Cutting down the trees and sawing up the lumber:

(Animal Pen Construction Project)

Cutting up the stumps for lumber

Preparing the first tree for felling


Roping and Trimming

Lots of debris from removing top branches



The felled top is cleaned up



While remainder is roped for felling



Roped, Cut, Pulled and Felled




.... and  again




The next tree is trimmed while the previous one is cut up




With plenty of work to do on the ground






Up again for the next one



..... and more work on the ground



getting ready for the next .....



.... and getting some Spoils
The lads will exchange leaves (for wrapping rice) for food at the market           

                                          ....and Penny gets some free wood for the cooking fire

Almost ready for the next one



The top is severed by hand



- A good pull, and down she comes!



So on to the next (and last) one



...and there it is!



The end of the day




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July 05:

New Day -Early Start!

... and so on!



To the last tree






.....and finally, the bill!



with cleaning up ready to start tomorrow




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July 06:

Collecting the sawdust

For use as compost or animal bedding

Collecting Planks


To construct animal pens




Sorting the collection




Having a collective break



Collecting Ubod


(The part of the tree that is edible -for animals and humans)

...and more planks



...and more



...and more Ubod



...and more planks



...and more sawdust



Planks



and Sawdust



Green branches are collected



and placed along hedge for compost



Remaining logs are placed around trees for compost





Some debris left



Lots of sawdust still



but the old stumps are cut down to size



leaving a collection of new stumps



A nice new garden patch, perhaps.....



...and the field to the birds





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July 07:

Sweeping, sweeping......

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Good work -done by a good team: Thanks people!

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