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    • 2011 >
      • Project Beginning
      • My Trusty Farm Truck
    • 2012 >
      • Water Harvesting Earthworks
    • 2013 >
      • Stakeholders Gathering - Ending Re-offending Workshop
      • Forestry Prep and Earthworks
      • Development of Training Centre Envelope
    • 2014 >
      • Mobile Lucas mill
      • Raised Garden Bed Construction - Rockwalling
      • Seed ball making the Fukuoka way.
      • Tree Fern Garden
      • Making a Rustic Compost Bin System
      • Contructing a Holzmiete inspired Compost Toilet and Urinal
      • Making Bone Sauce
      • Water harvesting from roof catchments
      • Building our first kitchen garden
    • 2015 >
      • Installing Irrigation
      • Converting the Shearing Shed to Bunk House
      • Building the Pizza Oven
      • Bath House Construction
      • Making the Wwoofers Kitchen
      • 1st Inaugural Earthworks Course
      • A Very White Winter
      • Kitchen Garden Expansion V2.2
      • Building a pumpkin trellis + update
      • Installation of Drip Irrigation
      • Potato Towers - An experiment in vertical gardening
      • Preserving seasonal vege
    • 2016 >
      • How to make a bottled window panel
      • Berkley Compost Pile
      • This seasons harvest
      • Water tank and stand
      • Winter garden maintenance
      • Worm farm build
      • Belladigga "Beautiful Dam" and Swale fills and spills
      • A week in the life of a Tiger Hill volunteer
      • Kitchen Garden Fencing Project
      • Kitchen Garden Expansion V2.3
      • Farm Tour - Water Harvesting
      • Rock Wall Build
      • Building a Broad Fork
      • Planter Boxes
      • Tool Shed Fit Out
      • Pumpkin Patch Sheet Mulched
    • 2017 >
      • Kitchen Fit Out
      • Bath House Wall
      • Chalet Stairs
      • Butchers Block Build
      • Holtzmeter V2.2
      • Installing Drip Irrigation
      • Making the Kitchen Door
      • Garden Bed Build
      • Compost Slide
      • Composting
      • Dining Room Door
      • Dining Table
      • Fertilizer/ Compost Zone
      • Rocket Mass Water Heater V2.1
      • Bath House Additions
      • Bunk House Reno
      • Chicken Caravan Build
      • Ramp and Stairs
      • Workshop Benches
      • Nursery Construction
      • Bunk House Heater
      • Kitchen Atrium Build
      • Orchard Implementation
      • Planter Box V.2
      • Milk Crate Planters
      • Kitchen Garden Tour
    • 2018 >
      • Preserving the harvest
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Forestry Earthworks

Mid 2013 saw two dozers on the project felling timber for future milling and clearing areas for forestry plantation. As I am a one man operation, I need to make ease of access within the property so I don't consume more energy doing work than I really need to. Some area were overgrown and needed to be made available for tractor and Yeomans plow and seasonal mulching.

The previous year I salvaged a house that was being demolished and had the contractor dump the rubble on a landing pad which I planned to extend. I had surveyed the area and pegged the boundaries to which to work, While the dozers were here I pushed of the topsoil from the sloping walls of the landing area and proceeded to push the rubble around to create a larger surface area to the entry of the workshop. I also levelled off an area below the landing area for a future 6m x 20m poly tunnel. As the winds come from the north around this area, a 1.5m earthen mound was made above the poly tunnel area to help protect the roof from the winds. The topsoil was replaced and seeded for stability. In the future I hope to plant Bamboo along the crest of the landing area construction area to further reduce the wind intensity.

Access tracks/ firebreaks were implemented along my western boundary and now I can drive comfortably around the entire property. This concludes the three major components of any project. Access, Water and Structures. I was lucky when purchasing this property as it has 9 dams and 9 sheds including cabin and shearing shed.

Several large trees were felled and altogether I have 100 cubic meters of millable timber for future construction and projects within the site. More on milling in future posts. One area behind the Chalet was levelled to create a landing area for stacking logs for milling and enough room for setting up the mobile Lucas mill.


The area around the landing area pegged out to determine topsoil placement.
Komatsu D85 Dozer pushing topsoil outside the working area for later reuse.
Rubble from a demolished house pushed to the perimeter of the landing area and shaped.
Large concrete blocks and branches pushed in at the base prior to covering with topsoil.
Finer rubble levelled up to cover larger rubble.
finished batter.
Covering the area with topsoil.
Cut and fill to create a landing area for milling timber.
As well as creating the landing area,a road was put along the fence line for access future forestry plantation
Stumps piled up for drying.Firewood will be cut from these piles prior to final burning.
Logs ready for milling.
All tops of logs sorted and stacked with grapple on dozer at existing landing area for cutting and splitting for firewood.
Future forestry planting site.less struggle for one man operation with all growth cleared. Good access for survey and future mulching with flail mulcher.
More log tops stacked at dam site.More logs stacked nearby for milling.
Workshop landing area at finished stage.More room to manoeuvre around this area now.A bund on the right side to deflect wind over the future 20m x 6m poly tunnel.

Forestry, Access and Water Harvesting map plans

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