First order of business when cleaning up rural property is the burn pile.
Old cardboard, christmas trees, old pallets and branches get chucked in the pile and set alight. The wood in the foreground doesn't. It's firewood for next winter and it will be stacked when we get some new pallets to stack it on.
Lauchie had a great time, although he never cracked a smile. It was up and down and up and down and up and down the back stairs for him.
Much of the work was picking up garbage that had tumbled out of the car or been dropped by the kids or picked out of garbage bags by crows. We got a fantastic surprise when we picked up a small pile of stuff on the lawn.
Its a Yellow Spotted Salamander. I hadn't seen one in years and was a little taken aback by how big it was (hence my fingers for reference). They hide under logs and such during the day so to make sure he was okay we put a few things back on top of him that we'll clean up today if he's moved.
Resources I'll be using: Harry - Salamander printout from Enchanted Learning
Catherine - Yellow Spotted Salamander
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