21f this morning but heading to below zero for the weekend. I had to restock the wood in the basement last night, so I’m going to give some mulberry an honest try and see how it works for the deep freeze temps
Winter is officially here. Sitting at -28C/-20F ballpark and then some wind (feels -35C) to make it even better. Woodstove and furnace tag team happening.
As usual the chance of snow has all but disappeared but still in line for very cold temps for this area as low as 16*F. Lugged some more Doug Fir and also some Madrone from the shed to the garage for the next few days. 38*F with Doug in the stove!
They have lowered our forecast from 8-12 inches down to 5-6 inches. I hope the trend continues. Loading up the Lopi Mike in Okla
31/68. Some mid winter stove maintenance. Cat needed a bath. Found a loose gasket too so had to glue that back. Back and running tonight.
Forecast after Saturday is single digits during the night/AM. I have some large hickory splits about four years old . Looks like this is a good time to burn em
Supposed to get anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow. Higher totals to the south east of here, Horkn. Below temps this weekend going into next week. Looks like the oil burner will get a bit of a workout.
-27c. 41 with the wind chill. The next few days are going to make a dent in the woodshed. There won’t be many logging trucks coming to my scale shack tomorrow.
38F/72 Loaded the VF-100 with a random overnight mix of cherry, ash, sassafras, red oak and Norway maple. I enjoy having a variety of wood in the stacks.
My wife bought me one of these little electric hand bellows. They work great! https://youtube.com/shorts/hfTyDSUxw-U https://amzn.to/3SfMCZY
-29c/-20f right now. Im waiting for my coals to burn down a bit then Ill do a birch/larch mix for my overnight burn. Our 5 month old golden puppy doesnt know what to think of this cold but loves the snow.
25*F outside here. Some lovely ash coals in the stove and a very comfortable 74* indoors with a very happy cat.
8f at 0430 with light snow going. Haven't been out so guessing 1-1.5 inches. Be heading out in a couple of hours to clear driveway before heading out for a medical appointment. Hope they don't cancel as I've already done the prep part.