Harvesting timber and food.

Here are some pictures of our milling a dead oak recently felled and a few pics of a large puffball (three this year) in our garden , much earlier than usual.

setting up the ladder guide

Starting to mill

11 foot of milled oak

One of three puffballs in our garden

Large cauli

Chainsaw Mill

Yes we have bitten the bullet (after looking at all the Wood-Mizer etc options) and bought an Alaskan Mill.  With my MS 280 Stihl saw we can cut about 15 inches of width.   The saw is working hard and its slow progress.   I have decided to buy a bigger saw (from Ebay) and won a Stihl 046 which is older but much more powerful.  I will be able to leave this in the mill which will save me time.   Hope we will soon have some nice oak and chestnut gateposts and planks to sell!