Gotta love free stuff

 Some friends gave me this little wood stove, it was missing a lid but they figured I'd find a way to make it work.  While cleaning out the ashes I found the lid. From what I hear on these little logwoods it's a good idea to burn them outside for awhile and seal the spots.  Sure don't want a cabin full of smoke.  The size of this one should be just about right for the size of the cabin I'm building.

Log Progress

 Out of 50 trees, we've got 125 4x8 ft long cabin logs - milled with a portable mill.  All sides are smooth.  The 2x4 boards are spaces between the logs to allow air flow.  These logs need to cure for 10 months and will lose about 30% of their weight.  Green they weighed 45 lbs a cubic foot and when dry should be around 30 lbs or so.

Help arrived...

Grandson Alex came to the farm for a visit.  He spent time with me moving logs.

Sawmill at work

 Really pleased with this little sawmill.  It was on backorder for the longest time and I was beginning to think I'd never get it.  It works.

Taking a break!  Temps were hovering around 100 all week.

Just what goes where???

Grandson Weston was on the farm for a visit.  Not sure what any of us were expecting when the box arrived.  There was quite a bit of head scratching going on while trying to put the sawmill together.  Parts in the wrong place, directions that didn't make sense....but we did it!

New Toy

Saw Mill in a box!

Black Locust for Foundation Posts

To say that its a little hot to be building a cabin is an understatement but there has been some work in the early morning hours.  These will be foundation posts.  We're using black locust harvested off the farm. My research kept bringing up sources that stated black locust can last 200 years.  Bonus!  I've got plenty of that on the farm.

 Using the "log wizard" makes short work of debarking the locust logs.

Some work you just have to get in there and get it done.  A little sore in the back after a morning of this.

Stacked and ready.