July 13, 2013 First trees planted

   Today I planted the first two trees on the property. They are both lodge pole pine, the same kind of pine the house and garage are made of. If they survive, they could get to be over 60 feet high. The pine beetles won't bother them for at least another 65 years. Pine beetles only attack mature trees.

   The trees are planted about 100 yards in front of the house in a ravine. The grass in the ravine stays green most of the summer so they should get enough moisture. I guess we'll see!

July 12, 2013

   Today I finished staining all the logs, inside and out, that have been put on the walls so far. I did forget to complete the two support poles. I also finished framing out the two large garage doors. There are 10 more logs to be installed on the walls, then we will begin the roof system.

   Once we complete the next round of logs, I can install the loft floor, which will be tongue and groove 2 X 6's just like in the house. The only difference is, this time I will stain the bottom of the loft floor 2 X 6's before I install them. This will eliminate overhead staining, and give a more complete coating.

   I also completely stained the 2 purlins and the ridgepole for the roof system. This was much easier to complete before they were installed, again eliminating overhead painting and painting off a ladder. Monday morning we begin installing the rest of the wall logs.