkey]

The brook trout in the little brooks around these farms got wiped out from the last logging contractor. He cut on 5 or 6 farms and ruined the brooks as far as I can tell. All the brook trout are gone and all we have is chub and leaches. We even got a new brook. :D Yup, believe it or not. There used to be cedar and black ash there in the same spot. Cut every stick in the wet places and on the brooks, no adherence to the clean water act at all. Created habitat for 25 acres of beaver flooding in one spot, and that has caused the main brook to go nearly dry in the summers now.

[Kevin]

The black ash on my property is in the yellow section, I'm now working in the blue section and the entire property is outlined in red.

[Magicman]

The white.  Snow, ice, or water?

[LOGDOG]

Yes.  ;D

[Kevin]

The white are the three small lakes, all ice right now.
The trail starts on the upper right corner of the property.

[ljmathias]

Uh,oh, Kevin- based on your red line, looks a property line dispute in the right side corner...   who gets those trees that look pretty ripe for cutting there?

Neat stuff- thanks for sharing.

Lj

[Kevin]

I have a couple of neighbours that clear cut a few years ago.
That's the high ground on the right, there's a ridge along the road then it drops off maybe twenty feet or so into swamp towards the west.
Very quiet area, I seldom see anyone on the main road.

[Magicman]

The signature map in your profile must not pinpoint your property.

Come to think about it, mine doesn't either.  I think that I should move mine to my tree farm instead of my home.

[OneWithWood]

The white are the three small lakes, all ice right now.
The trail starts on the upper right corner of the property.

I really like that little pond to the left.

[Kevin]

That's the same pond that Jeff is on or at least close to.

[Kevin]

Back in the cedars cutting and skidding spruce and cedar today.
This was the first spruce log to get skidded out of the bush.





This is the new skid trail I put in today to get at the spruce.

[Coon]

Looks like you've been a tad bit busy chewin' away at it.......  :D  I am still sittin' here chompin on the bit gettin ready to start in the bush....  :D What snow we had at Christmas is about half gone and dirty from the wind blowing.  Kinda waiting for it to snow. : Got a good whack of nice sized beaver killed aspen to pull out with the snowmobile and skidding arch. This stuff has some beautiful snow white wood inside and is way to nice to leave it alone or cut for firewood.  Kinda hoping that I can rid of this slop pail ring from my butt this week.  :D  Been sittin' on that poor ol' 5 gallon bucket out on the trout pond too much lately and gettin' only the odd one. ;D  Bet I got more hours of ice time in this winter than you have in the bush.  :D

[Magicman]

I'd love to be there helping/watching......

[SwampDonkey]

Sure is thick in that cedar, won't be able to separate the skid trail from the moose paths by spring. ;D Best time of the year for cedar woods.

[Kevin]

It's getting warm and I'll be lucky to get one or two more trips back there before it's over.
I was standing in water back there yesterday, very unusual for this time of year.
The good thing is, I'm just about done other than getting the logs up the hill.
Milling may come early this year.

[LOGDOG]

Kevin,

  Have you found any shed antlers back in your place?

LOGDOG

[Kevin]

No, the deer don't yard there.
They get lots of feed from the locals.

[Kevin]

Logs are getting staged today.

[SwampDonkey]

Sure looks like nice cedar.  ;D

[thecfarm]

I cut 4 ceders in the bog yesterday.Dragged them up by the house about 15 minutes by a tractor.Want them for a fence for the wife.I dropped them off by the brush pile,limbs and all.Went back to get some more firewood and there was 9 deer all ready eating the ceder limbs that broke off on the way up to the house. One really hated to leave.I got off the tractor and it stayed there and looked at me.It turned and walked away.Checked the ceder I bought up to the brush pile this morning and it was picked clean.What ceder I have is tall.My MIL wanted some boughs for an arrangement.Thought it would be easy to find some.Should of bought a ladder with me.  :D  

[SwampDonkey]

I'd like a set up like that someday to work in my softwood plantations. Most likely by then, the machine would be worth a lot more than the thinnings off 50 acres. :D

[Kevin]

Just a few left at the bottom of giv'r hell hill.
I should be done next weekend.
The portable winch comes in handy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4luqApbG4ag