Soil & Wood

This weekend we picked up 12 long planks of hemlock from our local sawmill.  It was amazing to see the difference between what you would buy at a big box store compared to the boards we purchased.  Not only were they true length but they were also true width.  Each 12 foot long, 2 inch wide plank weighted a good 90 pounds!  We also had 14 square yards of composted cow manure delivered.  In the process of cleaning the farm up Dave found the old manure pile, so we have a ton of old crap to build these beds with.  A soon as the sod is cut out of the "garden" we will begin building and filling the beds. 

We also cut a lot of wood this weekend.  Over the years many elms have been taken down in the barn yard.  Many were already dead but some were green.  Piles of log length wood was left all over, 9 piles in total.  It took us about 5 hours to buck up 2 piles, load it onto a trailer and stack it near the wood pile.  This fall we will have to rent a splitter to split the elm, wow is that stuff hard!