Porch Posts

In the planning stages of our house, we decided that we would provide the porch posts from cedars cut off the property.  Mark, the builder and myself all felt that this would add character to the house.  So...Mark figured out what sizes we needed, then decided that bigger would be better.  He also figured out the number that we needed, and again, decided that a few extra would be nice.  It ended up being a monumental task between the size of our tractor, our lack of experience in having ever done this, our decision to cut the trees down on the opposite side of the property from where the house will be located, and some yucky weather conditions along the way.  I've learned that chainsawing aggravates my long ago resolved (I thought!) tennis elbow and  I earned a cortisone shot along the way.  Finally, finally, finally....they are all out on the field airing out and drying to be placed on the porch when the time is right.  These guys are massive!!

Here's Lucy modeling one of the smaller trunks after being cut.

One of the larger trees that were cut.

Picking up a log to place it on the wagon.

Mark with one of the logs as it was going on the pile in the field.

And the logs all neatly (sort of) piled on the field for drying.

Here's the first truckload of the cedar logs that will be the exterior of the house finally arriving from Maine. we are no officially in building mode!