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I've been meaning to post to this thread regarding a holiday season gift "to the house" from my lady M. A fireplace bellows for use with freshening up the fire in the woodstove, either starting from scratch or adding fuelwood to a fire that has died down to small coals. I have to say I was...

Stupid nice weather for early February. Yesterday it was sunny and warm...mid 60's! We had friends and their dog over for a romp on our fenced acreage and lunch they brought, and we ate outside on the deck like it was June. Crazy.

Fresh inch of snow high of 35 so I might just let it melt.

Markets vary, here and everywhere. Most climbers have established relationships with a number of different companies that they juggle to suit all parties.

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The blackhole of contract climber rates. I've always told climbers asking about rates to try and align themselves with the other professional trades(electrician, plumber, tiler etc) in their area. These trades typically require X amount of work hours plus sometime spent at the trades school...

I don't have a machine of that nature. There are a couple of small tractors with front end loader buckets that neighbors own and that I have borrowed a time or two over the years. But this area is down in the riparian flat alongside the little creek we have, and is still fairly well treed with...

Springy! No precip. Some fog. Might work in a jacket, but be a bit sweaty. Wind exposed areas fir projects.

The whole story is actually hilarious, and slightly tragic. Much better than a hacky AI image.

...which our two youngest daughters each slept in for their first few months, then used by our oldest grandchild. Now readying it for our ‘second son*’ and his wife, who are expecting their first. *(his father died when he was a teen and we sorta adopted him. I officiated at his wedding two...

So, you heard it snowed in Florida right? Since moving to the middle of the state, we are enjoying the temperature change. The snow was about an hour or so from us but the temperature here went below freezing 😳 (just for a little bit!) We covered our plants with plastic and blankets, all but one...

Do you have any material moving machines there?

Crane op cost more than 1 k a day. If you work him the day. 250.00 hr plus potal to portal. and he is 45 minutes each way on a good day.

Shite. But less shite than last week, so there is that.

Nice. I put on a couple of saw trainings for the NPS there a number of years ago to help them stand up a training program of their own.

With this splendid weather that @SeanKroll mentions, M and I have been working at clearing/cleanup of the giant windthrown cottonwood. Making progress. Plenty more to go but getting there a bit at a time. It really is looking much better in the areas we have worked on.

Spring Weather! The new guy has been good. Hopefully, he'll be back next week. He's has some jobs of his own for 2 weeks. In April, he's headed to work at Mt. Rainier for a 9th season, this time on trail crew.