Monday, 22 April 2013

Ian always wanted to be a Lumberjack...

As the weather is getting cooler our thoughts turn to lighting the wood fire, and the need for fire wood.  In pursuit of his lumberjacking aspirations, Ian bought a chainsaw.  Fortunately one of our neighbours used to be a woodcutter and has been able to provide some invaluable tips for chainsaw use and wood cutting technique.  There are a few trees already fallen on the property, which have dried out somewhat, so we started with one of those.

View of Lumberjack and ride on mower (RHS) used to transport gear & cut wood.

The Lumberjack (note PPE, incl chaps - yeah baby !!)
If you are not familiar with Monty Python's lumberjack song, see this link:
http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/monty-python-lyrics/lumberjack-song-lyrics.html

Updates:
  • Egg production has doubled !!  That's right 7 hens are producing 2 eggs per day.  I estimate the overall PF to be 3.5.  Not good but an improvement from 7.
  • The vege seeds have mostly germinated.  Winter tomatoes have not come up yet.
  • Sunshine.  We've had about 1 week of lovely fine weather (finally), so here are some photos of the house / shed.
Above ground pool in front of house / living area.  Hen house is behind the palm trees in the centre of the photo.

Ian is walking in front of the part of the shed that is enclosed as the house / living area. 


Note solar panels, water tanks and Spitfire under cover,(Spitty now used to drive up and collect the mail and frighten the wallabies)



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  1. Mummy Cool23 April 2013 at 19:13

    Very happy to see Ian wearing safety gear. Those chain saws can do horrific damage when not used properly, as you've no doubt been told. Nice to see photos of where you actually live. The "girls" are obviously responding to the TLC and I imagine you two have settled in very nicely to your new life style. One of the women where Nicky works is so envious! She wants to join you.

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  2. Unknown4 May 2013 at 23:47

    Lol at the ppe, slightly overkill but makes for a very professional look! Not happy that you have a pool and it will be too cold to swim in it when I get there, but at least you'll have a fire.

    I hope someone is walking a goat when we visit, it looks interesting. And I hope Monty is long gone as well.

    So what sort of homebrew is on the go? Ian might need to double production in time for our arrival. Dallis has moved from bottling to kegging recently. And he has just mailordered the stuff to make Strongbow Original, because he doesn't like the stuff he has been brewing me.

    So now that you are retired do you think you'll be able to pick us up and drop us back to the airport? It's GC not Bris. Then we can hire a car in your area and not have to deal with traffic.

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