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

26* and snowing . I threw some ash in the wood pig, before we left.

 

The cold weather still hanging on here, -23 C (-9 F) but the 20 k wind makes it feel like -34 C

 

We ended up with 3" and by the time I got out It was raining lightly. Ugh! It made the snow wet and heavy, especially out by the road from the plows. Shoveling or pushing with the big 36" Canadian shovel was not gonna work, so I got out the snowblower and did all of my many trails to the outbuildings/garage and all around my stacks. As all you northerners know and maybe some of you southerners do as well. If you get even a couple inches of wet snow that isn't dealt with, it turns to cement with the cold spell coming and could likely remain that way for four months. Then you cannot snowblower over it with frozen footprints and ruts from tire tracks for any of future snow storms. So any place I have to travel is down to the grass, had to be done.

 

I hadn't brought in any firewood this summer and didn't think i would, this being December and all. By spring, however, the pressure would be on as I would be down to a three year supply. But then a friend called to relieve my distress!

spent part of last weekend cutting oak at his house. he had five 80+ foot trees taken down by a crane because they were close to the house. makes it harder to process into rounds when its all piled on the ground, but i managed a couple cords. got about 8 good saw logs for the mill as well.

loaded it in an hour with my New Holland tractor. borrowed a friends 14 foot dump trailer for the job. makes loading and unloading easy! It can wait till spring for the splitter.

 

28 °F out , burnin ash n boxelder , storm dumped 10" of snow here .
Turning colder here , Thursday Night 0 °F

 

It's 34 tonight so we'll burn more cherry.

 

Headed for -4 here tonight. No highs above 15 for the next full week and then some. Lows hovering in the singles below 0. Nothing in the new IS yet. BUT it is sitting in the basement of the new house!!! Moved it there before the 8" of snow showed up this last weekend. Unfortunately, at least another 3 weeks or so before we can move in, hook it up, and get that thing cranking. My patients have dwindled, especially withthis cold snap, I just want to play with the stove and fire.

 

14 outside, headed down to 8. Burning elm and beech. It's going to get a lot colder this week. Thursday looks like it will be a high of 4°.

 

Its -22c/-7.5 but theres no wind thankfully. Im on the tail end of a doug fir burn and then Ill stuff the stove full of larch.

 

20 ish. Ash and a chunk of Cherry in the boiler now.

 

30 to 31 guessed at with threats of "up to 2" of snow". Temps falling into mid teens this evening.
That greedy hungry beast out back is gonna' need my attention, rake the coals around get 'em burnt down to ash before feeding him a mix.
A fire in the go-rodge sounds like a plan as well. (detached man cave!!)

 

Ya it's suppose to get that cold next week in southern Ontario, I'm OK with that though.

 

21° and someone shook the snow globe. I fed the pig some beech around daylight.

 

Sitting at -18 C (0 F ) not counting the 20 k wind. Poplar and a stick of funny pine (larch) to feed the machine.

 

We had 19 this morning, more cherry. The basement was 71 this morning and the upstairs was 70 before the first fire.

 

Just blew the lane out again and made some more space to get at the chickens (my wife hates trudging through the snow) and my wood pile (I hate trudging through the snow). It's a beautiful day out, nice and mild, around 32 F. However, when I came back in (that's what I get for exercising) I'm down to my "skivies" and sweating. I think I'll put another piece of maple in, just to make sure....

 

Suppose to turn pretty cold here this week so I have been replenishing my back porch wood supply.