Arnold, CA…On February 19th we didn’t finish our work until 3:30pm so we were chasing darkness. Working on the trail to our first little building pad was the task at hand. Clearing brush, transplanting some small trees and breaking a shovel were the highlights for the day.
Arnold, CA…February 18th brought the start of working on the path and pad for the Chainsaw Cabin. It will be on a fairly steep hillside but we found a spot that seems ideal as it has significantly less slope than some other areas and no trees will have to be taken down or moved. It […]
Arnold, CA…Well the old saying Two Steps forward and One Back certainly applies to our progress on Hewn Hill the last couple of weeks. We ordered a low cost chainsaw mill to start working on our lumber. Well our little electric chainsaw just wasn’t big enough or powerful enough to really make it work. In […]
Arnold, CA….Well I believe I had a run in with Mr. Omicron. Not real bad but enough that you just couldn’t put in prolonged sustained effort until it ran its’ course. But now that I am back to having more good days than bad days let the work commence. The next few weeks will be […]
Arnold, CA…Last year we had started cutting logs for our first little log cabin. We have adjusted our plans though and our first building on the property will be a shed/cabin/office closer to the driveway and parking lot. This building will just be a 10 x 12, 120 square foot single wall construction building with […]
Arnold, CA…We were going to start milling this evening. We were…but a little voice said (Finish one project before staring next one) So we finished the rest of our downed branches and made our first hoodie. A photo and video is below…
Arnold, CA…For today we thought we would take a look back at a book that for many started it all. Many young readers including me dreamed of one day going into the woods and building our own small cabin. The quote below has spoken to almost all of us at one time or another. “I […]
Arnold, CA…In tonight’s video we cleared away the snow from our log pile that has been aging about a year getting ready to be milled. The temps are going to be above freezing the next few days so if we removed the snow tonight by tomorrow night we should be dry enough to start making […]
Arnold, CA…On January 10th we did work on project but not much that was worth video. So we thought a bit of trail cam footage on property might do the trick for today. We needed to change the batteries anyway so it was a good time to pull the files. The video is just raw […]
Arnold, CA….Normally I am not a big football watcher as I usually feel too guilty for not putting my time to a more productive use. But I could not resist today with teams fighting to get a playoff spot. I did however get a bit more done cleaning up the downed branches…
