TRUFFLE TREES 69:35:00
DATE START  STOP  HOURS
WK 01 2-Jul-10 14:35 15:50 1:15 Discovering trees covered with chest high grass and fallen Hybrid Poplars
10:20 3-Jul-10 7:40 8:05 0:25 Started scalping several trees, then decided field around them needs cleaned up first.
3-Jul-10 15:05 16:10 1:05 Field mowing (Massey Furgeson not working, using lawn tractor)
3-Jul-10 4:15 5:25 1:10 Field mowing (front field completed, need 2nd pass on a few rows)
7-Jul-10 8:05 9:10 1:05 Scalping around trees
7-Jul-10 18:15 19:50 1:35 Scalping around trees (28 trees completed)
9-Jul-10 10:00 11:15 1:15 Backhoe work clearing blackberries
10-Jul-10 11:45 12:05 0:20 Scalping around trees
11-Jul-10 7:50 10:00 2:10 Scalping around trees (45 trees completed)
       
WK 02 14-Jul-10 9:30 10:45 1:15 Backhoe work clearing blackberries & fallen trees
8:50 16-Jul-10 9:00 9:30 0:30 Scalping around trees
16-Jul-10 10:30 11:00 0:30 Scalping around trees
16-Jul-10 13:00 14:00 1:00 Field mowing
16-Jul-10 15:20 16:05 0:45 Field mowing
17-Jul-10 8:40 9:35 0:55 Scalping around trees
17-Jul-10 11:00 12:00 1:00 Scalping around trees
17-Jul-10 14:00 15:10 1:10 Scalping around trees and mowing around new trees
17-Jul-10 17:20 19:05 1:45 Scalping and mowing (80 trees completed)
       
WK 03 23-Jul-10 6:00 6:50 0:50 Weeding around tree bases
9:55 23-Jul-10 7:15 8:45 1:30 Weeding around tree bases
23-Jul-10 12:05 13:45 1:40 Mapping tree locations
23-Jul-10 15:15 16:10 0:55 Mapping tree locations & Excel
23-Jul-10 19:10 20:20 1:10 Weeding and mapping completed.
24-Jul-10 10:10 11:25 1:15 Measuring calipers  ( ~3.25" from ground )
24-Jul-10 11:35 12:45 1:10 Input caliper measurements, caliper measurements completed.
24-Jul-10 19:20 20:25 1:05 Measuring heights
24-Jul-10 20:30 20:50 0:20 Input height measurements, height measurements completed.
       
WK 04 29-Jul-10 7:10 8:20 1:10 Mowing 
8:55 30-Jul-10 8:00 10:15 2:15 Clearing Poplars
31-Jul-10 7:00 8:30 1:30 Clearing Poplars
31-Jul-10 9:45 10:25 0:40 Clearing Poplars
31-Jul-10 12:05 13:10 1:05 Clearing Poplars
1-Aug-10 15:30 17:45 2:15 Clearing Poplars
       
WK 05 5-Aug-10 10:00 11:00 1:00 Collecting Tree Mulch from white truffle site
5:30 6-Aug-10 12:00 13:00 1:00 Collecting Tree Mulch from Progeny site and white truffle site
7-Aug-10 13:20 14:50 1:30 Random programming for tree selection
7-Aug-10 16:05 16:55 0:50 Repeat scalping and mulch.
8-Aug-10 15:00 16:10 1:10 Repeat scalping and placing landscape fabric (Gardeneer 20 yr Weed Shield)
       
WK 06 14-Aug-10 8:30 10:20 1:50 Repeat Scalping
6:10 15-Aug-10 8:30 11:00 2:30 Repeat scalping, mulching and landscape fabric
15-Aug-10 12:10 13:30 1:20 Water hookup, watering
15-Aug-10 14:30 15:00 0:30 Finished watering, about 5 to 10 gals per tree.
       
WK 07 18-Aug-10 8:25 11:35 3:10 Watering (about 5 gal per tree), fallen tree cutting and cleanup
9:15 19-Aug-10 14:55 16:15 1:20 Attaching elk deterrents (Vegetable shortening & fish fertilizer)
22-Aug-10 7:30 9:40 2:10 Tree cleanup, elk deterrent taken (eaten???)
22-Aug-10 13:00 14:50 1:50 First pass propane torch weeding
22-Aug-10 17:55 18:40 0:45 Counting missing elk deterrent cotton swabs (16 left)
       
WK 08 26-Aug-10 16:15 16:55 0:40 Walk through, cleanup
0:40
       
WK 09 31-Aug-10 9:00 9:30 0:30 Walk through, cleanup
1:05 2-Sep-10 8:15 8:50 0:35 Flame Weeding
       
WK 10 6-Sep-10 16:10 16:30 0:20 Walk through, cleanup
1:35 10-Sep-10 10:20 11:35 1:15 Flame Weeding
       
WK 11 15-Sep-10 11:00 12:10 1:10 Final Measurements
7:20 15-Sep-10 15:10 18:40 3:30 Final Documentation
16-Sep-10 8:35 9:15 0:40 Final Measurements
16-Sep-10 16:00 18:00 2:00 Final Documentation
       
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