Yes, and people here treat other members with respect. Its almost like we are all sitting around a fire chatting instead of being behind keyboards.
Good morning. -3c/26f out with a a skiff of fresh snow. Larch and birch in the stove. My fire from last night was to far gone to call this...
There are reports that they are waking up in the BC Rockies as well although I havent seen any sign in the snow around me yet.
Its interesting that Im at the same temperature and snowing lightly. I was going to say it sure feels like spring around here! Thats why I like...
2c/35f with snow fall and sun this morning. My overnight load is out and since its so warm out Ill get around to making a fire later.
-17/1f under clear skies. Definitely need the sunglasses with all the bright snow when out and about. Im burning a full load of birch right now....
Thats a nice truck load for cheap. Close to 50% of what I burn in a season is doug fir. Its a great wood and like others have said leaves very...
Ive never smoked with choke cherry so cant weigh in on that but will regarding wood bark for smoking. I dont bother taking bark off my apple...
It was -18c/-0.4 earlier this morning. The fire went out so a few pieces of kindling is getting things going again. Sunny and very white today but...
3c/37f outside right now with a good breeze and moderate snow fall. The warm winter continues. I have a load of birch and larch in the stove...
Thanks! I definitely don't take things for granted as much as I used to.
I decided to let the fire go out this afternoon. Feels weird not having a fire but the furnace can stretch its legs a bit. We are having a mini...
A few days ago we had -23c/-9f but weve been warming up a bit each morning since. Sitting at -8c/17f currently with some larch and birch in the...
I remember about 9 years ago I got a truck load of poplar for almost free. It was dry and stored in a garage for many years. I call it poplar but...
Thanks. I had a great day!!
Thats horrible! We were on evacuation alert but due to the help of firefighters it didnt reach us and no homes were lost with this fire. Funny...
Thanks. We had a forest fire within a 10 minute walk from my house this last summer so not looking for a repeat. Heres a picture my wife took with...
-4c/25f under clear skies. It will warm up good today just like spring! Our heat wave should start going away this weekend. I saw 10c/50f...
Look at all the wood we are saving!!
2c/35f under clear skies which is crazy warm for this time of year. Im pretty sure we broke another record yesterday as I saw 9c/48f. I had a...