Weekend Work 3.9

I was excited to get back in town after being gone for nine days.  Missed the family as my travels are starting back up so hate being away.  This weekend I planned to get the chipper and knock the massive pile of branches that we have been stacking up.  I thought we could easily knock it out in four hours so only rented for 1/2 day.  The morning was a little chilly but it turned out to be a beautiful day.  B and started out making quick head way.

My deal with B was that he had to work at the property every weekend I'm out there (when appropriate) for at least four hours.  I think it is important for the kiddos to have a good work ethic and it starts from an early age.  I grew up on the farm and worked hard (maybe my parents think differently :-) but my kids have all kinds of screen time distractions.  

Well, after about two hours I quickly realized that the pile of branches equated to more hours .... called the rental place and said I need to extend to a full day.  B and I ended up working for seven hours and with the exception of a couple minor complaints, he was a trooper and worked hard.  It was great to see, he really helped me out.

Here is B conquering mulch pile #3.   We have about 15-20 yards of mulch and only used about 1/2 the branch pile so I guess we will have at least 40 yards of mulch to use.  Awesome.

S is limited in what she can do but she wants to paint.  However, she was able to help out on the dump trailer with all the quarry spalls I have to put down for the construction entrance.

The four legged neighbors were out when we were packing up so I grabbed a picture out the window before leaving.