We are hoping that our finances will stabilize soon enough so we can feel comfortable taking out loans to buy land in the area. One recent activity that has kept some rabbits busy is maple syrup tapping. Lately they've been getting about 12 quarts which they ration by labeling each with a month and saving them in the root cellar until each has its turn on the breakfast table. This means carrying a lot of 5 gallon buckets of sap as well as cutting wood for the sugar shack furnace. But it is a fun and educational project, and the payoff is oh so sweet.
Slabs consist mostly of wood rounded on one side or otherwise unusable as commercial lumber.
While most of the slab wood will eventually make it into our wood stove, heating our house instead of being wasted, some it we have pulled out for construction projects. We have already made shelves and a cold frame and have lots of big plans for this wood that was thrown away at the mill. I'm sure we will find many interesting uses for this locally produced waste product. Looking ahead we see gardening in our not too distant future. A few days of 60 degree weather have reminded us that spring is around the corner.