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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @[email protected] · 2026-09-06 · 18:23 UTC

Another winter preparation: A direct path from the house door to the firewood store.

I had plans to extend the fence around it but didn't get around to that this summer so the quick fix is to put a gate in the old fence here.

Had enough old gates salvaged from the goat pens so I picked one wide enough for the wheelbarrow and found a hinge post to match.

Gate needed some repair, then post pounded in, fence cut, attached to the post, same on the other side, some dirt levelling and finally welding on a hook to close it.

It will make hauling firewood much easier and also means less snow clearing.

I'll add some woodchip gravel later to keep it from getting muddy and slippery.

#Homestead #Firewood #DIY #Fence #Gate #WinterPrep

#homestead #firewood #diy #fence #gate #winterprep

Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @[email protected] · 2026-09-03 · 12:57 UTC

Tackling the big fallen apple tree.

The trunk was hollow with rot inside and yet it made all those (small and sour) apples.

In between, a lot of chainsaw problems. Oiler blocked because some wood chips got in there somehow and then when I fixed that the next pull the stupid double-recoil starter broke.

Luckily its a standard Zenoah clone and lookit, the entire recoil assembly from a donor body fit right on it. Style upgrade, too! 😁

And it has normal pull start now. I hated that double recoil "feature".

The tree had a load of branches and fell on another two trees breaking another big branch, so its a mess to clear out and a lot of branches to drag out to the now huge piles.

#Tree #Storm #Damage #Homestead #Chainsaw #Repair #DIY #Firewood