Land clearing

We were able to get the crew in to remove the Cedar trees that we wanted cleared on Saturday.  They started at 8:00 and by 3:30 they were finished.  We were amazed at the look of the lot when they were finished.

I called the Fire Dept to see if I needed a burn permit and they said no, the burn ban has been lifted (plenty of rain lately), told me to let the Sheriff's Dept know just in case.  So I did that yesterday and picked up the supplies I needed and set out this morning to get rid of the brush.

I eventually set fire to three different areas along the edge of the brush pile.  I used kerosene and newspaper and with the wind from the right direction at about 10mph things progressed nicely.  This photo shows the brush pile after the second fire was started.

By 12:30 most of the brush was gone, stumps were nearly gone and smoldering, and smoke had died down quite a bit.  Plan to go over about 6:00 this evening and see what's left.