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

I find that Sycamore really doesn't split clean, it just tears apart.

 

32/70 Scraps in the morso tonight. Burned a storage box full so far this season. Refilled it today. Burned a few loads in the psg, but mainly using the morso so far. Good to be burning again!

 

Back to a quiet house, everyone left. Let the fire go out first thing this AM. Just relit couple minutes ago with a wax starter and some mulberry splitter scrap to lite chestnut oak.


Overnight temps to dip a bit very soon.

 

Happy late Thanksgiving to all. No first fire yet, but coming.

 

Long day, 32°f out 72°f inside. Arizona white oak keeping it nice through this evening. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

 

Just back from the boiler. Burning some scavenged rounds that I split Wednesday . Had been laying in tall weeds fo4 a year. Oak and maple be the fare tonight.
Lit up the fireplace in the house the first time of the season.

high twenties as overnight. Hoping I loaded enough for a late morning refill. Had to splice a wire to the blower and damper last Sunday, thanks to a boiler owning neighbor. So far no problems.

stay toasty and thirsty my friends

 

How have you made it this long without a fire? I'm two states south of you and on my 3rd fire.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my hoarder friends.

My name is Mike, and I'm a hoarder.

 

No excuses, just been a little burned out this year. On the plus side, I think I have more wood here at the house than I ever have and most of it is quality like hedge, locust, oak, and mulberry. Should be touching the 5-year mark.

 

25/76 and snowing, elm and red maple burning. The dogs got into it with the biggest possum I've ever seen. Was worried I was going to have to put it down but thankfully I got them off it in time and it was just playing possum. The last one wasn't so lucky.

 

25f here with heavy wind.
Just loaded up before 1 last deer hunt attempt of season.
Stove room 64 on reload
Wife will be running stove today

 

Just got up and at em…fire rolling with birch and sugar maple. 14f/67f

 

32/74 Elm

 

15/67

Wind chill is 0 now but will change as winds will get stronger throughout the day. I haven't looked at snow levels yet but it's definitely a plowing day here.

 

30 white oak and cherry

 

27 and windy / 67 And climbing.
Ash and hackberry.

 

13/68 So far this season I have been mainly burning some Silver Maple that was cut maybe in 2018 and then left in son number 2's yard. It was starting to rot as he didn't split and burn it. I hauled 2 large trailer loads home last spring, ran it through the splitter and stacked it with a top cover. Some of it was even mushy and I almost just threw it into the woods. About a month ago I started checking it and it all dried out. 12-15% dried out. It is ok shoulder season wood. I just burn in the insert for fun and to lower our forced air furnace gas bill not for main heat like a lot of you do.

 

• 30/61 Maple and Elm in the stove.

 

74/32 two splits of pignut hickory.

 

What is that up in the top of your stove with the screen?

 

On the second pic it’s the catalyst glowing. The metal mesh in front of it is the called the scoop, it protects the cat from large particles and creates air turbulence. It is held in place by those hairpin cotters.

I just got a spare one from Woodstock.