Please NOTE:
These trees were planted on private property on a 6’x6’ grid as an oxygen-producing carbon sink. When the trees grow bigger they need more space to grow so we thin about half of them out as the years go on. If we don’t they stop growing, start to die, and are more susceptible to diseases and beetle infestation. It becomes a bush, we are making a forest with big healthy trees. By thinning a new diverse plant life and a variety of trees can grow making a better habitat for animals and a more natural forest. The remaining trees grow even bigger, produce more oxygen and hold more carbon. I’m building with the bi-product of proper woodlot management and storing the carbon in my cabin meanwhile making a healthier more diverse forest for both trees and animals. I’m trying to use solar / battery energy as much as possible and often sleep out here to reduce gas use. I'm pretty confident I’m actually having a positive impact on the environment. Very few builders of any kind can claim that.
Timecode
0:10 - Felling Tree Tops
0:50 - Ridge Pole
1:21 - Caitlin cooking Roasted Vegetables
1:50 - Installing Braces to lumber storage
2:36 - testing dinner
3:03 - Vallée Sawmill
3:56 - Shelter Roof
4:45 - Walls
4:49 - Timelapse of old shelter coming down
6:05 - Finishing off Shelter
6:40 - Installing Tarps
6:55 - Family Time
7:39 - Tour
9:18 - New View from Cabin
9:35 - Family Dinner
The bandsaw mill I use is the Big Red from Vallee Forestry Equipment
valleeforestryequipment.com
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