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Honeysuckle harvesting

using Oregon battery powered saw to cut down tree

We cut down a small tree loaded with honeysuckle today.

It might be enough to get the goats through another day or two.

The Oregon battery powered chainsaw continues to be a perfect fit for small jobs like this.



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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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Have you tried feeding your goats the dried tree leaves? My goats seem to like the tree leaves better then hay at this point in time. That might give you a bit more time as well.
Comment by BW Wed Nov 12 16:02:55 2014





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