Back To Work After A Winter In The City

Install weather cover over trailer.

Summer sun and winter snow protection.

Installing french drains in front of storage building to carry water away and cut down on the mud.

A fine cheesecloth-like sock covers the slotted pipe to prevent mud and silt build up in the pipe.

Pipe trench is sloped to carry the water to the drain outlet.

Garage drain is completed.

Drain outlet in slope away from building.

Final grading completed around storage building since all the trenching and ditches are completed.

The basic clearing, grading, and infrastructure placement in the "backyard" is completed. Tree stands still require thinning.

Next project for workers is to grind all brush and branches from last summer's tree clearing and thinning.

Logs for neighbor's gate peeled and ready for butt preservative.

Logs for east gate peeled and ready for butt preservative.

Laying out logs to begin fabrication of main gate.

Side logs are rotated to get a good match, and then strapped and ready for bolting.

Both sides strapped.  Threaded rod is used to hold logs together.

A hole is drilled through all three logs for the threaded rod.  A larger hole is drilled to countersink the washers and nuts.  This hole will be filled with wood putty after gate is placed to hide the connection.