Letting the light in

Following our upgrades indoors we started to tackle the dense growth of forest next to the cabin and remove the grilles from the windows to let in some extra natural light and really take advantage of their large size.

We want to be able to see into the surrounding forest and enjoy the lake view from the windows. There is also the safety aspect of having so much ‘wood’ so close to the cottage. So we cleared some small trees, and cut down a large tree that was rotten. We will leave the large healthy trees to continue being the carbon straws that they are. We splashed out on a battery powered chainsaw (one of my new favorite tools!) to work on the forest.

The lake view from the windows is better after chopping these few trees down, but this will be long process over many years. However, I do believe we will never have to buy firewood for Kivirinne!

Full on family foresting effort

Removing the grilles allowed the big windows to do their thing

Some firewood for winter 2023