The Bovine Bugle

Our own Paul Bunyons go to work

About this time of year for the past few years we cut a couple loads of firewood for a relative that camps at the lake all summer. Our relative uses a short length of wood in her camp stove so we usually take some wood we have stacked and dried and cut it in half or thirds to have it the right length for her.

I ran the chainsaw, cutting the 3-foot lengths of hardwood into 1-foot pieces. Ben picked up the cut pieces and threw them into the back of the pickup. Some of the pieces were too big, and Ben split them with a splitting ax. Justin and Noah then stacked the wood in the back of the truck. It took us about an hour to finish the load. After lunch, Justin, Noah, and I delivered the wood to camp while Ben clipped some of the heifer grazing strips. The boys spent more time visiting with Meri Lee and playing in the lake than unloading wood, but that was okay. The part the boys like best about doing firewood for Meri Lee is that they all get a share of the pay for the firewood.

--Jonathan, Howmars Farm
Franklin, Vermont