Butternut Hill Farm

Butternut Hill Farm

This channel is about outdoor projects like logging, sawmilling lumber, reclaiming barns for beams and barn siding, reclaiming old original log cabins in southern Indiana hill country. Thrown in are videos of my beloved German Shorthaired Pointers, fishing and hunting.

Felling Tall poplar tree

Felling Tall poplar tree

Sugar Shack Poplar Siding

Sugar Shack Poplar Siding

Trouble at the Sawmill

Trouble at the Sawmill

Sugar Shack #2

Sugar Shack #2

Sugar Shack Log Harvest

Sugar Shack Log Harvest

First Year Maple Syruping

First Year Maple Syruping

Milling log cabin log

Milling log cabin log

Kioti on the Farm

Kioti on the Farm

LOG CABIN BUILD #1

LOG CABIN BUILD #1

Orange Gold At The Farm

Orange Gold At The Farm

Mystery log on the sawmill

Mystery log on the sawmill

Sawmill Shed Complete Build

Sawmill Shed Complete Build

Rising waters at the Farm

Rising waters at the Farm

Bone Yard Tour 12/18

Bone Yard Tour 12/18

Haying 2018

Haying 2018

Stump Bucket Grapple

Stump Bucket Grapple

Sawing Heart Pine

Sawing Heart Pine

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  • @gsmscrazycanuck9814
    @gsmscrazycanuck98143 күн бұрын

    we have been cleaning up for a couple months here in Missouri.

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple801116 күн бұрын

    Nice heavy windrows John...... looks like a great first cutting!

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple801117 күн бұрын

    Man, I'll bet that heart pine is flat out gorgeous! Got a project in mind, John? Sugarhouse??

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm159917 күн бұрын

    Wrapping a glulam beam in an Air B&B we're renovating. I've got it in my buddies drying kiln now setting the pitch.

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm159918 күн бұрын

    Using it on a house restoration. Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @KansasCityBadazz
    @KansasCityBadazz19 күн бұрын

    NICE!!!

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80113 ай бұрын

    That's thinking outside of the box, John! lol!

  • @liquidrockaquatics3900
    @liquidrockaquatics39003 ай бұрын

    I have a Osage Orange 2‘ x 6“ log that I hand sawed last night but I’m getting ready to resaw on the band saw today. So many people have no idea how dense this wood is.

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15993 ай бұрын

    Nice! I agree , incredibly hard wood, but also beautiful wood. A sharp blade is a must. Good luck, and thanks for the comment, John.

  • @simplewoodslife
    @simplewoodslife4 ай бұрын

    Great job John, syrup looks great! 11.5 months to go!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15994 ай бұрын

    And I can't wait!

  • @simplewoodslife
    @simplewoodslife4 ай бұрын

    That is one beautiful setup!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15994 ай бұрын

    Thanks, it really was a game changer this year. We had a short, sporatic season, but this helped alot. John

  • @simplewoodslife
    @simplewoodslife4 ай бұрын

    @@butternuthillfarm1599 We currently don't have a setup that has ever needed me to boil faster (18 trees), but I know of a few other folks who hands down swear by RO, said they'd never go back. Having a sporadic season as well over here - came way early, a good month before we historically see sap, and worried it'll be short too. Who knows what will happen. Are you all done for the year over there, or still holding out with fingers crossed for a just-in-case?

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15994 ай бұрын

    All done and now cleaning and storing equipment.@@simplewoodslife

  • @rosariovelazquezpvelazquez3570
    @rosariovelazquezpvelazquez35704 ай бұрын

    Es como si le pusieran una jeringa con aguja a un 😢 hombre y se desangrara

  • @alexdrum94
    @alexdrum944 ай бұрын

    Mmmm me too brother.

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80114 ай бұрын

    Looks like your new setup worked out well!!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15994 ай бұрын

    Yes, I've got it dialed in now, however RO'd my last sap yesterday down to 30 gallons of concentrate which I just finished up 30 minutes ago.

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80114 ай бұрын

    Whew... what a season, eh John? I enjoyed following along with you, time to start getting ready for next year! lol

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15994 ай бұрын

    It sure was, I'm Mapled out and officially finished except for finishing and bottling my remaining syrup. Al in all, I'm pleased with the season even though it made us work for our syrup. I do have some new plans for next year and look forward to running them by you.

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80114 ай бұрын

    @@butternuthillfarm1599 yep, got some ideas here also.

  • @ChrisBedfordForrest-cs7od
    @ChrisBedfordForrest-cs7od4 ай бұрын

    Nice !!!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15994 ай бұрын

    Thanks Chris.

  • @raider7829
    @raider78294 ай бұрын

    Good stuff!!

  • @raider7829
    @raider78294 ай бұрын

    Keep your videos coming. They will catch on to more people. Very good

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15994 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @raider7829
    @raider78294 ай бұрын

    I think it takes time for them to show up on shorts. That's how I found you.

  • @markeverson5849
    @markeverson58494 ай бұрын

    You know it's funny I run into your post just now because I just went out this afternoon and tapped a huge maple tree in my yard ,I made two Taps out of copper tubing and they work really well, because I didn't have any and I had a taste for some sap, here I'm buying distilled water from the store and and I thought well why don't I get some sap out of my trees!!😊 it looks like it might be running now here in southern Missouri Ozarks. Was driping about 50 Drops per minut this afternoon. I'm only going to be drinking fresh sap making coffee and tea from fresh sap,😊 I'm not going to boil it down I get my maple syrup from 100 year old Sugar Shack in Wisconsin at a great bargain so I don't need to boil anymore fresh maple sap is nutritious full of vitamins and minerals try it on the rocks make coffee and tea out of it or iced tea for your health a gift from God

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15994 ай бұрын

    I could not agree more Mark, and thanks for watching and commenting. My grandson and I taste the sap when we are collecting it. John

  • @dirkshaw3619
    @dirkshaw36194 ай бұрын

    Could you not add another bag to each tree? They look large enough. Great haul though. I haven’t started tapping yet. Days and nights are at below freezing.

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15994 ай бұрын

    Dirk, you are correct. I do an additional tap on some of my trees, but not as many as I could, but the maple season was so short last year and looks like it will be this year, I may use more taps per tree next year. Thanks for commenting, John.

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80115 ай бұрын

    Good looking operation John. Very clean install!

  • @NorthwestSawyer
    @NorthwestSawyer5 ай бұрын

    That’s a fancy rig!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15995 ай бұрын

    Thanks, it works great and I use my sawmill slab for fuel.

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80115 ай бұрын

    Now that's what I'm talking about. Well done John!

  • @WomanTakenBytheWind
    @WomanTakenBytheWind5 ай бұрын

    I love maple, do you sell online?

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15995 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and commenting. At this point I do not sell online, sorry.

  • @La_concha_tu_madre
    @La_concha_tu_madre5 ай бұрын

    I wanna eat some pancakes at your house yum 😋

  • @thegaulbegaul
    @thegaulbegaul5 ай бұрын

    You up in the northeast US or Canada?

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15995 ай бұрын

    I'm located in Owen County Indiana, US

  • @justinireland7202
    @justinireland72025 ай бұрын

    How do you know it’s a maple tree? What are the bags? How do they work? What do you do with all that sap? Is the sap the syrup or do you have to process it? What does the processing look like? Does it store forever, or go bad? Is all the sap the same or does one tree taste different from the rest? Is there bad sap? How did you know it was sap season? Does this help or harm the trees; like do they still bloom just like the others after they’re bled out vs the ones untouched? What do you do with all of that syrup? A person can only eat so many pancakes in a lifetime. Is it clear, because my maple syrup is kinda brown and corn syrup is white. Where does corn syrup come from? You ever take a bath in it? I would.

  • @thegaulbegaul
    @thegaulbegaul5 ай бұрын

    I counted 15 questions you asked in 1 comment 😂😂😂

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15995 ай бұрын

    @justinireland7202, thanks for commenting and watching my video. I identify Maple trees by their leaves and by the bark. Those are maple sap collection bags which are hung by ta bag holder onto the actual tap/spile that is inserted into a hole drilled 1.5 to 2 inches into the sapwood of the tree, the sap is then manually collected and stored in a cold place until the processing begins. The processing is basically boiling of water steam to concentrate the sugar content of the sap until it qualifies as syrup. It take 40 plus gallons of maple sap to produce one gallon of maple syrup. The trees are not harmed in the process as long as two many taps are not placed into one tree, and the tree is not less than 12 inches diameter when tapped. Maple syrup has a desired golden brown color and good translucency when done correctly, and a desired density, which I won't go into, to be called syrup. Making maple syrup from your oen trees and with your own labor is and labor intense process, but is highly satisfactory, and I think outright fun, however it would be really sticky and expensive to bathe in!😀😀😀

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80115 ай бұрын

    That's a good haul right there John!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15995 ай бұрын

    That sugar bush is mostly old mature trees and did very good last year also. The rest of the trees I tapped a day after these had much less sap. Thanks Tony.

  • @dennisdlouhy5381
    @dennisdlouhy53815 ай бұрын

    sure alot of fucking around just to get it started

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80115 ай бұрын

    Brrrrrr!!!

  • @skuggboxarn1
    @skuggboxarn15 ай бұрын

    nice truck

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80116 ай бұрын

    Won't be long, hopefully after this upcoming cold spell the spigots will open!

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80116 ай бұрын

    You can never have enough sap storage! Go get 'em, John!!

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80116 ай бұрын

    I hear nothing but good things about the products from RO Bucket. I'm excited to see what you think about it!

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80116 ай бұрын

    That's what it's all about, right there!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15996 ай бұрын

    Yes, we had a great day together, thanks Tony.

  • @bangpchannel354
    @bangpchannel3546 ай бұрын

    What type of chainsaw is this, sir?

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15996 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and commenting. The first saw with the dull chain was a Stihl 660 Magnum. The saw that did most of the work was a Husqvarna 572 XP. I always carry a couple of saws when I'm sawing.

  • @garengtutorial8923
    @garengtutorial89237 ай бұрын

    Keren bro. Mantapp

  • @Juzzy520
    @Juzzy5207 ай бұрын

    When you said”Blade” i was expecting the worse, keep watching youtube vids on “ how to cut a tree down, the safe way!”🍺🍺💪👍

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15997 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and commenting Juzzy520. I meant to say dull chain instead of blade. I guess I was thinking about milling these logs into lumber. I agree about you tube videos, it's like having a video library at your finger tips. John

  • @luigicristiani7709
    @luigicristiani77097 ай бұрын

    I totally agree with you! In fact it looks like a video for...amateurs in jeopardy!

  • @jeffjackson8381
    @jeffjackson83816 ай бұрын

    You made that look like hard work 😢

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15996 ай бұрын

    @@jeffjackson8381 Started out difficult because my chain was dull, went much smoother once I went with a backup saw that was sharp. I took my time because it was very windy and I had a very narrow landing zone, but it fell exactly where I aimed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80117 ай бұрын

    Nice work John. More siding for the sugar shack? Love the clip at the beginning, with the creek and the dog... stunning!!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15997 ай бұрын

    I cut a 19' log from this tree to make 18' 2x4 roof purlins. I need twelve. Also cut a 15' section to make 1x10x14' gable siding. Thanks Tony.

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80117 ай бұрын

    VERY nice John! Man, I do love milling yellow poplar. You got some nice boards out of that log!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15997 ай бұрын

    Thanks Tony, they did mill up nice.

  • @pichess23
    @pichess238 ай бұрын

    The Best ❤❤❤

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80118 ай бұрын

    Oh no! If you had to suffer a potentially dangerous breakdown, I'm glad no one was injured! Hope Woodmizer gets you back up and running quickly!

  • @NorthwestSawyer
    @NorthwestSawyer8 ай бұрын

    Man I’d love to get my hands on a PTO winch like that! And a camera crew!😂 you e got some nice trees there, John.

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15998 ай бұрын

    Thanks Jason, the winch is great, keeps the logs from getting so dirty and easier to navigate around other trees to prevent damage. Indiana does have some beautiful hardwood forrests. I had to promise my camera crew not to breach their identity on this video!

  • @NorthwestSawyer
    @NorthwestSawyer8 ай бұрын

    @@butternuthillfarm1599 😂

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80118 ай бұрын

    Strong work John! Small scale logging at its finest!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15998 ай бұрын

    Thanks Tony, it is very satisfying to harvest and produce your own lumber, I know you feel the same.

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80118 ай бұрын

    I'm jealous! An edger would be awesome. Kubota engine? It sounds sweet!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15998 ай бұрын

    It's an oldy but a goody!

  • @leebetsuie4099
    @leebetsuie40999 ай бұрын

    It's cold every winter and hot during the summer, had been for the last thousands of years, yup 👍

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15999 ай бұрын

    But, supposedly colder than usual this winter.

  • @thesamuraicowboys7750
    @thesamuraicowboys77509 ай бұрын

    Almost on que when they starter dropping off 😂

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15999 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @christopherbabcock7928
    @christopherbabcock79289 ай бұрын

    Why, please is that old man farmer magic? I mean this, there is no disrespect here, why does that mean cold, or is it just a joke a don’t get?

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15999 ай бұрын

    What I'm infering is that from what I've been reading, this winter is predicted to be more harsh than usual, therefore getting better prepared. Thanks for watching and commenting.

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80119 ай бұрын

    Wow, you've been busy!!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15999 ай бұрын

    yes sir!

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80119 ай бұрын

    Wow, that's incredible. Flying that souped-up buzzsaw around would not be a job for the faint of heart!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15999 ай бұрын

    You got that right!

  • @bbfarmsmaple8011
    @bbfarmsmaple80119 ай бұрын

    Alright John! Those poplar logs are gonna make some fantastic siding. Watching the boom grapple load em' on the trailer made me a little envious, sure looks better than dragging logs out of the woods with cables and snatch blocks! Looking forward to following your progress, let me know if you need a hand!

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15999 ай бұрын

    Thanks Tony, a helping hand will be greatly appreciated when the build begins!

  • @NorthwestSawyer
    @NorthwestSawyer9 ай бұрын

    Look at all Those trucks!!! The trees are cool too😉

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15999 ай бұрын

    Thanks Jason. I never met an old truck that I did not like! Stay tuned, I'm going to feature what I consider to be one of the "Holy Grail's" of old Chevy trucks as part of one of my future videos. How's yours progressing?

  • @NorthwestSawyer
    @NorthwestSawyer9 ай бұрын

    @@butternuthillfarm1599 awesome! I look forward to that one. I haven’t done much lately but I did find a nice 12 valve Cummins for it. I hope to knock it out this winter.

  • @butternuthillfarm1599
    @butternuthillfarm15999 ай бұрын

    WOW, good choice!@@NorthwestSawyer