…and a helluva a lot more real! TS & PN visited the build-site. Evolve Builders, we appreciated the tour. And Design Electrical (Owen Sound), you impressed us… again. PN took this image… (from the same POV we took from the ATV, bush buggy, saws).
Category: Site Preparation
Well. Damn!
Organic layer removed last week (today, it’s June 21/23) The pylon (path that leads to the back yard) is in the far left corner. as of June 21/23.
No, WordPress, I haven’t fractured a major skeletal part…
Have you ever broken a bone? …however, I did destroy a Sthil MS250 chainsaw bar and chain. This weekend. Ugly, part 1 (at 368 Lindsay Road 40). Our neighbour, MS, helped me take down the other half of this leaning, dead, ash (that’s smack dab in the middle of our future BCB&B build site). I … Continue reading No, WordPress, I haven’t fractured a major skeletal part…
2 months of contract teaching left…
...and then it's July 2023. The clean up begins. TS and I clean up our GTA condominium suite, follow the mantra (when in doubt, throw it out), and begin rental-accomodation hunting (up on the North Bruce Peninsula). To casual Bruce Trail hikers: please respect the signage for our property. Expect to encounter heavy machinery at … Continue reading 2 months of contract teaching left…
Happy December 25th!
PN is grateful that TS is recovering so well post knee-surgery. TS is becoming an Fe-womyn with all of those various (borderline sadistic) physiotherapeutic exercises (Gus [from the clinic], if you're reading this, I don't know whether to thank you or curse you). While I want to spend a week at the site (during our … Continue reading Happy December 25th!
Gate Lock 🔐 Box Installed
We’re optimistic that our well will be sunk before the deep snow piles up (see image, courtesy of Evolve Builders Group [Melanie Scott, designer]). Authorized personnel? BCB&B is now ready for your constructive business!
Ah… so THAT’S why I received so many telephone calls from satellite ISP agents…
When TS & I move up to the peninsula, we expect to pay a lot for broadband internet service. Off-grid. Our property line is at least ~1000 m from the last utility pole. Link to CBC article.
Educate Yourself…
I am very aware that I earn a fantastic salary, posess excellent medical benefits, and a have a pension fund that can't be beat. I have the luxury of retiring in June. My CUPE colleagues -- no. My colleagues in CUPE (especially in caretaking, as a CYW, or performing EA duties) often do the same … Continue reading Educate Yourself…
Bionic Woman!
TS returned from her knee surgery. Now. Now the rehab begins…
October 2022 360-degree image
You are looking at my 2nd attempt at making a full-sphere image of our driveway at the build-site. My iDevice did its very best at knitting together images into an image bubble. Yes, PN is wearing red wooly socks in his Birkenstocks. TS is accepting of my fashion crimes. PN & TS also cut away … Continue reading October 2022 360-degree image
4 weeks of harvesting, logging, and chipping…
…leads to a roughed-in build site! See the attached images, eh. Revision: Ah. So THAT’S how one inserts images. Oy. After 4 weeks of forestry, TS & PN roughed out the future build-site. PN & TS’s build-site is on the other side of the rock outcrop (that is on the left side of the image). … Continue reading 4 weeks of harvesting, logging, and chipping…
Hardwood is…
…well, hard. A grove of slow-growing oak, maple, and ironwood (yes, that’s a real Ontario tree [I’m using this tree atlas to identify my plants])… are challenging me. I thought I would be able to sharpen my saw’s chain every 3 days. Nope. The chain skates on the media! Daily sharpening. Daily! I won’t be … Continue reading Hardwood is…
I had to be reminded…
…that green branches and fresh leaves play holy hell with small chippers & shredders. I blocked up the mechanism 3 times before I walked away from it in disgust (TS is more savvy than me about the unit… I end up jamming branches and stuff into the hopper… and look like Wile E. Coyote on … Continue reading I had to be reminded…
Tomorrow… we chip!
TS & I were able to get back into the zone while clearing the build-site. Yesterday, TS was able to rough-out the new ATV trail from the build-site to her soil-operation. Me? I just smashed and crashed my way hither-and-dither using our Polaris! I strung a trail-line from our starting point to the soil-operation. This … Continue reading Tomorrow… we chip!
Preparing to return…
...to the bush. I'm optimistic we learned a few lessons from our last session. We'll have to DIY our own bush-buggy-platform for the wood chipper. King City Trailers gave us good advice, had SOME stock, but couldn't sell us a ready-made option. Still, I'd recommend them to you. Meh... we're planning on pushing another ATV … Continue reading Preparing to return…
We’re recovering from…
…bug bites, nicks and scratches, sprains/strains/soreness, poor sleeping arrangements, and a wee bit of heat exhaustion. Oh woodlot… PN & TS will spend our holidays merrily toiling away on you!
Anybody have a portable sawmill?
I’m (PN) a self-proclaimed weekend warrior, gentleman forester, and a (safety-conscious) goofball with a chainsaw. I don’t want to chop these up for firewood. Can it be milled? I don’t expect anything sellable or fancy.
I only have 6GB of media storage, so I’ll add/remove items as our efforts progress. PN.
We’re finishing up our 1st work-session…
…on the future build site, septic field, and (hopefully before the new year), a well. Let’s harvest the biomass before the bulldozers clear this area. Evolve Builders is our contractor, so we are able to reduce our overall woodlot impact. Our foundations will be going in where the clearing is - about 15-20 paces from … Continue reading We’re finishing up our 1st work-session…
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