LMT66
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I haven't posted much but thought I'd share this. Last winters shelter from picking the spot, making the shelter, use and tidying up the area by clearing invasive stuff and removing leaf debris, planting grass seed and wildflower seed. I also hauled out bags of decades old glass bottles and steel beer cans.
Pics:
Found the spot and a picture after some initial clearing.
Put up a frame and started tarping it.
Put up a quick reflector from things laying around followed by some big hunks of bark.
And some great nights out with a nice fire!
Drying a few sticks. One for a bow, 2 for pot holders, one to make a hatchet handle and and one coyote club.
(vid clip)
Spring came early
and time to tidy the place up. I had been clearing trails into this place from fall thru winter and saved the immediate area around the shelter for last. I raked leaf debris and you can see one of the piles of buckthorn and honeysuckle that I'll burn next fall and winter. I plan on continuing to clear this area in the years to come.
Freshly raked and ready for seeding.
And a week and a half after spreading grass and wildflower seed. You can also see how much I cleared compared to the first few photo's. It was a lot of work but great exercise. Mixed in all that invasive growth, there are a variety of hardwood trees.
Should anyone find it, they will be hard pressed to find any garbage anywhere within a hundred foot of the area. As you can see by the next two pictures, there are decades of boozers garbage out here. An original MD 20/20 bottle?
The grass is coming in nicely!
All the clearing was done by hand with these. They have all equally earned my respect!
Watching the grass grow. I'm leaving the frame up to use for tomato plants this summer and I'll be using this next winter again. Curoius to see what kind of flowers sprout from the seed. I spread it around each tree and around the edge of the grass.
Some wildlife nearby.
Anyone know what this is?
Different than the prior years hut (pic below) TheZenful1 and I built but just as fun!
Pics:
Found the spot and a picture after some initial clearing.
Put up a frame and started tarping it.
Put up a quick reflector from things laying around followed by some big hunks of bark.
And some great nights out with a nice fire!
Drying a few sticks. One for a bow, 2 for pot holders, one to make a hatchet handle and and one coyote club.
(vid clip)
Spring came early
and time to tidy the place up. I had been clearing trails into this place from fall thru winter and saved the immediate area around the shelter for last. I raked leaf debris and you can see one of the piles of buckthorn and honeysuckle that I'll burn next fall and winter. I plan on continuing to clear this area in the years to come. Freshly raked and ready for seeding.
And a week and a half after spreading grass and wildflower seed. You can also see how much I cleared compared to the first few photo's. It was a lot of work but great exercise. Mixed in all that invasive growth, there are a variety of hardwood trees.
Should anyone find it, they will be hard pressed to find any garbage anywhere within a hundred foot of the area. As you can see by the next two pictures, there are decades of boozers garbage out here. An original MD 20/20 bottle?
The grass is coming in nicely!
All the clearing was done by hand with these. They have all equally earned my respect!
Watching the grass grow. I'm leaving the frame up to use for tomato plants this summer and I'll be using this next winter again. Curoius to see what kind of flowers sprout from the seed. I spread it around each tree and around the edge of the grass.
Some wildlife nearby.
Anyone know what this is?
Different than the prior years hut (pic below) TheZenful1 and I built but just as fun!
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I had my flask and was howling then the coyotes starting howling then I threw more wood on the fire!
