This Sunday after church Alan and I saddled up and
tractored out to the last cedar tree. It was a smaller tree and did not take much time to cut down. Dolly got a short break to eat some grass. Then we drove/rode to our neighbors house to cut the last tree downed from a storm. While Alan cut the last tree I rode Dolly around the back trails on the property. I saw several turkey taking wing as we came by. The sun was setting and the forest was a soft yellow under the orange hued leaves. It felt very fall-like riding my horse in the woods. I took Dolly back home, riding the cleared paths beneath the power lines connecting our properties. Now that all the cedar trees are cut, we need to haul them to the sawmill.
Today, we borrowed a friends trailer to load up our cut cedar logs an one oak log. Alan used chain and our tractor to move the very heavy logs onto the back bed. After that he drove to the Amish mill to have the logs sawed into planks. I did not go to the mill, nor take photos as it is Amish run. They told Alan that the planks will be ready for pick up on Saturday. Then we truck them over to the Amish furniture maker to be dried for 2 months. Our dresser should be finished by February. It will be exciting to see our trees cut into planks. All the purple and yellow stripping in the cedar makes it so unique.
