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[Kristin Meredith]

Here we were about 5 weeks ago.  Got in about 4-5 days work, clearing little stuff and burning and then bitter cold weather and holidays kept us from going down.

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[Kristin Meredith]

Here we are today.  Only been able to put in a couple more days since the first of the year, but it is 55 today so back in the swing of things.

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[yorkdude]

Don't want to sound dumb but the 1st. 2 pictures show the green ribbon tree, is that to signal save?
Also is that basically the same perspective?
Most important is your chain saw cooperating?
Too much work for this old buzzard but would love the set up you guys have.

[Kristin Meredith]

Green ribbon was a signal to save and not cut down.

Perspective is not exact because I did not look at the old pics before going down today so had to just try and guess where I took prior pics.  But I was within about 10-12 ft to the right of original photos and farther back.  If you look at the last "after" photo, the big tree in the middle of the photo was the one with the green ribbon on it.

My little toy saw is working well for me.  A little tree that takes Bent about 20 seconds to down takes me about 2 minutes, but it is my speed and I feel safe, so all is good.

[Michael_NW]

You two have done a lot of work! Does it feel satisfying to look at all you've accomplished or is there still so much to do that it's too soon to celebrate?

[Kristin Meredith]

Well, to clear it all back to the run is 20 acres.  Bent has a better sense of acreage, but I would say we have cleared about 1 acre of that 20, maybe 2.  So sometimes, when I walk around in the areas we have not cut, I get overwhelmed.  But when I look at it from the driveway to the neighbor's winery, it looks really nice and you can start to see some of the big, older trees.  Then, I think "Not too bad, looks pretty!!"

I should probably get him to do a drone fly over so you could see the scale.

[ZCZ]

Love seeing and hearing your reports of progress. Would love to work with you and help out as I love working in the woods. My wife wants me to cut back up at the cabin as it seems lots of people getting Lyme’s Disease here in MN. Be sure to use bug repellent, the Deer Ticks are very small.

[Kristin Meredith]

Z we have extra bedrooms and a private bath for you!!!  You are such an expert we would probably have those other 18 acres down in two weeks!!!

[ZCZ]

Z we have extra bedrooms and a private bath for you!!!  You are such an expert we would probably have those other 18 acres down in two weeks!!!

And maybe squeeze in a comp over the weekend, and throw some clays. But I would probably get distracted by all the Civil War battlefields & rich colonial history in northern VA. I was a History major in college (“I didn’t go to college for nothing, I paid for it.”). Most likely not going to happen but would be LOTS of fun.

[Bentley]

I will try and get some quality video up to replace this if the sun comes out tomorrow!  Horrible quality!

Fly Over

[Kristin Meredith]

We will see next time if he can go in further to the run to show the depth of the property.

[ZCZ]

I will try and get some quality video up to replace this if the sun comes out tomorrow!  Horrible quality!

Fly Over

Shows you have done a LOT of work.  Where is your house in relation to these woods?  Maybe next time the drone is up have it turn back toward the house?

Thanks for posting!

[Bentley]

1:31 mark, far left...

Where is your house in relation to these woods?

[ZCZ]

Got it.  Thanks.

[Michael_NW]

You live in a beautiful place, Bentley. Without the leaves on the trees I can see you've done a ton of work already. The drone work is so fun to watch. Looks like Rusty enjoys it, too!