The Millars are Milling…

Hi!
Spring is stampeding toward us and we’ve had a week of sensational weather

Jeff found this young kookaburra on the track – we took it to the vets but haven’t rung to find out what happened to him/her.

OK… so technically the Millars are not the ones milling, but we’ll take some credit for simply owning the trees and the property!!
Paul and Ed came in and started moving the logs about so Ed could set up his mill in the right spot.

I helpfully sat up on one of the big tree stumps snoopervising and taking photos.
Soon it was too dark to do much more

I had a busy week with appointments and also being at home helping with moving timber and sawdust and doing lunches when I was in.

What a great process watching the huge logs cut into the right sizes

The large and scary blade goes down the log in a horizontal position and then back in the vertical.

Kicks out a lot of sawdust of course!

Pallets have been put down to store the timber on and smaller strips of timber have been cut as dividers to the layers.

The grain is beautiful and the smell is amazing
A little sad to reduce this magnificent tree to mere strips of timber

Smaller and smaller

There is a new chook shed in there

So much…

Some I am piling up out of the way, some I am bagging for later use in the coop, some we put straight into the coop…

At the end of day two we had this timber done

And this (that came from only two logs!)

And Jeff split a pile of offcut logs that I stacked

Still lots to go!

And another day done…

A lovely sunset with pretty plum blossoms!

OK… today back with my new best friend

Cutting more of the dividers and cutting offcuts for middle sized wood for the fire.

Started on filling the big kindling box

We are going to have SO much of this!

We look like a lumber yard!

I’ve been working on the above right side pile

I think there has been progress!

I’ve set this smaller stuff onto another lot of pallets out of the way

And I have a small stack of useful offcuts that I’ve cleaned up that were too good to cut for firewood

The girls only get let out late in the day…. Flea no doubt would be up on the saw mill if she was out when the action was happening

She is like a lone wolf haha

And as per usual, despite her short legs, wherever I am in the yard… there is the pitter patter of Flea behind!

While the other girls took a dust bath…

Flea comes up to see Pip

Unsuspecting Pip

Then a displeased Pip trying to get back inside!

Check it out! First tulips!

So lovely to see a couple of them popping out!

The girls were in disgrace the other day as they got into the iris/tulip patch and vigorously dug it up… didn’t do the young tulips any good and look at the mess they made of the top part!!
NOT pleased!
Will be glad to get the fences back in order!

The rotters!

Anyway…. I am pretty tired!
Might take a rest day tomorrow!
Who knows?
Have a fabulous weekend all!
Cheers!