So much was accomplished the last few days! We offer a gigantic thank you to Al, Brenda, Diane, Dick, Doris, Maggie and Mark for your roles in making the work bee so successful.
— Bob & Sue
Here is the tally:
- 150 person hours worked (plus babysitting, fixing meals, planning, etc.)
- 3 buildings removed and burned
- 2.5 acres of weeds mowed
- 3 lawnmower tires punctured by nails and wire
- 3 lawnmower blades busted on iron and rocks
- 20 hours put on Dad's loader tractor
- 40 fence posts pulled
- 400 feet of barbed wire removed
- 5.5 tons of scrap metal sold (most hauled in Dick's truck)
- 1 borrowed trailer gouged up on the deck by the not-so-careful scrapyard dude (Sorry, Leon!)
- 10-yard dumpster about 2/3 filled
- 1 load of wood readied in the wagon for burning under the syrup pan this spring
- Several small trees felled and burned
- Scads of grapevine pruned away
- Immeasurable improvement made in the appearance and safety of the farmstead
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