Splitting In The Shade

We spent the holiday weekend splitting enormous piles of wood at two houses here, which will warm both houses all winter. Braving the current heat however, meant parking the splitter in the shade while using a large umbrella and two wheelbarrows to stack as we split. Our old barn foundation fits four stacks of wood and the above is four stacks deep now.

Shade Trees On Sale

At home we bought two shade trees, now on sale at Rutger's Nursery, for our backyard as the last of ours were taken down for a new neighbor's fence. Both are fast growing, beautiful leafed trees with lovely shapes; the Swamp White Oak and Sycamore Plane trees. Instant shade!