Can’t remember a cold streak like we’re in here in the northeast in a number of years. 20s/single digits at night and windy. Iv been feeding the woodstove pretty regularly. Just looked and realized I burned like a face cord of wood since Thursday night. Was wonder how much you’ve burned the last couple days.
I'm loving this cold snap to be honest. I finally switched over to burning oak regularly (was mostly burning junk-aspen, sassafras etc) With oak I burn a lot less volume-wise and reload a lot less often. I've been burning about 3 full loads a day since it got cold.
I'd guess we've burned ~70 average sized splits since last Thursday. My guess is based on the carry bags I use to bring wood in from the deck rack. 5 splits per bag. ~3bags/day of red oak and a few pieces of BL overnight.
Where in the northeast is it cold. 20s during the day and single digits for the overnight low isn't cold . With a good 20 knot breeze the single digits get chilly because the windchill is heading toward 20 below F . That's not at all what we call cold . Just sayin . I grew up in central Maine and single digits in December was not at all cold . In the 1970s . We burned lots of Elm and white ash .
It got up to 20 above today here . I was working outdoors all day and never got a bit of ice in my beard or stashe. Wore insulated gloves and my hands didn't get cold. And my hands Always get COLD. I'm not sure we even burned 3 cubic feet of white spruce and white birch . I have a window open because it's hard to keep a fire going small enough to stay going but Not over heat the house .
And to answer the first question we have probably burned just over a face cord I started burning nuggets and uglys
I was born a displaced Alaska citizen . Soon as I graduated high school I went in the service and came home to Alaska. Been here ever since
