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Driveway

Posted to 302 by Jeff in Belfair, WA on 11/28/2009

Dirtwork for 650 feet of driveway/road. We pondered several options for the road, but ultimately decided ease of access takes precedence over cost. 

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120 tons of gravel (will be laying more). Ditches lined with 95 tons of 2-4 rock.
Our focus through the winter is ensuring erosion control measures are working. So far, the rock, jute mesh, and 300 pounds of grass seed are doing the job.



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Fire - Spring 2009

Posted to 302 by Jeff in Belfair, WA on 11/28/2009

Unfortunate and expensive, but we haven't given up hope. We lost the 250 trees we planted in fall 2008 to replace the trees we logged...

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Friends and family pitched in to help haul burned slash down the hill
We decided to combine the clean-up operation with the road operation; removed stumps in the path of the road.
We'll be replanting fir trees this month.



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Logging

Posted to 302 by Jeff in Belfair, WA on 8/14/2008

Logging almost complete...

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Cedar, alder, maple. Not much fir or hemlock. No word yet on any volume of alder peelers. Jury is out on figured maple at this point (probably a pipe dream).
Trees near highway will be logged last. Will need to hire flaggers for traffic control.
This is a huge harvest, not for the faint of heart...not to worry, 2+ acres left unharvested, and we will be replanting in the fall.



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Silt Fence

Posted to 302 by Jeff in Belfair, WA on 7/16/2008 2:50:05 PM

350+ feet of silt fence before logging can begin.  We've discovered this is why we had sons!  Terrain did not accommodate power equipment.  Back-breaking work, but we finished.  On to the next step.

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Logging Permit

Posted to 302 by Jeff in Belfair, WA on 7/2/2008 10:48:11 AM

A mere 8 months later, the logging permit (Forest Practices Application) has finally been approved!


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Still waiting...

Posted to 302 by Jeff in Belfair, WA on 6/10/2008 12:04:38 PM

Seven months later...

After singing Kumbaya for pileated woodpeckers and preparing an alternative habitat for them, apparently not endangered but a species of concern, we have continued to wait.  (Translated - either cut down 2 woodpecker snags and REPLANT THE DEAD TREES somewhere else, or pay $1500 to a biologist to kill two other trees and make sure they stay dead for 2 years!   I'm NOT kidding. I thought those birds had wings and could fly to any one of the other wood pecker snags on this 6-acre parcel, but apparently not.) 

Public Works appears to be the picture of inefficiency.  It took them 5 months to tell us they didn't like our storm water management plan, and another 1 month to say they like it, but now they need to ask the state about it.  

We've built in Mason County before, but never had to deal with public works.  The Building Department is Great.  The people in Planning are fine.  We've recently learned that other folks have had similar issues with Public Works here as well.

So, here we are, still waiting to log.   Would really like for it to happen this summer.


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Slow Going

Posted to 302 by Jeff in Belfair, WA on 10/31/2007 8:05:50 AM

Summer has come and gone.  We had hoped to be done logging by the end of summer, but the survey took MUCH longer than promised.   That said, the survey is complete, the geotechnical report is done, and the logging permit has been submitted.   Maybe we can hope to have the property logged by spring . . .

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Approach in progress

Posted to 302 by Jeff in Belfair, WA on 6/27/2007

40 feet of culvert, extending 30-40 feet of the future driveway (only another 600 feet to go!)

Haul out 

  • 15 loads of organic material (13 of which a guy a mile down the road took as clean fill.)

Crushed rock 1-1/4

  • 7 loads

4x8 rip rap

  • 3 loads

Heavy Equipment

  • Traded a hardwood floor (prefinished) installation for labor!

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Approach

Posted to 302 by Jeff in Belfair, WA on 6/27/2007

Need a culvert!

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