At this stage all that was left of the old pig yard was the camper shell and the crude 2x4 frame that we set up to hold the shell off the ground a couple of feet. There was still some remaining sections of OSB plywood that we used for walls on the frame portion so the combination of that and the camper shell would make what amounts to a mini barn for the pigs that were out here. All of this would have to go. Frist thing I would have to do is remove a few wood screws that were used to hold the camper shell to the wood frame. Once that was done I was able to slide the shell down and onto the ground. I would still have to move this thing across the yard to a staging area so when I do sell it we won't have to worry about trying to move the thing from the area over to the main driveway. As for the 2x4 frame, I removed the few wood screws I was able to pull out as some were rusty enough to strip out when I applied the impact driver to them. Afterward I used the metal cutting blade with the reciprocating saw to cut through the other screws holding the boards together. I did cut through a couple of boards to separate the framework. After pulling the boards up from out of the ground as the structure settled some, I was better able to continue to separate the boards, setting aside the good from the bad. Since these boards were pressure treated boards, a number of the boards that were off the ground were still good. Obviously the boards that were partially buried were no good and a couple of the boards had holes bored from carpenter bees so they too were no good. These boards went onto the brush pile, which was already burning as it managed to ignite after firing a small pile of garbage in the half drum which was right next to the brush pile. The good boards went onto the wood rack for future use, most likely to make a couple of drum raised beds from the drums we pulled from this area. With the boards cleared, I brought the two wheel dolly over and cleared the top of the camper shell of the humus that settled on top of the shell and tipped the thing on its front panel, so I could lay it on the dolly. From here I carefully wheeled the thing across the yard and staged it in front of an old tow dolly we're trying to sell. With the camper shell out of the way along with the drums and wood and fence posts, the whole area where the old pig yard was built is cleared. Even though this area is cleared of the components of the old pig yard, the work is far from done. As stated, I still need to sell the stuff such as the T-posts and the camper shell since I have no use for these items and it would be nice to be able to recover some working capital for future projects. The drums will help expand the garden productivity. Taking care of these things will put a closure to the items that were recovered from this once buried area of the yard. Even in the process of using the mentioned items in future projects and getting rid of those items we have no use for, there's still a matter of clearing the brush from the area. As stated before I want to cut a straight line across the yard, creating a new tree line that will allow me to retain the rectangular layout of the clearing outside of the fenced in compound, which will help make things a little easier when it comes to landscaping. Other than some tree trimming to knock off any errant branches that may overhang into our clearing area, we will end up having a living wall set up that will almost be like a whole other fence, concealing everything going on within this area.
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