As the title says, happy Father's Day to all you fathers! I spent most of my day with my 2.5 yr old son finishing stacking everything that I have split. The other part was spent trying to explain to my BIL's why I have so much firewood . I just don't understand what is so difficult to comprehend? I digress, me thinks I'm finally to the point where I can say I'm 3 years ahead!I would be a solid 4 years if I hadn't given my in laws 5 cord but Im tired of cleaning my FIL's chimney 4 times a burning season. He gets 5 cord delivered every September from the Amish and it is usually an oak/hickory mix which had been split in the early spring and heaped in a pile until delivered in the fall. I promised him that I would give him all his wood for this year if he promised to still get his normal load from "yoder"and stack it till 17-18. So I gave him a bunch of dead standing beetle kill ash that was in the 15% range and a cord of bone dry locust. Anyway, enough about that. Here's my current hoard pics.
Hahaha if by "they" you mean me. My name is Scott, I spose I can't hide behind my stage name forever. thank you, Sir Curry!
Fantastic picture. Cute young man there! Lots of neat wood stacks. You should be warm for a very long time. I noticed the wind mills in one of your pictures. How far from your home are they. Do you hear them? Is there anything about them you like or dislike?
Had a wonderful father's day. What a spectacular day. Warm, sun shinning, I got some things done. But best of all, a memorable family gathering
In the valley I live in there a total of 50 of them, the ones in the picture are about 1.5 miles away I'd say. Nope you can't hear them at all. I'm just going to say that I'm neutral on the like/dislike question. We don't benefit from them at all, all of the power goes to DC and Baltimore. County wide we have a few hundred of them scattered on our ridge tops, same thing with all of em.
Thanks. That support what I thought. You see, we have a lot of activity around here with the windmills. Many don't want them because they say they spoil the view. Others say they kill wildlife and, yet other say they can't stand the noise. We don't benefit from the power either. Me, I see them like any other power project, road or antenna.
Super nice having a helper to stack that firewood and it is good firewood too! Nice mix and some good stacking too.
savemoney it looks like you had a grand Father's Day. Makes me hungry. As for the windmills, I am neutral on them too. We have a couple hundred near us but still most are 20 miles or more from us. I think they look neat and no different from seeing the high transmission lines, telephone poles and wires. Still a whole lot better than looking at a stoplight in a city.
Thanks, BW! He is a big help, he picks up all the loose bark and throws it into the wheelbarrow. When the wheel barrow gets near full, he yells "daddy go" which I automatically know he needs me to go dump it into the fire pit. He would spend all day everyday helping me with firewood if he had the choice, which I wouldn't have it any other way!
That is super Scott. Be sure to always make every minute count with him. The years can pass so swiftly... Our first son has a birthday coming up in a couple of weeks and we have so many great memories. He will be turning 53 this year. Yes, time goes by fast.
Your stacks are awsome! Congrats on Father's Day and spending it with your firewood helper... With all those wind turbines in the background, maybe you get free electricity?