Wife could not stand the chill anymore. Got to give it to her she lasted longer than she did last year. Feeling toasty.
I’ve had a few fires, just burning scrappy wood so far. Don’t tell anyone, but a fair amount of dried pine in the mix.
I just burned for the first time last night. We did use HHO twice before that but we held out pretty long this year.
Had several fires. It won't be long before we keep the stove burning all day and night. We are ready.
I like to think of wood heat as the very original ‘green energy’. Of course not that we want to burn unseasoned wood. It makes so much sense to heat with wood, especially when the firewood is free. Most of us also double as wood scroungers.
We lit our first one last night. Lows have been in the 30’s the last two nights and we got a good frost last night. Have used the propane furnace a little to take chills off. I like to use the furnace in the spring and fall a little to be sure it still works properly.
I ran our furnace about a week ago for a bit to make sure it still works. Other than that, about the only times it runs are during Arctic blasts and if we are away.
My first was two nights ago in the morso. Cleaned it during the day and fire that night. Feels good to be burning again.
It IS pretty "green" all things considered. I rarely have to cut down a tree for firewood. There are always trees coming down in storms or being taken down by municipalities or property owners. Processing them into fuel rather than have them go to a landfill or slowly rot in place makes a lot of sense.
I've been relatively fortunate, I started burning around 2007 and never had to drop a tree for firewood. Craigs list and Facebook have been good to me.
I think I've had 5 fires so far, including 1 tonight. Seems the chill is moving in this week. I'm stubborn and don't want to turn on the oil burner, even if it's just to take the chill out of the house.
You must also be in a favorable area where the number of houses with wood stoves is less than what the local supply of free wood will support. Head north to a place in rural wherever, and there's 30 households locked into a bidding war to get one 12" red maple log...
It did used to be easier here. Back in the day it seemed tree companies would charge less to take a tree down if they didn't have to deal with removing the wood so people would post that on Craigs list. Now the tree companies all seem to process and sell firewood. Which makes sense for them because they finally realized there was money to be made selling. It also made buying firewood more expensive. Lately I've bought a few log loads from tree companies when the pickings are slim.
