Chuffed to bits to see it today. Have a desktop with 7 (not too bad) but we also have two laptops with 8.1. Ive been with computers since Windows 3.1. damm right it should be free - no free Office yet I see though........
26ยบ out, 74 in the upstairs Buck's chewin on a load of cherry and american elm. Cherry and ash going in for the night burn. Not sure about tomorrow hunting...or...cutting wood....or both. Got the house and patio both topped off for wood as we are supposed to get some snow on Sunday, possibly some drizzle Saturday late afternoon prior to the snow. Forecasters have no idea what this snow storm is going to bring, very vague info.....I say bring it and bring it big.
The cube has been yielding red oak, beech and black birch lately. So that's what I've been burning. 36 out and very toasty inside.
Right at 25 here this morning. Ash and a little Maple going in the boiler. I do see those colder temps for next week. Should be good to work in if I can get a chance to go in the woods. You were up early today loon. 4:48 post!
Bill's got it....a direct vent through the wall heater. It's been here a while and I'd have to go back and look at the tag to get the btu rating. It's got heat setting from 1-10 and I usually run it down around 1-2 on real cold night below about 5 deg. and it keeps the back of the house warm. Also helps keep the rest of the house from cooling too much by morning. I'm sure it's not super efficient, but it still works and I don't run it much.
Woke up to about 32 this morning and it's supposed to cool off to 2 by early tomorrow morning. Might have to run the DV again. Still working on Oak, but I'd like to stop using that by the end of February, and get into the Maple. We'll see.
Pouring rain nor'easter - no cutting for me today. Was supposed to go help a guy cut up a bunch of downed and piled red oak trees into lengths that fit his truck and deliver a "log load" of about two cords to my house today. Supposedly still on for tomorrow cuz they are in his way. and they gotta go. Rain, rain go away I really need to get out and play.
Sittin around 30 here. Got about 2" of snow overnight. Got one stove running on Beech and it is a comfortable 72 here. Starting tomorrow the cold is supposed to return. Down to -21 by sunday night.
57 degrees right now on jan 24th , suppose to hit 60 on Monday - ridiculous, needless to say the stove is cold
Loon and Rottiman, I see we are predicted to be about twenty degrees below normal, both highs and lows, pretty much through February. SOemthing to look forward to. We still have had no snow. They called for a couple of hours of flurries today....we in fact had a few drops of rain about 3:30, 29 degrees out. Doesn't look like we'll have much snow in the foreseeable future either. I got down to just hickory and ironwood in my first cord, so I am leaving it for next winter (almost all next winter's wood is sugar) and moving on to the next stack, which is topped by ash, then sugar below. Won't hurt the hickory to dry for another season anyway.
Sounds good with the firewood sherwood. Just got done freezing rain here and big flakes dropping now. Next couple weeks are looking pretty chilly. The 3 water troughs will be full in the house tomorrow.