Yep I am having an affair... We did not plan on burning wood this year, just propane so I did not cut any firewood. Halfway through the winter we decided to burn wood instead, so we raided the slab wood that came off the sawmills, then when winter really hit and buried the slabs with snow, we raided my Grandmother's cellar that has had firewood in it for the last 10 years or so; back when she died. Winter dragged on longer than it should, and now we are left with cold rainy days. That is alright, we got a back up plan for the back up plan, and grabbed a couple of scuttles of coal we had kicking around, and will burn that until summer arrives. So that is what is merrily burning away in my stove now, good old anthracite coal, the blue flames flickering away and the heat billowing out. Not free heat as I lack a good coal mine on my farm, but still warm...
Yea you know you cannot beat a good ole fashioned wood stove that's big enough for your home. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but wood has more advantages. Plus u get plenty a workout hoarding and plan well so u don't have to dig it out of 6 foot drifts. Lol
better get cracking on a plan. Looks like this winter will not be mild. You know how cold and snowy it can get around here. I have propane and pellets. My son, who lives here with us, just bought a plow for the truck. I have seen many hard winters so I know not to let my guard down.
Ask my wife.....once I get what I have accumulated the past 10 months split, I'll be over 7 years.....and I've even given a TON of wood away this year! It's hard to stop!!
I actually like burning both wood and coal. If I had a coal mine I would not burn anything but coal, but having a big woodlot it only makes sense to burn wood for at least the shoulder seasons, but deep into them. In the dead of winter, I like coal only because those 14 hour burn times are nice, and the heat is incredible. I got a pot bellied stove again, but a good old fashioned one, and I think that will work well for me. They burn wood and coal equally well, and with my super-insulated house is plenty big enough to heat it. About the only thing that sucks is having to chop the wood up so small, so I am thinking about fabricating a firewood chunker; kind of the equivalent of stove coal, but using the woodlot resources I have. The darn things don't even chunk up the big wood, the paper mill will continue to get that, I'll just chunk up the limbs and saplings and heat my home that way.
