Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

Currently.
Aspen in the stove. Will probably stoke it with Aspen for the overnight after I get in from walking the dogs.

 

warm for the time of year here, not seen sun for a day or 2,but getting colder next week,no frost yet, but coming.

 

Reached into 70s yesterday. 33* this am. Ash and cherry before I headed out

 

30 headed to 55 today. Had a small fire last night to take the chill off. 68 inside so probably won’t be another fire until tonight


Mike in Okla

 

I don’t know how you do it, man!

 

Glad it’s you and not me.


Mike in Okla

 

Didn't get as cold as they called for, was 20 when I got up, had a foot of maple coals I'm the OWB I topped off with a maple stump cut off and some knotted oak chunks

 

Burn it all! It all has BTU's!!! Perfect time to burn the uglies.

 

It's A LOT easier when a home is Fully set up and finished.
It's a lot of work now with only heating with wood , not having the entry way built yet, being off grid , But , the hardest part is leaving every day to go to work. Yesterday was 10 1/2 hours at work. If I was 40 it would be no biggy. As is I'm wearing down. We r short handed at work or I would tramp. Or they might fire me because I'm late most days. However, being a driver. I pretty much do what I do and it takes as long as it takes. The company I work for has grown so much and so fast. But we still are a 3 man show. Works all of us ragged.
-23° F. Ambient . Aspen in the stove.

 

hang in there

 

Dropping to 27 tonight, so I’ll be feeding 2 stoves this evening. Had a cold wind most of the day. It’s been a windy week which has buried my yard in a foot of oak leaves. The dog seemed to enjoy running around belly deep in leaves. TGIF

 

That’s definitely a grind, man. But it will be totally worth it, once your project is complete. Most people would never have any concept of the lifestyle you’ve created. I would argue that, while your journey is tough - especially at the moment, you are doing more living than someone who sits in a cubicle all day. Or lives in a tiny studio apartment in a big city.

 

X2! I both admire & commend you sir! very few men can tell a life story like yours.

 

Well . I made a change when I got home from work. I texted the boss and told him I would be in on Monday to sign over my work keys.

This was the temp when I got home from work. For some reason the propane quit working . My wife was just getting the frying pan heating up on the woodstove. Burrito night tonight !
I maybe would have stuck it out if the boss hadn't been a condecending azz today.
I can truly say I've made that outfit a lot of money. Now they can find someone else to do that.
I guess once a tramp logger , always a tramp logger. Now I will have time for the thousand other things I Have to do !!
Nice thing about having very little debt. And a retirement already coming in.
If I sell a cord of firewood a week. I will more than pay any other bills and have some mad money
And the Eskimo P. Logger is just dying to get put to work
A 3/4 round of Aspen and a round of white spruce in the stove.

 

Thank you everyone ! It means a Lot !!!

 

Hey, I do HVAC for a living, if you haven't figured out the problem with your propane furnace, tell me the symptoms or look at the fault code it's giving you. I will try to lend a hand from afar.

 

Not too bad tonight, only getting down to 27F tonight.

But opening day for Rifle Deer season is first thing in the morning. I have permission from a farmer friend of mine to go sit by his feed lot. He said they're going to surround you...... I just have antlerless tags so looking for "doe, a deer, a female deer"!!