It's official - will make it to December on shoulder wood

Been a very mild fall so far here in NH. I have at least 4-5 days of this fall's shoulder wood left, so I'll make it to December easily. For the past three years, that wood would have been long gone and I'd be burning 24/7 by now, with about 3 loads per day. No fire since yesterday afternoon. Haven't touched the main winter's wood in the barn yet. If the season keeps warmer than average, should have a good amount of wood left come spring. I'm really hoping for a low snow year to keep the woods open for cutting - we'll see - but so far, I'm loving this mild fall! Cheers!

 

Just hauled the last of the chunks and uglies up to the house today - crazy how mild it's been here. After the last 2 winters I could use a mild one but I still want snow. At some point cold weather will get here but until then I'll enjoy it!

 

The Pine lasted until mid-Nov., and I still have about 2/3 cord of Maple before I hit the Oak.
I'll probably start using Oak overnight and the Maple during the day, depending on temps.
Still doing well here, but we still have about 5.5 months of burning.........stay tuned.

 

Good for all of us. I was just talking to my neighbor about this. We are both first time burners, so it's been a good year for us to learn and since neither of us have a huge supply of fully dry wood yet, we want to stretch it as far as possible. Even so, oil and propane are very inexpensive when we have to go back to them.

 

Good here also, Looks like I'll be moving wood off my porch in the spring.

 

I'm burning some soft maple now not because it's cold because it's late November and I should be burning! It's about 60 out and I've got a window and door open with my fire going!

 

I'm with you Ralphie. Especially since this is my first season burning, I'm looking for any excuse to burn, even if I don't have to. However, I can't bring myself to put a fire in tonight. The living room is 64*F right now. We usually set the thermostat around 58*F in the bedroom, so we're good to go for tonight. Maybe a little fire in the morning to take the chill off.

 

Same here, burning maple and only recently when temps dropped to low 20's did I throw in some ash...I've burned 1/4 cord of maple and maybe 15 splits of ash...I usually burn 24/7 so even though temp kissed 70 here today nights are still chilly so I keep a minimal fire during day w/windows cranked out and ceiling fans on, re-fire at sundown...nothing like seasoned wood...

 

It feels good after the last two years, we're still burning shoulder season wood too, I'm thinking we have over a weeks worth left.

 

Looks like my shoulder wood should last until December. May last until the end of this coming week. I am not complaining at all.

 

Still rocking maple here in NJ. Which is good because as a second year burner I've only got about a cord of oak that's good to go. Was only ready because it was standing dead. Next year I'll be rolling in the seasoned wood though.

 

I've hardly even touched an eighth. I heavy a heavy cord of crap wood sit out back. Hardly even made a dent in it. Might bet me through the new year...

 

Been mild here too. A good time to burn uglies. As for shoulder wood, I like to reserve it to last all season. Putting a fat white oak split in with a shoulder season burn will slow and even the burn in the IS. And a soft maple in the load of dense wood (oak, b.locust) starts it up better. So I'm a fan of mixed loads through the season - like to adjust the proportions of soft & dense wood per the OAT.

 

It was mild here too, but as of today, it's back to seasonably cold.


I was burning basswood for shoulder wood, mixed in with some ash and sugar maple mixed in when it got colder.

I'll bring more pine, and box elder over tomorrow to mix in with the gooder stuff.

 

still burning pine here,it has been mild here as well, i have about a weeks worth of pine left in one stack and when thats gone ,im on to the three year old hurricane sandy oak,compared to last year this is amazing .

 

I thought it would take me 3 years to get 3 years ahead- cut 2 burn 1. But the way this year is going, I'm cutting closer to 4 to 1. Not burning much, and I can stay out all day due to the nice comfortable weather, so I'm ahead on both ends of the equation.

 

What part of New Hampshire are you in? Last year, we had a foot of snow on Thanksgiving in Southern VT (Brattleboro area). The ride up from Connecticut Wednesday night last year was pretty crazy. I stopped counting cars off the road after I got to 12....and that was just from the Mass boarder north to exit 1.

My wife and I were going to ski today....but it's raining out. Blah! Guess I'll finish wrenching on the snowmobile. It should snow eventually...

 

I'm in southwest NH - about 30 min south of Keene on the MA border - not a long drive to Brattleboro - nice area! Cheers!

 

I've been burning walnut exclusively in the mild weather so far. 1 pan full of ash out for every load of wood in . Happy to be able to save the better stuff, though.