We have the grill; we have the earthen oven; and we also have a large picnic table. Now all we need to do is enclose the whole thing to keep the chickens and other animals out!
There are many ways that we could do this. The easiest would be to probably go out and buy all the necessary lumber and put it all together using metal fasteners. That would also be the most expensive way.
Instead of that, we decided to use wood from our land to form the enclosure. Why? Well, there are many different reasons. First, I need to get practice using this technique because it is the same technique I will use on our future home. Secondly, we have lots of wood on our land that needs to be removed anyway. With our hopes of transforming this land into a permaculture paradise, we need to remove many of the trees that are currently on the property and select different and more useful varieties to plant once we have shaped the land. This helps us get rid of those original trees in a useful way. Finally, it is cheaper! This wood is free. Can't beat that price!
So this video is the first in this process. I had already cut down the trees and cut the timbers to length, so this video is about debarking those logs. And it does get easier and faster! This video shows my first log, but the second and third went by much faster.
So, we hope you enjoy this video as we start this learning process.
To add something to your article. If your planning to debark allot of logs than try to do it in springtime. In springtime the sap between the wood and the bark makes it much easier to debark.
It's so easy that you can use a spade or even a butterknife!
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The fun of getting things done by oneself is very satisfying.
Absolutely agree! Sure it takes a bit more sweat, but seeing the work of your own hands is priceless.
Lots of hard work, but oh, so satisfying when you're done. We use a draw knife to debark our logs too. The work does become faster the more practice you have. Do you have plans to use the bark?
I was just going to use it as mulch. Do you have any other good ideas for what to do with it?
We use ours for mulch and if it is fine for animal bedding. It is also great for making pathways between the vegetables and the flowers in the garden, Keeps the weeds down nicely.
The faster you go, the shorter you are.
- Albert Einstein