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Catalog Moat Creek Web Images

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P62211-SandstoneCrumbles.jpg
Sandstone crumbles with only a modest amount of effort, Molly holds two pieces of stone taken from the bank of the exposed sandstone
2004:06:22 07:52:02 P62201-SlashPile3.jpg
Slash pile #3 is the biggest, about 10 feet high, behind the garden area

2004:06:22 07:48:11 P62202-SlashPile3.jpg
Side view of slash pile #3 reveals that there is much more wood than top soil and earth scraped from the land (unlinke the other two piles)
2004:06:22 07:48:49 P8280013-RickAtWork.JPG
Rick working at the trailer on a grant proposal with phone line connection to the Internet, Mountain Dew at his side; weather was balmy 90 degrees in the shade!
2004:08:28 17:22:18

PB010181-ShedDownspouts.jpeg
Completed installation of rain gutters and downspouts on the shed; with 40-inch annual rainfall, the shed will collect over 3,000 gallons of water
2004:11:01 14:21:19 PB240244-MudRoom.jpeg
Mud room completed just in time for November rains
2004:11:24 12:29:13 PB240246-MudRoomCloseup.JPG
Mudroom was constructed from framing lumber and fancy solar-grey corrugated polycarbonate panels that let you see through them but block 65% of the UV rays but most importantly the wind and rain
2004:11:24 12:31:44 P7040015-CompostingToilet.JPG
Composting toliet and makeshift wash station in shed
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P1010004.JPG
Rick splitting wood from slash pile #1 by hand
0000:00:00 00:00:00 P9040031-SortingSlashPile.JPG
Sorting slash pile #2 into stuff to chip (branches and anything less than 4 inches in diameter), miscellaneous (anything you can't split or chip without being chainsawed), wood to split
2004:09:04 11:29:43 P8280019-RickChainsawing.JPG
Rick chainsawing logs from slash pile #2
2004:08:28 18:43:27 P1010013.JPG
Close up of chainsaw action and shows some of the longer logs to be used for borders of raised garden beds
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P9040028-WoodSplitting.JPG
Wood spliter in action; note the motor runs a hydraulic ram that presses a wedge into the logs forcing them apart into smaller pieces
2004:09:04 10:14:58 P9040026-BiggestWoodBorer.jpeg
Wood borer larva found inside several of our old logs; the larvae later metamorphize into a beetle that will emerge and find a new log to lay eggs and repeat the life cycle
2004:09:04 10:13:37 P9040030-StackingFirewood.JPG
Firewood split and piled up after only a few hours of work; we piled up over two cords of firewood that day
2004:09:04 10:50:26 P9040032-TwoCordsOfFirewood.JPG
Two and a half cords of firewood in front of slash pile #2
2004:09:04 16:03:55

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P62211-SandstoneCrumbles.jpg Sandstone crumbles with only a modest amount of effort, Molly holds two pieces of stone taken from the bank of the exposed sandstone 2004:06:22 07:52:02	P62201-SlashPile3.jpg Slash pile #3 is the biggest, about 10 feet high, behind the garden area 2004:06:22 07:48:11	P62202-SlashPile3.jpg Side view of slash pile #3 reveals that there is much more wood than top soil and earth scraped from the land (unlinke the other two piles) 2004:06:22 07:48:49	P8280013-RickAtWork.JPG Rick working at the trailer on a grant proposal with phone line connection to the Internet, Mountain Dew at his side; weather was balmy 90 degrees in the shade! 2004:08:28 17:22:18

PB010181-ShedDownspouts.jpeg Completed installation of rain gutters and downspouts on the shed; with 40-inch annual rainfall, the shed will collect over 3,000 gallons of water 2004:11:01 14:21:19	PB240244-MudRoom.jpeg Mud room completed just in time for November rains 2004:11:24 12:29:13	PB240246-MudRoomCloseup.JPG Mudroom was constructed from framing lumber and fancy solar-grey corrugated polycarbonate panels that let you see through them but block 65% of the UV rays but most importantly the wind and rain 2004:11:24 12:31:44	P7040015-CompostingToilet.JPG Composting toliet and makeshift wash station in shed 0000:00:00 00:00:00

P1010004.JPG Rick splitting wood from slash pile #1 by hand 0000:00:00 00:00:00	P9040031-SortingSlashPile.JPG Sorting slash pile #2 into stuff to chip (branches and anything less than 4 inches in diameter), miscellaneous (anything you can't split or chip without being chainsawed), wood to split 2004:09:04 11:29:43	P8280019-RickChainsawing.JPG Rick chainsawing logs from slash pile #2 2004:08:28 18:43:27	P1010013.JPG Close up of chainsaw action and shows some of the longer logs to be used for borders of raised garden beds 0000:00:00 00:00:00

P9040028-WoodSplitting.JPG Wood spliter in action; note the motor runs a hydraulic ram that presses a wedge into the logs forcing them apart into smaller pieces 2004:09:04 10:14:58	P9040026-BiggestWoodBorer.jpeg Wood borer larva found inside several of our old logs; the larvae later metamorphize into a beetle that will emerge and find a new log to lay eggs and repeat the life cycle 2004:09:04 10:13:37	P9040030-StackingFirewood.JPG Firewood split and piled up after only a few hours of work; we piled up over two cords of firewood that day 2004:09:04 10:50:26	P9040032-TwoCordsOfFirewood.JPG Two and a half cords of firewood in front of slash pile #2 2004:09:04 16:03:55