I had to break into one of my pretty stacks yesterday. I guess it has to happen sooner or later. I managed to get some stacked in the garage before the snow hit this morning. I've burned up all the garage and deck easy access wood that I had stacked up this fall. This silly sub zero stuff we have been having is eating it up. Pictures taken from the roof while cleaning gutters this fall.
Wow.. Those are some huge neat stacks. Busting into my last one for this year tomorrow after I get the snow removed from the tarps.
Thanks for the nice reply's about the stacks I guess its just hard to see them go. Lots of work from the score to cut, split and stack. Its a great feeling seeing them there, I guess I just have firewood obsession thing going on.
Personally, I want to stay home and watch each and every burn...stacks are nice, but after waiting 18 months to see the first cherry go in the stove, it is time to for them do something. Besides lean into the sun and wind, and lean, and lean...crap, it went over! Standing there since April '13. Well good, now there's no excuse to stop burning the softwood and get into something serious. So, it was also -9 on Tuesday morning - yah, time to stop "saving it" and put it to work. Cherry seems to coal like nothing else, but likes a lot of agitation. Not really ideal for overnight burns, is it? Stove top temp seems to drop off quickly if left alone. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Sounds about right for cherry. It isn't the best for BTU but the aroma of it burning can't be beat. Got to take the good with the not so good. Mix in a piece with some oak and go outside and enjoy.
The smell is delightful! But I have yet to experience bad smell off anything good'n'dry. This cherry would be easy to make charcoal from, for sure. I'll try it with the oak, locust and yellow birch I have for the deep winter, but I'm guessing it will go better with pine and spruce. A little bottom to their lightness.
Love that neat shed roof stack you have. It is depressing to watch the wood vanish. After what happened last winter, I doubled down on my efforts and everything that was moved into the shed is vanishing, I too am going to have to go digging into outside stacks. At least we have all have wood to burn!
Believe it or not, I like taking wood from the stacks. Of course that is mainly because I know it will keep the family warm when it is cold outdoors. Many on this forum will remember some of our older wood stacks. These pictures are all of the same stack. Before this fall, we had less than a cord left but that is now in the ash can. Good, now we can stack some more there.
Love those stacks. What's your preferred split size with the ash Dennis? Diameter and squares or triangles? I've been processing a huge amount of ash that I cut this summer into log length and its going to put me many years ahead but want to do it right for the fireview and or IS/Progress in the future. It's been 8 or 10 years since I have burned any real amount of ash.
Guess its going back down to zero tonight, was three last night going to be packing the stoves again tonight. I do have a lead on a pile of logs down the road from me, smaller 8" diameter stuff, 3 cords maybe, talked to the guy He's having a few problems with his lawn tractor, sounds like its barter time Maybe fill in those holes in the stacks.
My little warehouse of ready red oak. Inbound and outbound fuel. A delivery. Hoping to have to expand the 'warehouse ' this Winter but the cutting crew is a little behind schedule. A cord behind what's been used so far this Winter so not too bad. No big snow yet so just keep chipping away while the weather supports it.
I feel the same as you do Chestnut. I just brought in the last of my lone stack today, and actually hesitated about it bc I didn't want to see NOTHING there. Woodchick
