Making lemonade out of lemons after we lost an oak tree in a wind storm. Made a list play area for the kids out of large pieces of the tree.

Watched a tree fall in a wind storm while taking lunch. 75’ tall, ~23” diameter a couple feet off the ground. In good health from what I could tell. Ground was super saturation from a month of constant heavy rain. Salvaged the wood to make a woodland playground for the kids.

Made a bomb-proof gardening table from scraps.

A variety of projects to setup the new vegetable garden.

Wow what a huge amount of work! Two weeks after we moved in a tree fell in storm. We cleaned it up, but identified 6 other dead and standing trees on the property that were also at risk of falling. Had a tree service cut the 6 down. It would have cost a fortune for the service to also clean everything up, and would have been a tremendous waste as they just take logs to the dump. Instead, I decided I would do the cleanup to save some money, stash away some firewood, and score some logs to mill into boards for woodworking.