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

A bit colder but still mild all things considered. Sitting around -7 C/19F right now, pine keeping the shack warm.

 

It has warmed up considerably. 54*/40* with wind and a lot of rain. Doug fir for a morning fire to combat the moisture and cheer the heart!

 

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Silver maple in the fireview.

 

I love how people turn their nose up when it comes to silver maple, but then complain that their oak is not dry enough to burn. Had a customer a couple years ago whining like that. Delivered a load but had to make sure there was no maple in it. He called again this year but told him we were sold out of good dry wood.

 

After 2 days w no fire, I just lit one up w red oak. I too emptied my ash pan, it was stuffed from those couple bricks. 68 inside.

 

I burn a lot of silver maple, I don't understand people being picky about wood either. We burn everything at our house. Sometimes the best loads are a mix of hard and softwood imo

 

I agree

 

32 with a little snow and freezing rain. Hardwood mix of Birch, Cherry, Maple

 

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Ash and cherry

 

One goal from yesterday was to grab a tote of shorts/chunks that have been sitting for over a year but a tote of, a little past it's prime, maple in front so grabbed it. Needed good dry shoulder wood anyway and can get the chunks the next trip.

 

I personally don't have space to hoard every score available to me, so I choose premium high BTU hardwoods. If I needed wood, I certainly wouldn't snob silver maple. I've burned a bunch, my neighbor had a huge one taken down many years ago and I got all the wood from it. Also, being 5-6 years ahead, I can be more selective of what I get.

 

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Nice walk this morning. waved to the garbage man as he drove past.........then got back to the driveway to find out the garbage was never picked up!

 

33/71. Coals still glowing from last night.

 

I woke up to 37 and got some white oak, apple and cherry going in the Lopi. It’s 45 and rising towards 50 now, so I threw some pine in just to burn down the coals. I’ll let the stove go out until some more heat is needed. I cleaned out the ashes this morning (first time in 4 weeks) The pine trick works

 

Still mild here. 30's at night and 40's during the day for the next couple days.

Stiil buring silver maple storm cleanup in the boiler.

 

Chilly start to the morning, weather said low of -11C/12F overnight, but was closer to -18C/0F plus some wind on top. Even the oil furnace was not impressed. Sitting at -5C/23F at the moment and pine chunks as always.

 

I hope to someday get to your level of 6 yrs ahead sir. Hats off to ya

 

You’ll get there just keep plugging away at it. I can remember logging on here years ago and being only a year ahead. One year later I got a few good scrounges and I was three years ahead. Now I’m 10 years ahead. It all adds up.

 

Down to 30 tonight
73 in stoveroom
Pine, ash, silver maple, Bradford pear, mulberry

 

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Elm, sliver maple, ash, red oak in the Fireview.