12 November 2008

Met with Toby Rheaume to discuss logging marked trees. Reached agreement that Toby would charge for time spent harvesting the trees, but market the logs in my name (i.e., Chree gets the check from the sawmill)… and guaranteed we'd come out ahead by at least $100. Toby also was willing to clear out the smaller trees and take anything between 4″ - 10″ for firewood, paying $10 - $20 per cord. I agreed to obtain a burn permit to dispose of the slash, and would be able to salvage anything smaller than 4″ for firewood. Toby also was equipped to saw any of the logs into planks we might want to use in the house (e.g., the maples for Study shelves??). Spent the balance of the morning clearing, marking, and measuring the path from the where the Patio will be down to where I thought the dock / gazebo should be located on the lakefront... total distance 356 feet from the Patio SW corner to the pine on the water's edge.