Farm Life Day 12

Day 12

May 20, 2023


Hours today: 3


Total hours: 56


Today we got up to the trails around 9. We did more of the same preparing the plateau for Trask to begin his sap extraction process. In the three hours of work we got a lot done. Since we can’t use the chainsaw, the new axe has been super helpful. I cut down around 10 trees and Mia even grabbed the axe and cut down a tree. We also continued to add to the brush pile. It’s getting a lot bigger and will be burnt eventually.






 

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