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#homesteading #fellingtrees #swingingaxe #forest
Felled 20+ trees over the summer before Autumn hit. 2 of them (Ash) had to be over 150 years old. Took this 60 foot boom lift to get it done
Indiscriminate Felling of Trees threatens Future of herbal medicine
Indiscriminate Felling of Trees threatens Future of herbal medicine
Indiscriminate felling of trees across Ghana is becoming a threat to the local herbal medicine industry.
That’s a concern by President of Global Pharmaceutical Firm, TASLY Pharmaceuticals International Company in Africa, Alex Zhang.
According to figures from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Change in Forest Cover between 1990 and 2000, Ghana lost an average of 135,400 hectares of forest…
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The Tree's Gone
Mom has been making some changes around the place recently! The biggest one so far is the tree in the garden, which no longer looks like a tree, but which Mom says will be back. Like the Terminator! It was amazing to watch! The men were very clever, and very brave! Well, one was brave, the one who climbed up the tree and swung around like Tarzan! His name was Angus. First they put a big strap…
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Felling Trees
There are quite a few times when felling a tree (or trees) is appropriate and necessary: for clearing land to build on, a road, create pasture or field. The trees that are cut down are cut into pieces for lumber or firewood, the smaller branches are brought to the animal pen---they love to nibble off all the bark, which is good for them and saves us time: the branches dry more quickly and soon can be hauled to the bread oven or sauna with the rest of the twigs and brush!
All Farmer Training Participants learn the basics of using a chainsaw and felling a tree--especially all the safety precautions.
This summer we got some great practice clearing a site for the new barn:
Tying on the guide rope---to pull the cut tree down in the right direction. Note: most people are wearing hard hats
Getting ready to "HEAVE!" and pull the tree down....
HO!! Don't stand THERE Tom!!!!
(Tom moved out of the way) and the tree is down!
Winter Task
Simple Ax to wood simple strokes deeply cut abrupt another swing
Blade bites echo with the meadow ringing efforts resound in simple tasks
The felling of the coming winters fuel from these fecund and needful Oaks