With beautiful and sunny temperatures up in the 60's, K2 and I decided to take advantage of the winter dormant period to finally finish cleaning out this corner of the yard, which has been an impenetrable tick and snake infested jungle for years. I originally had K6, K7 and K8 start hacking into it with machetes back in August, then we had a community wood cut here in late October to cut up fallen trees. This time we wanted to complete the job and create a little park. The boys and I were joined by our two young church missionaries. We hacked, cut, snipped, sawed, raked, carried, hauled, dragged and burned tons of brush, branches, weeds, vines, canes, brambles, and tree trunks. Need to bring in a truck load of top soil after the next cold/wet spell, and then get grass seed started. Will look a lot different this Spring.
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| K2 has recently discovered the joys of using a chainsaw. He had to climb into this big old oak to cut out the giant vines which were 6 inches thick. |
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| This oak was not previously visible from the road or the house due to the heavy growth of jungle. The top had broken off years ago, so we had some big logs to cut up. The tree is still alive and will provide plenty of shade for our little park. The sheep will probably spend more time here than I will. |
It certainly has been good weather. I look forward to visiting your new park sometime this year. Great pictures again!
ReplyDeleteWatch out for the cold front. It sounds like it's going to be cold. We should get some snow as well.