Keeping busy

This morning was spent focussed on a three dimensional jigsaw, where none of the pieces fitted together properly.

Basically I found myself in the carport stacking logs in to my crude storage bay.  I was quite pleased with the results, and estimate that I now have more than two cubic metres of logs drying in the carport.* I now know that I won't need to touch these logs again until I take them in to the house and put them in the log burner.

Processing this ash tree has reinforced just how much effort is needed to turn a tree into firewood. There is the initial felling, followed by breaking the tree down in to manageable sections. The unusable brash needs to be chipped, and the branches then need to be sawn in to 10" lengths. These are then split in to logs, which then need to be stacked and dried for at least twelve months.  There is a huge amount of processing and handling involved, before you can burn the products of your labours.

I'll get a few more in there

Today also included my first business meeting in a very long time. I have been approached by a local lady, who is about to open an AirBnB business.  She is very keen to provide a breakfast basket for her customers, and wants to include small jars of our honey.  We discussed jar sizes, labelling and likely order quantities, and it all seems feasible. It won't make me a fortune, but, at a pound a jar,** there is a reasonable profit to be made.

After this business expansion, I returned to my groundskeeper duties and spent the rest of the afternoon mowing the lawns at the back of the house.

It is fair to say that I was very tired, by the time I wheeled the last of the grass clippings up to the compost heap.

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* There is a similar quantity stacked in Rose Cottage, and a larger pile nearby, that still needs to be put away. There is also a large pile of timber to the side of the garage, that still needs to be sawn and split.

** a 28g jar