If you guessed bark, keep reading.We had the opportunity to bid on a tree that had spent it's life in the Middle Fork of the Willamette Forest. This tree was felled as part of the forest maintenance programme. Healthy trees make healthy forests.
The tree was felled in the Summer of 2009 so it was quite dry when we first saw it in Dec 09. 130' long and just beautiful cedar.
Base of tree
I convinced Kirk that we should hire a logging company to haul the tree out of the forest. There are so only many big boy toys that a man needs and fortunately this is one thing that you CANNOT buy at Jerrys
I'm still trying to imagine one of these logging trucks on the country roads in my home town in Sussex, England
A friend of Kirk's from the Forest Service has his own portable mill, so a couple of days were spent helping him convert the trunk to lumber.
More legs, less arms....
Plenty of mulch for the trees we planted.
Lots of lumber to be used for the decking and interior trim and finish work inside the house.
Definitely worth the hard work
...and lots of yule logs. Now that's something to sing about.
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