Timberframing traditions

[srjones]

Thanks again to everyone for the responses.  I now have a pretty good idea what I'm going to do.  In addition to the coins, the bush, the party and the picture, I think I'll add a few time capsules here and there.

One thing I've been struggling with is whether or not to give it a place name--like Stony Fields or Shady Acres or Woodside Meadow or Green Gables or something like that.  Right now, it's just 'the woods' referred to by my family when I'm out there working on it.

Deadwood, I know what you mean about reading old newspapers and such.  What's especially interesting is reading the advertisments for various things like which cigarettes are recommended most by doctors.

-srj

[Don P]

When I saw our wind guage stand straight out, start flapping, and then fly apart, I knew I had the name for our place. I keep meaning to hang a logging chain  .

[Raphael]

  In addition to the traditional time capsules, coins and wetting bush I plan to start a new "tradition" by counting the number of tree's harvested to create our frame and plant an equal number on the house lot and surrounding land.
  If all goes as planned I'll be harvesting and replanting a great number of tree's on the family's land over the coming years as I cut timberframed landscape structures.

[Deadwood]

Hey Rapheal, if you got the space plant two seedlings for every one you harvest. You will never regret it. Its not that I don't like you're idea, but you would only be replacing the trees you took, if you replant two to one, you would be giving back (Just a thought)

As for the tax bill, what a great idea. I would place mine under one of my beams but it's got such long numbers it would knock everything out of plub and level. (My wifes home (granted its on the coast) went up 1400 dollars last year and Maine has THE highest taxes in the country!)

As for naming your homestead, I would not bother. Back in the 80's it was vogue to do that around here, and despite a few names like "Morning Meadow Farm, Allturist and Lazy Acres and a few other corny names like that, we just kept calling them what we have for centuries, the Old Wentworth Farm, the Davis Place and whatnot. Those places got their names because those families have settled here and endured a lot. I hope in 200 years the Johnson name is still on this hill, but I'll let the locals name it, not me.

Just my two framing squares.