{"id":7071,"date":"2022-02-21T02:15:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T07:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2022-02-21T02:15:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T07:15:14","slug":"solving-the-problempt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/solving-the-problempt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Solving the problem\u2026Pt 2\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2026well it\u2019s a band-aid anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The numbers are in on using our own trees to make-up for the shortage of board fencing at the local coop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanx to a neighbor with a portable sawmill we were able to turn six trees\u2026oak, walnut and cherry into high grade lumber.&nbsp; Garrett Heydt was the man with the saw and he did an excellent job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"320\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 568 \/ 320;\" width=\"568\" controls src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Video1-1.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When finished we had 700 feet of oak boards and six 4\u201dx6\u201d twelve foot beams\u2026just those beams paid for the fencing we won\u2019t be needing not to mention the beautiful walnut and cherry we sawed into planks.&nbsp; The cherry in particular seemed to us to be furniture-grade.&nbsp; But the portable saw couldn\u2019t handle a piece this wide for the final milling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s some of the final product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering2-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"Final product\" class=\"wp-image-7074\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering2-1024x718.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering2-300x210.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering2-768x538.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Lumber\" class=\"wp-image-7075\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering3-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering3-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lumbering3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, while Thistle Hill has about 200 acres of woodland, the overall quality is not as good as these first harvested.\u00a0 But this is an encouraging early step in our constant drive to be self-sufficient.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>David<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026well it\u2019s a band-aid anyway. The numbers are in on using our own trees to make-up for the shortage of board fencing at the local coop. Thanx to a neighbor with a portable sawmill we were able to turn six trees\u2026oak, walnut and cherry into high grade lumber.&nbsp; Garrett Heydt was the man with the saw and he did an excellent job. When finished we had 700 feet of oak boards and six 4\u201dx6\u201d twelve foot beams\u2026just those beams paid for the fencing we won\u2019t be needing not to mention the beautiful walnut and cherry we sawed into planks.&nbsp; The cherry in particular seemed to us to be furniture-grade.&nbsp; But the portable saw couldn\u2019t handle a piece this wide for the final milling. Here\u2019s some of the final product. Sadly, while Thistle Hill has about 200 acres of woodland, the overall quality is not as good as these first harvested.\u00a0 But this is an encouraging early step in our constant drive to be self-sufficient.\u00a0 David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,33,170,10,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-david","category-environment","category-grass","category-pasture","category-thistle-hill-farm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7076,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions\/7076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}